Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tiebreaker Times
(C) PNVF

2021 SEA Games

SEA Games: PMNVT suffers close sweep vs Thailand, drops to classification phase


The Philippine Men’s National Volleyball Team’s gallant stand was not enough to topple Thailand, falling in straight sets, 20-25, 27-29, 22-25, to bow out of the 31st Southeast Asian Games, Monday at the Đại Yên Arena in Quảng Ninh, Vietnam.

Just like in 2019, the tournament in the Hanoi Games has a pool format with the Philippines being slotted with Thailand and Cambodia in Group B with the top two teams advancing to the semifinals.

However, with this loss and the nationals’ 21–25, 26–24, 28–30, 27-29 loss to Cambodia last May 14, the Philippines bowed out of contention.

The PMNVT was coming off a silver finish in the 2019 Games held at Philsports Arena in Pasig.

The Philippines defeated Thailand in 2019, 17-25, 25-20, 23-25, 27-25, 17-15, to advance to the gold medal match.

This time around though, the Filipinos figured in an error-laden game.

After a first set loss, Marck Espejo and Bryan Bagunas towed the nationals to matchpoint. However, the Filipinos could not close out — mostly due to errors, failing to break four set points.

In the following set, the Filipinos and the Thais were knotted at 19-all. Thailand was able to gain a 22-20 lead before Johnvic De Guzman and Espejo were able to tie things up once more.

However, an Espejo error followed by an Anut Promchan attack set the Thais to matchpoint. An attack error by Espejo gave Thailand the match.

The Philippines will face Malaysia in the 5th–7th place play-off on May 19.

#ReadMore  Perpetual hands JRU tough 2OT loss
Written By


You May Also Like

News

ILAGAN, ISABELA — Farm Fresh notched its first win in the 2025 Premier Volleyball League On Tour, fending off a late fightback by Choco...

Alas Pilipinas

Alas Pilipinas Men suffered their first defeat in the opening leg of the 2025 SEA V.League, falling in a hard-fought 16-25, 22-25, 24-26 loss...

News

BATANGAS CITY — It took Nxled 14 games to collect just two wins in the previous conference. This weekend alone, they’ve already matched that...

News

BATANGAS CITY — Undrafted opposite spiker Ayesha Juegos had already come to terms with the fact that her name was never called during the...

News

BATANGAS CITY — Choco Mucho kicked off its 2025 PVL On Tour campaign with a four-set victory over Galeries Tower, 25-19, 13-25, 25-22, 25-20,...

Alas Pilipinas

Steven Rotter stood tall as Alas Pilipinas Men capped off their 2025 AVC Men’s Nations Cup campaign on a high note, outlasting New Zealand...

Alas Pilipinas

Alas Pilipinas Men remained winless in the 2025 AVC Nations Cup after suffering a straight-sets defeat at the hands of a vengeful Thailand squad,...

Alas Pilipinas

Alas Pilipinas Men saw their title hopes dashed in the 2025 AVC Men’s Nations Cup following a hard-fought defeat, 19-25, 25-23, 28-30, 20-25, to...

Advertisement