TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran trounced Qatar in straight sets (25-18, 25-15, 25-17) at the 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship at the Azadi Sports Complex here on Saturday.
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Team Melli will face Australia on Sunday.
The Tehran championship will also serve as the Tokyo 2020 Asian Olympic qualification tournament with the top-eight teams making it to the Olympic qualifiers.
The 2020 Men';s Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament will be held in Jiangmen, China from January 7 to 12, 2020.
Matchday Two Results:
Pool A:
*Iran 3-0 Qatar
*Australia 3-0 Sri Lanka
Pool B:
*Japan 3-0 Thailand
*Chinese Taipei 3-0 Hong Kong
Pool C:
*China 3-0 India
*Kazakhstan 3-0 Oman
Pool D:
*South Korea 3-0 Kuwait
*Pakistan 3-2 Indonesia
The 2019 Asian Men';s Volleyball Championship is the twentieth edition of the Asian Men';s Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF).