Iran crowned in 2017 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
The national Iranian men's sitting volleyball team has captured the title at the 2017 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships in China following an emphatic win over Kazakhstan in the final showdown of the regional tournament.
On Sunday, the Iranian sportsmen swept their Central Asian counterparts 3-0 (25-15, 25-19 and 25-12) at the end of a fixture staged in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Earlier in the event, Iranian physically-challenged women had defeated the Kazakh squad 3-0 in a third-place play-off.
The 2017 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships opened in Hangzhou, China, on June 27, and will wrap up on July 3.
The tournament brought together national men’s sitting volleyball teams from China, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka.
National men’s sitting volleyball teams from China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia were in action as well.
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