In the upcoming round 2 of the National Volleyball Championship - Duc Giang Chemical Cup 2024, Sanest Khanh Hoa will mostly remain their existing line-up. Currently, Sanest Khanh Hoa are on a training session in the western region to prepare for the upcoming tournament.
Round 2 of men's event of the National Volleyball Championship - Duc Giang Chemical Cup 2024 is scheduled to take place in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province from November 21 to 26. Currently, the participating teams are actively practicing to best prepare for the upcoming matches, which are predicted to be very tense. After round 1 ending in last April, with 4 wins, the defending champions Sanest Khanh Hoa are holding the first position with 12 points, 1 point more than second-place Border Guard, who have also won 4 matches. The 3rd place belongs to The Cong Tan Cang with 10 points after 3 wins and 1 loss. Da Nang, LP Bank Ninh Binh, Ha Noi and Long An, who have 2 wins each and a small difference in points separating them on the rankings, still have a chance to process to the semi-finals.
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In the upcoming round 2 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, the teams will compete for 4 spots in the semi-finals. This year's National Volleyball Championship have 9 men’s and women’s teams. Instead of being divided into groups A, B, C, and D as in previous years, where the top two teams of each group would advance to the semi-finals, the 2024 edition adopts a new format. The teams compete in a single round-robin format (round 1 and round 2, collectively called qualifying round), with the top four teams based on points advancing to the semifinals. Sanest Khanh Hoa will play against The Cong Tan Cang, Border Guard, Vinh Long, and Hanoi.
In order to prepare their lineup and tactics for the upcoming matches in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, after a period of training at the Provincial Sports Technique Training Center, Sanest Khanh Hoa has travelled to Ben Tre Province for further training. According to the plan, they have a two-week training session in Ben Tre, playing training matches against strong teams in the western region, such as Vinh Long and Long An, before moving to Ba Ria-Vung Tau for the National Volleyball Championship. Sanest Khanh Hoa have set their goal of winning all four remaining matches in the qualifying round and head the rankings.
Sanest Khanh Hoa’s line-up in round 2 hasn’t changed much in comparison with round 1. They have added one domestic setter and reduced the number of foreign players to 1 instead of 2. Currently, Brazilian player Evandro Día Souza is the only one foreign player on the roster of Sanest Khanh Hoa. As of now, except for Hanoi, all the 8 teams at the National Volleyball Championship - Duc Giang Chemical Cup 2024 have registered foreign players, who are from Thailand, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Russia, Cambodia, etc.
With the active preparation of the teams, the second round promises to be very exciting.
An Nhien
Translated by H.N
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