TEHRAN – Iran’s Saipa Club took the 7th place of the 2024 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship after winning 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-17) against Hong Kong Kwai Tsing on Saturday afternoon at Chartchai Hall.

Mahtab Rahmani was the top scorer of the match, contributing 18 points in the straight-sets victory. 

Saipa Club had the luxury of a taller lineup, which gave them the advantage to in attacks and blocks. Mahtab and Aytak Salamat ran the wings and connected with good percentage. 

Wing Ting To and Wing Man To were Kwai Tsing’s main hitters, who posted by the flanks and helped surprise the opponents with some key blocks. 

The Iran club later returned to form, running their plays successfully to take the opener. 

 Kwai Tsing surged in the second set with a good lead, doing all they could do to run their transitions well. Captain Ying Chi Yu proved to be a real trooper, contributing both in the passing and attack units. 

Saipa Club’s frontline started to get more aggressive as they firmed up their block formation. Zahre Pouran also activated the middle attack which helped close the gap. Their opponents’ errors further helped the Iran club take the second set.

The Iran club intended to ride upon the crest of their momentum going to the third set. They completely dominated the set and pulled away with a sizeable lead and a high morale. 

The fighting Kwai Tsing club continued to battle with each sideout, as they sparked a scoring run, asianvolleyball.net reported.  

Saipa Club regained their composure and closed out the match, to take their best possible finish of 7th place in 2024. They have recorded their best finish in the competition’s history as fourth placers in the 2021 edition, also held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.