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Iran's U21 beach volleyball team finishes 4th in Asian tourney

Xinhua, March 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Iran's under-21 beach volleyball team finished fourth at the end of the second edition of Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championship in Thailand on Saturday.

The Iranian pair of Javad Firouzpour and Alireza Aghajani lost their last fixture at the Nongyama Municipal School in Thailand's northeastern city of Roi Et, in two straight sets (19-21 and 22-24) to Thailand's under-21 beach volleyball outfit, Press TV reported.

Earlier, Iran's U21 beach volleyball team had secured its place at the forthcoming FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships 2017, which will be held on June 13-18 in the Chinese city of Nanjing.

The second edition of Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championship opened in Roi Et, Thailand, on March 2 and finished on March 4, 2017. Endit