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Laluan mudah menanti Malaysia


KOK CHI (kanan) melakukan cabutan pada majlis undian Kejohanan Bola Tampar Remaja Perempuan Bawah 18 Asia di Bukit Jalil semalam.


LALUAN mudah menanti skuad bola tampar wanita negara pada Kejoha- nan Bola Tampar Remaja Perempuan Bawah 18 Asia edisi kelapan Mei depan.

Dalam undian Kumpulan A semalam, skuad bimbingan Moh Wung Ming itu akan membuka tirai dengan menentang pasukan jiran, Singapura pada kejohanan yang dijadualkan berlangsung di Stadium Badminton Cheras itu pada 20 hingga 28 Mei depan.

Selain Singapura, satu lagi pasukan yang mengisi kumpulan yang sama ialah Kazakhstan.
Jurulatih negara, Wung Ming jelas berpuas hati apabila anak-anak buahnya memulakan cabaran dengan berdepan Singapura.

Katanya, ini sekali gus memberi peluang untuk melangkah sekurang- kurangnya ke peringkat suku akhir.
"Kita pernah mengadakan perlawanan persahabatan dengan Singapura dan tewas 2-3 tetapi saya hanya menurunkan pemain Bawah 16 dan bukan skuad utama.

"Malah saya mengenali kekuatan pemain Singapura secara terperinci kerana pernah berkhidmat di sana," kata Wung Ming selepas sidang media di Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil semalam.


"Saya yakin kita mempunyai kemampuan menjinakkan Singapura serta mencerahkan laluan untuk berada di kalangan lapan pasukan terbaik.

"Semua pemain negara kini sedang menjalani latihan di Sibu memandangkan sebahagian besar anggota skuad ini berasal dari Sarawak.

"Saya juga dalam proses pemilihan 14 pemain terakhir sebelum 15 April depan," katanya lagi.
Sejumlah 13 pasukan telah menge- sahkan penyertaan pada kejohanan itu termasuk beberapa pasukan pilihan seperti Jepun, China, Thailand dan Korea.

Pasukan-pasukan lain terdiri dari- pada Taiwan, Australia, Vietnam, India, Iran dan New Zealand manakala Indonesia dan Filipina pula menarik diri daripada menyertai kejohanan kali ini.

Turut hadir pada sidang media itu ialah Setiausaha Kehormat, Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi; Presiden Persatuan Bola Tampar Malaysia (MAVA), Datuk Lee Jian Xian dan wakil dari Per- sekutuan Bola Tampar Asia (AVC), Shanrit Wongprassat.

Sementara itu, Presiden MAVA, Jian Xian berkata, tiga pasukan terbaik akan mewakili benua Asia pada kejohanan dunia bawah 18 tahun pada 2011.

"Selain itu, juara kejohanan ini juga berpeluang mewakili Asia pada Sukan Olimpik Remaja pada Ogos depan," kata Jian Xian.

Mengulas mengenai pemilihan Malaysia selaku tuan rumah, beliau mengucapkan terima kasih kepada AVC kerana memberikan kepercayaan sekali lagi buat Malaysia selepas penganjuran Kejohanan Bola Tampar Bawah 19 pada tahun 2007.

"Diharapkan pengelolaan kejohanan kali ini lebih baik berbanding sebelumnya di samping mampu menarik remaja meminati sukan bola tampar," ujarnya lagi.

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