TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian girl volleyball players have narrowly been defeated by host country Vietnam in the Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship.

The Iranian women's U19 volleyball team played against the host country Vietnam this morning and lost to their opponent 3 to 2.

The Iranian girls will take on Kazakhstan tomorrow for a seventh or eighth place.

The Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the under 19 women's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). The current champion is China, which won its twelfth title at the 2016 tournament hosted by Thailand.

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