Alas Pilipinas Males remains to be searching for its breakthrough win after absorbing a sweep loss anew, this time towards host Bahrain, 25-18, 25-23, 25-20, to formally bow out of podium rivalry within the 2024 AVC Problem Cup on early Tuesday in Manama, Bahrain.
The Filipinos, who have been coming off a straight units loss to China the opposite day, fell to a 0-2 to finish their pool stage marketing campaign as their fellow Pool A contenders China (1-0) and Bahrain (1-0) will qualify for the quarterfinals spherical.
After dropping the opening body, Alas put up a greater battle in Set 2 with Jau Umandal rejecting Abdulia Mohamed to pressure a 21-all impasse earlier than 5-foot-11 Jade Disquitado, who was transformed to an reverse hitter, unleashed a drop ball to chop their deficit to only one, 22-23.
However Alas failed to offer the finisher with setter Alafyah Mahmood benefiting from an overpass from Disquitado whereas staff captain Anan Naser unloaded an enormous kill off a timeout because the hosts cruised to a commanding 2-0 lead of their first recreation of the match.
Alas then noticed themselves deep in a 20-16 gap after a Haider Hasan fast hammer within the essential Set 3. Veteran center blocker Kim Malabunga, although, continued to battle for the nationals after pouring in back-to-back fast hits to make it a 22-19 affair.
However Bahrain, who additionally dealt the Philippines a heartbreak throughout their Last 12 assembly within the 2023 version, closed out the match with a 3-1 blast capped by an Ali Sayed Hashem off-the-block bomb.
With the loss, the Philippines has been relegated to the classification match towards both Indonesia or Qatar.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Built-in Information