Nepali volleyball team leaves for Bangladesh
The teams will play according to the round-robin league basis.
KATHMANDU: A Nepali volleyball team left for Bangladesh today to take part in the U-23 International Men’s Volleyball Championship being held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
The tournament is taking place from Dec 22 to 26. Four countries – hosts Bangladesh, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka – are taking part in this Championship.
All teams have reached the semi-final stage as there are only four teams playing in the tournament.
The teams will play according to the round-robin league basis.
The inaugural match of the Championship will be held on Dec 22. Nepal and Bangladesh will compete in this match. Nepal will be playing their second match against Sri Lanka on Dec 23 and their last match on Dec 24 against Kyrgyzstan.
The final match of the tournament will be held on Dec 26.
Jagadish Prasad Bhatta is the head coach and Bharat Yadav the assistant coach.
U-23 Nepali Team
Dhiroj Kumar Basnet, Rabi KC, Santosh Khatri, Arjun Nepali, Rup Bahadur Gurau, Bishnu Basnet, Safal BK, Santosh Mahata, Manish Manandhar, Hemant Malla, Ved Prakash Joshi, Samrat Bhandari, Gaurab Pandey, Bhim Raj Gurung.
