APF Club has won a tough victory in the Madan Bhandari Gold Cup Indo-Nepal Men's Volleyball Championship being held in Butwal on Friday.
The team won the match against Galkot Volleyball Club by a set of 3-2. Thursday's game was postponed due to the cold and wind on the court. The postponed match has been decided by the organizers and the team of referees to play on Friday.
While the fourth set was played on Thursday, the postponed match turned into a very competitive five set on Friday. 25-15, 25-22, Galkot won two sets against APF and tied the match. Galkot won the third set 25-22 and the fourth set 33-31.
APF's spiker duo Surendra KC and Saroj Vardeva led the team to victory at a difficult time, but the synergy of Galkot's Meen Sunar, Jeevan Sunar, Alok Sunar and Iranian player Movin Siri brought the game back to the rhythm. The game of the last and fifth set is
was mired in controversy from the start. The match was halted for almost half an hour due to repeated disputes over the decisions of the lines judge and the referee. There were two disputes over ball out and check out. APF won 20-18 in the final set of a controversial and tense match.
In the next match, host Madan Bhandari Sports Academy defeated Rukum Paschim Volleyball Training Center in straight sets. Academy won the set 25-19, 25-14, 25-23. The host academy lost 3-1 to Nepal Police Club in the opening match. This is Rukum West's second loss. Earlier, they lost the match against Manimukund Volleyball Club in straight sets.
