The Vietnamese squad made a powerful start, edging out Qatar 31-29 in a tense first set. However, the reigning champions bounced back to take the next two sets 25-21 and 25-15. Refusing to back down, Vietnam leveled the match with a 25-23 win in the fourth, forcing a decisive fifth set. Despite their efforts, Vietnam came up short in the final stretch, losing 12-15.

With the result, Qatar advances to the semi-finals to face Pakistan, while Vietnam will compete in classification matches for rankings from 5th to 8th place.

Vietnam breaks into world’s Top 30 in women’s volleyball for first time

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese women’s volleyball team has climbed to 28th place in the world rankings released by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), following a 3-0 victory over Australia at the ongoing Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Nations Cup on June 12.