Vietnamese pentaque team enjoy first world championship title win
VOV.VN - The national team claimed their first championship title at the women triple competition of the Women and Junior Pentaque World Championship 2023, which concluded on November 27 in Thailand.
The final match saw the Vietnamese players get off to a good start as they defeated the hosts Thailand 3-0, before then racing ahead into a 6-1 lead.
However, their Thai opponents quickly came back to level the score at 6-6 a few minutes later.
Vietnam dominated the game in the second set with a score of 11-8, although Thailand were able to reverse the situation to get the score to 12-11 in favour of the hosts.
Through great determination, the Vietnamese players managed to sneak ahead and finish with a score of 13-12 in the final minutes to bring home a gold medal.
This comes after they trounced their French rivals 13-10 in the semi-final round to win a ticket to the finals.
Elsewhere, local player Thach Thi Anh Lan bagged a silver medal in the individual technical event of the women’s competition after losing to a competitor from Myanmar in the final match.