India beat South Korea in the Quarterfinals and reached the semifinals. After two defeats in the Group stage matches against China and Iran, S Korea were looking like they had the upper hand. But India created an upset and won the match.
India won the first set by 27-25 but lost the second set by a huge margin of 14-25. Then India came back strongly in the third set and won by 25-20 and Korea attacked and won the fourth set by 25-23.
And it came to the deciding set and in a nail-biting finish, India won the set by 17-15 and won the match and entered the semifinals, where they will face defending champion Iran.
Iran is one of the favorite team for this tournament Through out this tournament, Iran showed their brilliant volleyball game, winning 12 sets and losing only 4. In the group stage match, Iran beat India by 3-1.
Scorecard :
India | 27 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 17 |
South Korea | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 15 |
Next Match [Semifinals]:
6 Sep. : India vs Iran