Kazakhstan's men's volleyball team beat Indonesia 3:1 in the 11th-place match at the Asian Games in Japan. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
After losing the first set, Sergei Trikoz's squad took the next three. Vladislav Mastikhin brought the team 19 points today, Azamat Seilkhanov scored 15, and Asylkhan Izbergenuly added 14.
Volleyball. Men. October 3. 11th-place match
🏐 KAZAKHSTAN – INDONESIA 3:1 (23:25, 25:23, 25:18, 25:20)
The men's volleyball tournament at the Asian Games has been held since 1958. The Japanese have won it more often than any other nation. Kazakhstan's team has never reached the podium. At the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, our team finished 9th.
The XX Summer Asian Games officially opened on September 19 and will end tomorrow, October 4. Athletes from 45 countries are competing for 460 sets of medals. Kazakhstan's team at the 2026 Asian Games includes 558 athletes in 35 sports.
On the first day of the Games, Kazakhstan won four gold medals. The champions were cyclists Rinata Sultanova and Alexey Lutsenko, as well as karatekas Zholaman Bigabyl and Sofya Berultseva. The fifth gold was added to the team's tally by MMA fighter Yerkingali Burkutalin. The sixth – by his teammate in mixed martial arts, Kadyrbek Shynbayev. On September 23, Lutsenko became a two-time champion of the 2026 Asian Games. The eighth gold medal was won on September 24 by rowers Vladislav Yakovlev and Ivan Chernukhin in the men's coxless pairs. The ninth gold medal was claimed on September 27 by our team of epee fencers. On October 2, gold was won by boxers Torekhan Sabyrkhan and Aibek Oralbay, as well as taekwondo athlete Tamirlan Tleules.
After 13 days of the Games, Kazakhstan was in eighth place in the unofficial medal standings.
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