However, this will be a difficult test and not easy to achieve. The reason now is that the Indonesian volleyball heroine faces a formidable opponent: Vietnam.
When it comes to encounters with Vietnam, Indonesia often gets stuck. Like the last three meetings where Vietnam always led Indonesia.
According to Volleybox data, the last time the two teams met was last September in the SEA V League, where Vietnam beat Indonesia 3-0.
Previously, Indonesia and Vietnam also met in the regular round of the SEA Games 2022, where Vietnam won 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 18-25, 25-20).
And at the 2019 SEA Games there was another clash between the two teams which saw Indonesia go 2-3 (25-20, 25-14, 25-19, 18-25, 6-15) in the round robin. lost to Vietnam.
Ultimately, Indonesia had to settle for just winning the bronze medal at the 2019 edition of the SEA Games with a win over the Filipino team.
However, Indonesia 2019 also defeated Vietnam in the first and second rounds of the 2019 SEA V League.
Srikandi Merah Putih won 0-3 in the first round and won again in the second round 3-1.
Due to the recent performance, Vietnam is also doing well. In the group stage, they claimed three wins without losing a set.
Prior to participating in the 2023 SEA Gems, the Vietnamese women’s volleyball team also made history by winning the 2023 Women’s Asian Volleyball Championship (AVC).
That certainty came after the Vietnam women’s national volleyball team, dubbed Sports Center 1, defeated Diamond Food in the final on Tuesday (05/02/2023).
Vietnam won the 2023 AVC Women’s Championship by a 3-2 margin (21-25, 17-21, 25-20, 25-22 and 15-10).
This success wrote a new history for Vietnamese volleyball.
For the first time during the participation of the Vietnamese volleyball team, only Sports Center 1, the SEA Games 2023 squad, won the women’s AVC.
Vietnam’s success at the Championship secured them a spot to compete in the FIVB Club World Cup.
Even the World Volleyball Federation (FIVB) sent congratulations to Vietnam.
So this will be a tough test for Indonesia’s volleyball hero team.
