RI fails to retain men's volleyball title

RI fails to retain men's volleyball title

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines: The Indonesian men's volleyball
team failed to defend its title against archrival Thailand in the
final of the 2005 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games here on Monday.

Indonesia, which edged Thailand 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-21) two
years ago in Vietnam, fell this time 1-3 (25-23, 21-25, 19-25,
18-25) to settle for the silver in one of the Games' final
events.

"We were able to win the first game, but in the second we
started making too many mistakes," national men's team coach Gugi
Gustaman told The Jakarta Post.

"From then on, we couldn't find our rhythm."

Indonesia also lost 0-3 (23-25, 17-25, 23-25) to Thailand in
the round robin, but beat Vietnam, Myanmar and the host.

In the women's competition, Indonesia finished fourth out of
five nations, with only one win against Singapore. Thailand won
gold, with Vietnam taking silver. -- JP