Men s Volleyball Team Opens! Osaka Sweeps the Philippines, Iran 3-2 Thailand, Qatar becomes a dark horse, Sunbird kills pirates in seconds

On May 11, the first men's volleyball team AFC Champions League (formerly: Asian Club Cup) officially kicked off in Osaka, Japan. The host Bruton men's volleyball team swept the Philippines signal attacker 3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-21) in the opening match, giving a refreshing victory to the home audience.

In this game, Osaka Bruton's star and Japanese men's volleyball player Akihi Nishida performed well, winning 13 points and becoming the scoring leader in the game. In addition, Tomota Kama and Cuban heavy gunner Miguel Lopez also contributed 12 points each to help the team get a good start. Although the Philippine men's volleyball team tried to resist tenaciously, due to too many mistakes, they failed to withstand the pressure at critical moments and eventually missed the reversal.

In addition to Bruton's wonderful performance on Osaka, other games on the day were also full of highlights. The favorites to win the championship, Qatar Alreyan, swept Bahrain Almuharek 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-18). This team led by famous players Nimir Abdul-Aziz, Urnaut and Keita showed strong overall strength, defeated Bahrain cleanly and controlled the situation in the whole game.

In addition, Iranian volleyball club Vorad Sirjan fought a five-inning battle with Thailand's Korat (25-17, 22-25, 25-17, 19-25, 15-11). In the end, thanks to the strong performance of Olympic champions Evan Ngapes and Javier Concepcion, he won the game hard and won the team's first game.

Another highly-watched match was played between the Suntory Sunbirds of Japan and the Queensland Pirates of Australia, and the Sunbirds finally killed the Pirates 3-0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-18).