2006 Men’s World Championship – Kazakhstan
Learning experience for Kazakhstan against Pakistan (FIVB)
05/15/2005
Karachi, Pakistan, May 17, 2005 – Kazakhstan were humbled by
Pakistan 4-1 in a five-match friendly series, which was
acting as preparation for a 2006 Men’s World
Championship second round tournament – Europe Pool D,
which Kazakhstan will be hosting from June 17-19.
The superb blocking and spiking by skipper Irfan Nawaz,
Zaheer Abbas, Naseer Ahmed and Zafar Iqbal guided
Pakistan to a thrilling straight sets win in the fifth
and final test to wrap up the series on Tuesday at the
KPT Sports Complex.
Pakistan had registered successive wins in the first
three matches to take the series. They beat the tourists
in the first match at Islamabad, second at Wah and third
at Peshawar by identical margins of 3-0.
For Kazakhstan, their quartet of strikers Andreyev
Yevgenly (captain), Chernenko, Imangaliyev and Rubtsov
Anton demonstrated superb picking and attacking skills
at the net however, the loopholes in their defence let
them down particularly when they were leading.
"It was an excellent series and we enjoyed playing in
Pakistan," Kazakhstan coach Patrakov Andrey remarked and
added that their players gained a great deal of
experience in the series, which would definitely pay
them dividends in the forthcoming 2006 World
Championships. “We are actually in a team rebuilding
process. We are here testing every player against the
stronger Pakistan side.”
Karachi, Pakistan, May 17, 2005 – Kazakhstan were humbled by
Pakistan 4-1 in a five-match friendly series, which was
acting as preparation for a 2006 Men’s World
Championship second round tournament – Europe Pool D,
which Kazakhstan will be hosting from June 17-19.