Touring Bangladesh Men’s team conceded 18-25 points defeat in the first set, suffered 14-25 points defeat in the 2nd sets and lost the 3rd set by 15-25 points to make their semifinal berth uncertain. 

Bangladesh Men’s Volleyball team made a good start beating hosts Nepal by 3-2 sets in a keenly contested match Wednesday evening and now they had to wait for the outcome of Nepal-India match on Friday (Nov 29) to decide their semifinal fate from Group A. 

Earlier, Bangladesh Women’s Volleyball team made a frustrating start in the 13th South Asian (SA) Games after conceding straight 0-3 sets defeat against hosts Nepal in the opening match at the same venue on Wednesday.

They will play their remaining Group A match against India on Friday at 1:15 pm. 

Two top teams from each of the women’s and men’s competitions will play in the semifinals on November 30 and December 1 respectively while the finals of both groups will be held on December 3.

Both the Men’s and Women’s Volleyball competitions of the seven-nation South Asian Games began on Wednesday (Nov 27), four days ahead of the formal opening of the games on December 1.  

Seven South Asian countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Pakistan, India Sri Lanka and hosts Nepal – are competing in 26 disciplines of eleven-day of the 13th edition of the meet with a 621-member contingent representing Bangladesh in the 25 sports.       
 
Bangladesh Men’s Volleyball team: Masud Hossain, Mohammad Sujon, Harajit Biswash, Sadi Mohammad Shafin, Rashed Khan Menon, Ruhul Amin, Narayan Devnath, Tanvir Hossain Tonmoy, Mohammad Al Amin, Kaisar Hamid, Tirthokar Roy, Nahid Hasan, Ismail Hossain Pavel and Sona Mia.