India 🇮🇳 vs. New Zealand 🇳🇿 - Highlights | FIVB - Asian Continental Championships - Men

Obi Mutu serving for India, the ABC Men's Volleyball Continental 2026. Kukuoka, India in the red, New Zealand in their traditional black with the third. Opens up the scoring. All back for an opposite. The space being left on the line. Shirak with the serve. Has to be pressed into reception duty. He's set his dag on his attempts. Seth Grant works the block. Ahmed so close. He's pouring in the points. First half of the first set. Five to his name. Shikar the serve for India. Got a swing down the line from Jerome. Big presence so far. Obi Shikar is back underway. From that swing from Grant. Can't be controlled. In place of John. Keeps the pressure on from the serve. Grant, blocked this time. Ahmed starting to get the better of that matchup between and the New Zealand opposite. Awesome. Brilliant swing on the pipe attack from Shirak. Wonderful tempo through the middle for Mutu. Jerome has the serve. Great cross-court swing from McManaway. Ahmed with the opportunity to take set number one. Now back into the game. Needs to be controlled by India. Anand makes the first touch down the line. McManaway. Good reception by Anand. Mutu goes to the middle. And Shikar wraps up the first set for India. Situation. A little bit of movement across the net. Shikar. Trouble for Holston. The action set number two with an ace serve. Massive toss on that serve. His attack can't be controlled. Placid now on the serve. Picks that one right on the spot for Mutu. Connection on the pipe attack. Swing from Seth Grant is denied. Fantastic block by John. Horson. There's a serious pressure on Ahmed. Picks the ball in the direction. More control on that serve. Anna Placid has launched in the back row. Great tempo. Enough of the reception. Puts it straight into the approach pad. Hunt reaches back on that serve. Ahmed responds in kind and attack. He grips at the ball. Ahmed earns himself a trip to the service line. This is super steep down the line. That's a serve. As you like from Jerome. India captain. That's been excellent this day. A little bit of points for him. And with the serve. So he has to set the high ball in the direction of Placid. And he can't beat the India block or the net. Shah returns us to action. New Zealand in the transition. Placid goes off speed. That one finds the floor. Bessie the serve for New Zealand. It's a valid in attack. And Jerome continues to deliver for India. Shirag with another serve. There's the other direction this way. Bessie almost keeps that one in play. Can't work it back past the referee stand. Stands on the left hand side. Shirag strong again. Work to boot. That's now for New Zealand after the aggressive set choice in the middle. Westrop can't provide enough heat on that one. The windmill swing from Ahmed. Placid works the block. With the serve. Placid goes to Westrop. And Westrop hasn't found the block. Windsor getting us underway in set number three. Another windmill attempt from Shirag. With the tip back in the India direction. Speed again. The side able to really wrestle control in this first set. Placid has to work hard on the reception. That's for India. Jerome is denied. Placid cuts off the angle. Watch the hands. Good patience. Approach. Last second adjustment with the hands on the board. Back to the service line again. Another big serve. Ahmed is blocked by Grant. Put it off that one. Digs that one out on the short serve. Touch on the block for India. De-controlled off the arm at the cycle. Get a full touch. New Zealand to work from off the net. No strong swing available. Shirag on the pipe. That one might not have found the block. That one certainly has. Goff denied again. New Zealand. Try and get the bookmark in in time. Has found the baseline. That is an ace serve for New Zealand. All on Placid. The off-speed swing. This time Jerome is denied. Them on the winner's list. John with a serve. Still having to work from off the net. Grant stings that one off Shirag in defense. Big Bob Maxwell back into the front row. Daniel Malcolm with the serve. He sends it long to Ahmed. Chance now for New Zealand in transition. Ranaway picks out the Indian setup. It's a free ball back. Malcolm has to step in. It's setting for New Zealand. There's the block. Jerome cannot find the court. Malcolm with the serve. Best ups are the best ups from the New Zealand middle. Denies the Indian captain. Chest up again. Net touch by John McManaway brings the conclusion of this match. Indian captain.