Japan 🇯🇵 vs India 🇮🇳 | Quarter Final Highlights | AVC Men's Continental Championship 2026

India in the yellow serving. Japan in all black receiving for this quarterfinal match of the ABC Men's Volleyball Continental. Big serve, but look at that, he's on a plate. Fukatsu hasn't had to move and Larry will eventually come up with the point. Batched. Over the other side. Down with middle. Onodera serving run last time he was there. He's going to get another one that. Champion of the season. Oh yes. Touches. And again. He serves again. Oh has he got the ace? He has got the ace! Big old swing from Chirag. Full on Nishida. Fukatsu with the serve goes really short. That was really easy for Chirag. He's in the block. Fukatsu is like lightning and so too is Ishikawa. It's very very frightening right now for India. He's just literally just see his arms going. His shoulders are perfectly square the whole time. He's so upright. Oh yes. Pick up from Brand. I'm sorry I'm not having that. I am not having that. He didn't quite make it. That will do it. Onodera finds the floor. It's 25-17. Japan take the opening set here. Opening set here. Inconsistency of Japan. Too good. That really has been the difference. India did a great job on reception. Set two underway. Japan serving. They're leaning by one set to nothing over India. Oh well yeah. Great dig. Unfortunately you can't go. But the stats say he's gonna. It's always tight on the net. Chirag. Hands got it. There is a bookmark challenge coming. And have the point. Those of you that spend an hour and a half on the bench and come on the serve. Remember those words from Liam. Nishida is serving to stay on court. Who's going to set this one? Oh nice. Very nice. They know exactly what they're doing. There's no confusion. Ogawa. Little delay in that one from Ishikawa. Big serve. Excellent. All need to be moving around Josetta. What a great pickup that is from Hemant. Can he finish? Can he finish? Another go. Larry gets it done. Great variation from Brown. He's done. Larry's out. Matsuka's on to serve. Massive from Miura. Brings up set point for Japan. Substituted out. Leaving Kawahigashi in the front row. And nearly did it. Free ball coming though. Two front row attackers plus two in the back row. Four players moving in time. And it is put away by Tomita. Set number three. India with the serve. Japan leading by two sets to nothing. That is a great block from Jerome to shut down Ran. Just works the block. To go in front. Not happening. Played Ishikawa. India will make a few errors. And there's always that to rely on as well. The serving pressure. Needs to wait to be there in that sense because he's got nine next to him. Super work from Japan. The action now for India is to pass this serve. Kind of done. Make the side out. Good blocking by Mukatsu and Larry. Does well. Maybe if Nishida wore some knee pads. Perfect ball. Side out. Achieved. It's a good serve. That's all the way over. Mukatsu's like, I'm not playing. You get that ball to me. And they do. But a good pickup from Anand. Oh that's got to be two. Play continues. Oh my goodness. Nishida's going apoplectic. But you've got to play to the whistle. You can't become the referee yourself. You've got to keep going. Here comes Nishida. Oh and he still can't find the ball. Another chance for Japan. Everybody moving. And it's gonna be Ishikawa who gets it done. You've got to keep playing as much as you don't like it. Same goes for the coaches. Chirag to serve. Excellent. Well played, Jerome. Will not let Japan score. Nishida. Pass. Lovely swing from Otsuka and it is now match point for Japan. Jerome to serve. That's it. It's all over. Japan have the win.