Thailand's women have gone out of the regu doubles after a 2-1 defeat to Vietnam. China stole into second place in group X and qualification for the semifinals with a straight sets beating of Philippines. However, the all-conquering Thai men won all their qualification matches to march into the last four.

With further competition placements being decided in the women's volleyball competition, Korea defeated a tired Kazakhstan team in straight sets (25-20, 25-22, 25-14) at Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall to finish fifth in the tournament.

As the women's volleyball competition tidies up its loose ends at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall with final placement matches, Vietnam took on Mongolia to decide 7th and 8th positions in the competition, with Vietnam overpowering their opponents 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-19).

Bahrain claimed the final quarterfinal place with a thrilling victory over Chinese Taipei in their pool B decider.

Chinese Taipei and Bahrain both recorded their third successive victories in pool B of the preliminary round of the men's volleyball tournament at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall on Thursday. Chinese Taipei upset Thailand, 25-15, 25-13, 25-21 in men's volleyball preliminaries, at Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall.