Robocon 2007: Vietnam lost the first match

Vietnam team 2 (DT03 - Hanoi Industrial University) lost to Thailand with a close score of 9-10 in the final round of the Asia-Pacific Robocon (ABU) competition which took place on the morning of 26th. / 8, in Hanoi.

Participating in this year's competition were 19 teams from 18 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region. Two Vietnamese representatives attending the 2007 ABU Robocon are Vietnam 1 (BKDC - Da Nang University of Technology) and Vietnam 2 (DT03 - Hanoi University of Industry).

In qualifying, Vietnam 1 is in Group E with Malaysia, Saudi Arabia. Vietnam 2 is on the same table as Thailand and Macau.

Picture 1 of Robocon 2007: Vietnam lost the first match 19 changes to recruitment at the opening ceremony

Immediately after the opening ceremony, 19 teams took turns competing in the first matches.

Indonesia and Bangladesh are the two teams that compete in the opening match. After three minutes of competition, Indonesia prevailed over Bangladesh with a score of 22-3.

Vietnam team 2 had a encounter with ThaiLand. Right at the first seconds, Vietnam 2 got off to a good start when their defense robots quickly blocked the road to the center of the Automatic Robot on the Thai side.

Picture 2 of Robocon 2007: Vietnam lost the first match
Prepare before the match

Hoping to win absolutely, DT03 let its Automatic Robots move quickly into the central area to capture the pearl islands.

However, this tactic has failed. A jewel from the center pearl island has been dropped when the Automatic Robot of DT03 attempts to capture the second pearl island.

Three minutes passed in stress, eventually, Vietnam lost to Thailand with the score of 9-10.

Speaking after the match, Nguyen Van Tung, DT03 team captain, said that the reason DT03 failed was because the team did not match the tactical intentions.

' The team has two points deducted from the pearls in the area by hand so only 9 points can be obtained ,' said Nguyen Van Tung . We lost because of not doing the right tactical tactic and not having any problems or errors '.

However, Tung also said, ' Losing is of course sad. But, we don't have much pressure in this match. This afternoon, we have another group stage match with Macau team. Opportunity still exists '.

Picture 3 of Robocon 2007: Vietnam lost the first match
Vietnamese audience enthusiastically supported the home team

Immediately after the Vietnam match 2 lost to Thailand, in Group C, Japan won against SriLanka, China also had the first victory against Mongolia, Malaysia won absolutely before Saudi Arabia, Neal lost to Egypt.

The absolute victory of the Korean team against Fiji has closed the first seven matches of the qualifier this morning.

In the afternoon of the same day, 12 qualifying matches took place at 12h40.

After 12 qualifying matches, 7 teams won at 7 tables and a second team with the highest score will enter the quarter-finals, semifinals to compete for the Robocon 2007 championship.

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