China's Zhejiang club easily defeated Iran's Islamic Azad University 3-0 in their first match at the 2015 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in northern Vietnam on Saturday.
With average height of 1.84 meters, Chinese players outperformed their Iranian rivals, who averaged 1.77 meters in height and 24.8 in age.
Chinese players had a good start, scoring six points in a row and taking the first set 25-7.
Iranian players found their form at the beginning of the second set but failed to maintain their performance and lost 10-25.
The third set ended with 25-17 for Chinese players.
The 2015 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship kicked off in Vietnam's northern Ha Nam province, some 60 km south of capital Hanoi. The event is scheduled to last till Sept. 20.
The annual continental competition draws the participation of nine teams, including those from China, China's Taiwan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
The winner of the tournament will earn the only ticket to compete in the 2016 edition of the FIVB' s Volleyball Women's Club World Championship, which is slated for October 2016.