The Malaysia Volleyball Association (MAVA) issued a statement to slam the negative comments made about the physique of its athletes.

This was after the Malaysian duo, Nur Azwa Qariesya Mohammad Noor Aizuddin and Rachael Goh, lost 0-2 to both China and Japan at the 2025 AVC Beach Tour Pingtan Open, held in China from May 8 to 11.

Photos of Match

A post by MAVA on May 10 announced that the Malaysia team had lost their matches to both countries, which was accompanied by photos of a game, as well as posed photos of the Malaysia and China players side-by-side.

Commenters Jump In

The post attracted numerous comments that targeted the Malaysian athletes, as they appeared smaller in stature compared to their Chinese counterparts.

Many of the commenters, who appeared to be fellow Malaysians, left snide remarks by asking if the match was between children and adults, and if the Malaysians were undernourished.

All i heard is cable cable cable.

Doesnt mean cable in one sport like football it is applicable to other sports in this country to.

Those who never got involved in local sports talk as if they were in the industry for life.

Not easy to recruit athletes in Malaysia especially woman coz plenty of restrictions, family priority, financial issues or family preference of sports etc. You name it la.

Those poor girls trained so hard yet kena mocked due to their physical disadvantage. Kesian...

to represent malaysia u need kabel kuat.

many tall malaysian has no kabel.

All i heard is cable cable cable.

Doesnt mean cable in one sport like football it is applicable to other sports in this country to.

Those who never got involved in local sports talk as if they were in the industry for life.

Not easy to recruit athletes in Malaysia especially woman coz plenty of restrictions, family priority, financial issues or family preference of sports etc. You name it la.

Those poor girls trained so hard yet kena mocked due to their physical disadvantage. Kesian...

How u know they trained hard? They are prolly some part time athlete who train on their off days. They have full time jobs.

If wanna train , go all out and train. From the outfit itself can tell that the girl on the left is just a parttimer.

Why still need the yellow tank top after u cover everything?

Ppl here in /K more likely to ask... who you rather be in bed with?

How u know they trained hard? They are prolly some part time athlete who train on their off days. They have full time jobs.

If wanna train , go all out and train. From the outfit itself can tell that the girl on the left is just a parttimer.

How u know they trained hard? They are prolly some part time athlete who train on their off days. They have full time jobs.

If wanna train , go all out and train. From the outfit itself can tell that the girl on the left is just a parttimer.

Ii am sure you can find taller Malaysians. Jz that they are more interested in tiktok and amdk

they still can beat ktards and the ones made those comments

Very high chance. Sand is damn unforgiving, absorbs energy, hard to generate lift in your feet and kicks. I play beach soccer for fun also pancit quick.

Imagine jumping like these girls.

The right question here is who you rather not be in bed with hehe

Japanese also used to be short, then they improve their nutrition.

All i heard is cable cable cable.

Doesnt mean cable in one sport like football it is applicable to other sports in this country to.

Those who never got involved in local sports talk as if they were in the industry for life.

Not easy to recruit athletes in Malaysia especially woman coz plenty of restrictions, family priority, financial issues or family preference of sports etc. You name it la.

Those poor girls trained so hard yet kena mocked due to their physical disadvantage. Kesian...

All i heard is cable cable cable.

Doesnt mean cable in one sport like football it is applicable to other sports in this country to.

Those who never got involved in local sports talk as if they were in the industry for life.

Not easy to recruit athletes in Malaysia especially woman coz plenty of restrictions, family priority, financial issues or family preference of sports etc. You name it la.

Those poor girls trained so hard yet kena mocked due to their physical disadvantage. Kesian...

haiya. southeast asia ppl memang kecik size mah..

188.9cm on average for women volleyball. Malaysia men also kalah.

just like some of the male said, size doesnt matter... skill more importance

it happens as a result of having nasi lemak every morning and too much sugar. plotek plotek when sugar subsidy remove ..

Why still need the yellow tank top after u cover everything?

Yeah China government are feeding their 1.4 billion population well for sure.

You give Malaysia government handle 1.4 billion population and see what happens. We will handle it so fucking badly.

To compare Malaysia is 35.9 million population to China 1.416 billion population.

That said the problem with our volleyball girls lacking the needed height and size for volleyball is probably much more related to lack of interest and small talent pool selection so ended up select two in international eyes what they regard as mini sized girls as in the picture.

Japanese also used to be short, then they improve their nutrition.

actually no. in any country, there are tall ppl, there are short ppl, even if feed well and no malnutrition, genetically short, you can only grow until certain height. just look at Africa, a lot of the top athlete came from poor family and are malnutrition at some point, but they are built different and still manage to come out top after training and maintain good diet.

but for country that is very competitive in sports like china and japan. every inch counts. the tall ones are selected to be trains in favour of the shorts one, those that are physically disadvantage most likely got kick out early.

Singaporean male average height is >1.7m and female is >1.6m.

They are in the same region as other ASEAN countries. Genetics? Don't think so.

Poor 3rd world countries just don't admit it, their people are malnourished and live below poverty standards.

Quantity is rezeki?

you already said is average.. how about T10 percentile? how the height there? even if T1 percentile of SG population there are still like 50K ppl.. and that is just SG.. imagine china and japan..

haiya. southeast asia ppl memang kecik size mah..

188.9cm on average for women volleyball. Malaysia men also kalah.

You don't need T1 to be properly nourished and afford healthy good food.

You need high purchasing power and competitive salary for your citizens to enjoy good living standards.

Japan height also also been steadily increasing ever since they came out of poverty and became a 1st world country.

In China, Tier-1 cities have reached 1st world standard of living and income levels.

I know you are banana but if you can follow Chinese tiktok there are streamers who break down the average height of the population according to the provinces. Those closest to Vietnam like yunnan region are comparatively short. Those from north east near Russia and Manchuria region very tall. 1.8 m is the norm

You don't need T1 to be properly nourished and afford healthy good food.

You need high purchasing power and competitive salary for your citizens to enjoy good living standards.

Japan height also also been steadily increasing ever since they came out of poverty and became a 1st world country.

In China, Tier-1 cities have reached 1st world standard of living and income levels.

Have you met Taiwanese before? Their male height is also very tall by modern standards compared to their previous generations.

1.8M+

What does these emerging industrialized 1st world Asian countries have that Malaysia is lacking?

Proper food nourishment, healthier lifestyles and less hardcore poverty?

Even Japan and Thailand are ten plus cm shorter than average pro volleyball. Those girls from 🇨🇳 in the pic confirm are from north eastern China famous for tall ppl. The southern China like yunnan and Guangdong all shirt and petite like here.

Japan males today are much taller than their previous generations. Their increasing meat diet and protein supplies have lifted them out of poverty after becoming a developed nation.

Men are much taller than previous generations and their women chests have also became more meatier compared to their parents/grandparents.

Firstly. Male.

Second a lot of them have parents who came from northern China. Unlike our local population which is purely malay or southern Chinese.

The picture shows a height difference of almost 30 cm. No amount of nutrition can make up that height. Is true that are girls can grow taller with better nutrition but the limit is also like in sg where girls average 165-175cm for the tall ones.

Pajeet daily ration comes with wholesome white rice with generous portion of diarrhea gravy guaranteed to prevent constipation for you.

100% Pure Vegan Their Gods favor will be on them and they'll receive blessing for good stomach movement.

With this their children will grow up strong, healthy and intelligent with high IQ.

How do you describe HK then? Their people are mostly consist of Southern Guangdong province but a much wealthier economy as a booming port island since British colonization.

The Viets used to be on the same level as Pinoys/Indons, how come their average height is now on same level with Malaysia?

physical spec are everything in sport, a small different or mid different will determine the outcome

What about hk? Are their basketball players dominating Chinese league? They are taller than average asean and a bit taller than sg and Japan but still shorter than South Koreans and northern Chinese.

Wake me up when Vietnam becomes taller than average Chinese from north China

Pajeet daily ration comes with wholesome white rice with generous portion of diarrhea gravy guaranteed to prevent constipation for you.

100% Pure Vegan Their Gods favor will be on them and they'll receive blessing for good stomach movement.

With this their children will grow up strong, healthy and intelligent with high IQ.

FYI, some Hindus consume Beef and Pork too. (Shocking to me but Bharatians clarified me that because they belongs to low castes)

Wonder why the Sikh and Singhs all very tall and big size. Famous for becoming enforcer for Brit’s.

Their diet consists of lots of Ghee?

Those ccp athletes are most likely northern ccp which is known for their height.

Almost all 2feidei chicken ccp nationals that i chaffeur around to KTV and meat massage shop with Grab aren't even that tall.