At 10 pm on June 28th, Beijing time, the third week of the World Women's Volleyball League kicked off in Bulgaria. Chinese women's volleyball team played against Brazilian women's volleyball team in the first match. They tenaciously equalized the score after losing the first two games. Unfortunately, they lost to their opponents 11-15 in the decisive game and lost 2-3 with a big score. In terms of
statistics, four Chinese women's volleyball players scored in double figures, Li Yingying scored a team-high 20 points. Compared with the Brazilian women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team is better at blocking, serving and controlling its own mistakes, but is 12 points behind in offensive scoring. Although the total score of both teams was 104 points, the Brazilian women's volleyball team performed even better in the deciding game.
Whenever they play against Brazil, they must play five games.
After the second week of the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team has a record of 5 wins and 3 losses. It has 16 points with and the Turkish women's volleyball team . Due to a small point disadvantage, it ranks in the world league points. Ranked sixth on the list. For the Chinese women's volleyball team, which aims to reach the World League finals, this ranking is not safe.
moves to Bulgaria. The Chinese women's volleyball team needs to score enough points to ensure that they are ranked in the top eight in the standings. To this end, the Chinese women's volleyball team has made adjustments to the roster. The number of players in the main attack was reduced, and the number of setters was increased. Cai Yaqian replaced Wang Yizhu and was selected into the third week roster. In the secondary attack position, Gaoyi replaced Zheng Yixin and entered the third week roster. After
lost to , the American women's volleyball team and the Japanese women's volleyball team in the second week, the Chinese women's volleyball team's devilish schedule is not over yet. The first opponent, the Brazilian women's volleyball team, is ranked second in the world and won the runner-up at last year's Tokyo Olympics. In the first two weeks of competition, the Brazilian women's volleyball team had a record of 6 wins and 2 losses, ranking third.
Like the Chinese women's volleyball team, the Brazilian women's volleyball team is also in a critical period of replacement between the old and the new after the Tokyo Olympics. Many veterans have withdrawn from the national team due to decline in form. Only five players from the Tokyo Olympics lineup appeared in this World Women's Volleyball League.
The Chinese women's volleyball team and the Brazilian women's volleyball team are old rivals, and every encounter is a fierce battle. In the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics, the two teams played for five games. In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team had the last laugh and won the championship in one fell swoop. Since then, in the 2017 Grand Champions Cup, the 2019 World Cup, and the 2021 Women's World Volleyball League, the score in each battle has been 3 to 2.
met again after a year. Although the lineups of both sides have changed a lot, "playing five games" is still the same script. Although the Chinese women's volleyball team tenaciously dragged the game into the decisive game despite being two games behind, the Brazilian women's volleyball team showed a stronger desire to actively score and staged magical saves in almost every round to win this difficult game. victory.
Three consecutive losses are not terrible, three consecutive wins are indispensable.
At the end of the first week of the competition, the Chinese women's volleyball team ranked second in the standings. Based on the results in the second and third weeks, the Chinese women's volleyball team has lost to the United States, Japan and Brazil one after another. This three-game losing streak has also allowed the Chinese women's volleyball team to be overtaken by Brazil, Italy and Turkey in the rankings.
Although the 2-3 loss to Brazil allowed the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team to gain one point and is currently ranked fifth, given that the China-Brazil battle is the first event of the third week, after each team has completed a round of games, the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team will The ranking is likely to drop again.
lost to the world's number one and the world's second, and also lost to Japan in the Asian Civil War. This three-game losing streak proves that the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team is still far behind the world's top teams. But such a result is not unexpected, and it will not shake the training goals of the new young Chinese women's volleyball team.
As long as they can win three consecutive victories, the Chinese women's volleyball team can still reach the World League finals and achieve the participation goal set before the game. The good news is that the next three opponents of the Chinese women's volleyball team are Poland, Dominica and South Korea. The three teams are weak. According to the current standings, Poland ranks ninth, Dominica ranks 10th, and , the Korean women's volleyball team , which has lost all eight games, is at the bottom.
Compared with other teams, the Chinese women's volleyball team's next schedule is relatively easy, and winning three consecutive victories is the only goal. If you can score nine points in these three games, the initiative to enter the finals will be in your own hands.
