Beijing time on July 2, 2022, the Calgary Station of the World Women's Volleyball League ended in a focus match. The world champion Serbian women's volleyball team defeated the American powerhouse Canadian women's volleyball team 3-1, winning its seventh game and locking a seat in the finals. So far, 7 seats have been decided in the top eight of the finals, namely the United States, Brazil , Japan, Italy, China, Turkey , Serbia . Turkey, the host of the finals, has become the top seed.
In this competition, Serbia has hidden many core players. Boskovic and Ojenianovic have not returned to the team. Under this situation, the competitiveness of the Serbian women's volleyball team has dropped greatly and cannot compete with Italy and Brazil. Waiting to be compared to the top teams. Before the match against Canada, the Serbian women's volleyball team had only won 6 games and was ranked 7th. The top 6 teams had already locked up their spots in the finals. The Serbian women's volleyball team was under tremendous pressure.
The Canadian women's volleyball team is the host in the third week. The record before facing Serbia was 4 wins and 5 losses, and it has always retained the hope of reaching the finals. In the first game of the third week, Canada defeated Turkey 3-1, which gave the Canadian women's volleyball team more confidence. However, the overall strength of the Canadian women's volleyball team is relatively average. They have been very passive in the first two games against Serbia. They lost two games in a row 20-25 and 14-25 and fell into a desperate situation.
In the third game, the Canadian women's volleyball team was a little anxious and made many offensive mistakes. The Serbian women's volleyball team led 7-5. Subsequently, van Rieck began to exert force, and the Canadian women's volleyball team scored consecutively, leading 10-9. In the second half of the game, Serbia blocked and scored, leading 18-17. However, Serbia made many low-level mistakes at the end of the game, and Canada regained the game 25-20.
In the fourth game, the Canadian women's volleyball team became more and more courageous, leading 13-9 in the game. The Serbian women's volleyball team adjusted in time and tied 16-17 in the game. Afterwards, the competition between the two teams was particularly fierce. At the critical moment, Serbia was superior and led 25-17. 22 won this game and won with a big score of 3-1.
The Serbian women's volleyball team won its seventh game, reaching 20 points and locking a seat in the finals. So far, the top seven teams in the league have all advanced to the finals, followed in order by the United States, Brazil, Japan, Italy, China, Turkey, and Serbia. Because Turkey is the host of the finals, locking in the top eight also means that Turkish women's volleyball team becomes the top seed in the finals, and will face the lowest-ranked team in the quarter-finals. To put it simply, if Turkey is ranked eighth, the quarter-finals will be against the team ranked seventh. If Turkey is ranked among the top seven, the quarter-finals will be against the team ranked eighth.
There is only one seat left in the quarter-finals of the finals. Four teams including Thailand, Canada, Poland , and Germany will compete fiercely for the last seat. The Thai women's volleyball team is temporarily ranked eighth, but will face Brazil and Italy in turn. The promotion situation is not very optimistic!
