Early this morning Beijing time, The International Volleyball Federation announced the latest ranking of the women's volleyball national team. The Chinese women's volleyball team currently ranks fourth with 338 points after losing to the Italian team 1:3 last night.
This is the first time that the Chinese women's volleyball team has fallen out of the top three in the world rankings since the Chinese women's volleyball team gave up the world's first place last year.
With this victory, the Italian women's volleyball team surpassed the Chinese team in points and jumped to third place. The United States and Brazil still occupy the top spot with 392 points and 379 points.
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On the evening of July 14th, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Italian team 1:3 in the quarter-finals of the World League Finals. According to the pre-match points ranking, the Italian team is lower than the Chinese women's volleyball team. Therefore, after the Italian team won this battle, the Chinese team lost 7.87 points.
The Italian team, which was only 6 points behind the Chinese team, relied on this campaign to overtake and enter the top three.
Since last year, the world ranking of the Chinese women's volleyball team has dropped from the top position in the world. This season, the Chinese team, which has experienced four defeats in the World League, suffered huge points losses, especially after losing 2:3 to and the Thai women's volleyball team , they suddenly lost 12.84 points and fell to third place.
In another quarter-final last night, the Turkish women's volleyball team , playing at home, eliminated the Thai women's volleyball team 3:1 and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the standings, the Turkish team has become the team with the fastest growth recently. With its performance in the World League, Turkey's world ranking has quickly risen to fifth place. Currently, the gap between Türkiye and the Chinese team is only 9 points.
The Serbian women's volleyball team defeated the American team in the quarter-finals. With this victory, they scored 9.92 points. Their points soared and they are currently ranked sixth in the world.
