On May 18, Beijing time, in the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, the Brazilian women's volleyball team and the United States women's volleyball team launched a strong dialogue. The Brazilian women's volleyball team, which played at home, played well, defeating the American women's volleyball team 3-1, winning three consecutive victories and still ranking second in the world. The U.S. women's volleyball team suffered two consecutive defeats, losing 16.3 points and falling to fourth place in the world rankings.
The host Brazilian women's volleyball team defeated Canada and South Korea successively and maintained a complete victory at home. The U.S. women's volleyball team was reversed by the Chinese women's volleyball team in the last game, and the world ranking was overtaken by Brazil and fell to third place. The Brazilian women's volleyball team always maintained the lead in the first game, leading by 6 or 7 points at most, and the American women's volleyball team struggled to catch up but was unable to recover, and the Brazilian women's volleyball team won the first game 25-22.
In the second game, the two sides bit the score in the opening stage, and the Brazilian women's volleyball team scored continuously in the game, and the offensive and defensive ends did have obvious advantages, leaving the American women's volleyball team behind. The U.S. women's volleyball team's attack efficiency was extremely low, and as Christina jumped to serve and score, the U.S. women's volleyball team fell behind 15-23, and the game was one-sided. Subsequently, the U.S. women's volleyball team made an offensive error, and after saving a game point, Brazil's Gabi won another game 25-16.
In the crucial third game, the U.S. women's volleyball team found a feeling, and the hair buckle block was fully dominant, taking an 11-5 lead, and the Brazilian women's volleyball team launched a wave of chasing points, but the U.S. women's volleyball team controlled the rhythm in this game and got the game point 24-18, the fast attack of the Brazilian women's volleyball team was directly blocked, and the U.S. women's volleyball team quickly pulled back a game 25-18. In the fourth game, the two teams tightened the score, and the efficiency of one attack was very high, the American women's volleyball team scored 2 points in a row after 9 draws, Gabi scored a single block net, and Brazil chased 11 draws. The Brazilian women's volleyball team scored consecutive blocks and scored 12-11, and the American women's volleyball team called a timeout.
Subsequently, the Brazilian women's volleyball team played a climax, leading 16-14, and the American women's volleyball team called a timeout. The pause had no effect, the Brazilian women's volleyball team replaced Carol, and then scored consecutive blocks to lead 20-15, and the Brazilian women's volleyball team finally seized the opportunity and locked the victory with 25-19, defeating the American women's volleyball team 3-1 and maintaining the victory. The U.S. women's volleyball team suffered two consecutive defeats, losing 16.3 points in two games and falling to fourth place in the world.
In other matches in Brazil, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Canada 1-3, and Serbia swept Thailand 3-0. All three matches in Turkey were 3-0, with Italy beating Bulgaria 3-0, Poland beating France 3-0 and Japan beating Germany 3-0. The Japanese women's volleyball team won three consecutive victories, and when the Chinese women's volleyball team lost, the Japanese women's volleyball team further narrowed the gap, and was only 5.49 points less than the Chinese women's volleyball team in the world rankings.
On the next match day, the focus of the Brazilian leg will be the Chinese women's volleyball team against Serbia, and the South Korean women's volleyball team will face Dominica and Canada will face Thailand. In Turkey, the host Turkey and Italy have a strong dialogue, and Poland vs. the Netherlands, France vs. Bulgaria!