The schedule of the second stage of the women's volleyball league has been released, and the game began at 10:00 a.m. on December 15, and the Tianjin women's volleyball team started its first game. Until the end of December 20th, a total of 5 days, each team will have to go through 4 matches. This season's women's volleyball league rules are different from last season, in order to increase the opportunity for weak teams to play, the second stage of the game is composed of two groups A and B.
In the first stage, the top three teams in Group A and the last four teams in Group B formed Group C, and the top three teams in Group B and the last four in Group A formed Group D, so Group C had 7 teams of Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team, Guangdong Women's Volleyball Team, Shandong Women's Volleyball Team, Shenzhen Women's Volleyball Team, Henan Women's Volleyball Team, Fujian Women's Volleyball Team, and Beijing Women's Volleyball Team; Group D had 7 teams of Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team, Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Team, Liaoning Women's Volleyball Team, Zhejiang Women's Volleyball Team, Yunnan Women's Volleyball Team, Sichuan Women's Volleyball Team, and Hebei Women's Volleyball Team. Not only has it increased the number of games, but it has also made the road to winning the championship more difficult.
The first match of the second stage was played by the Tianjin women's volleyball team against the new league shenzhen women's volleyball team, and the game time was 10:00 a.m. on December 15. The Tianjin women's volleyball team accumulated 18 points in six consecutive wins in the first stage of the competition, ranking first in Group A. The Shenzhen women's volleyball team played generally, winning 3 and losing only the fourth place in Group B. After all, it is a newly formed team, and the goal of the Shenzhen women's volleyball team is the quarterfinals. In the face of the defending champion Tianjin women's volleyball team, the probability of Shenzhen women's volleyball team winning is almost zero. The Tianjin women's volleyball team is expected to make another start.
The last game of the second stage was played between the Liaoning women's volleyball team and the Yunnan women's volleyball team, and the competition time was 6 pm on December 20. Liaoning women's volleyball team's record this season is similar to last season, although the upset overturned the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, but it lacks core competitiveness, and the side attacker lineup needs to be strengthened. The Yunnan women's volleyball team is the bottom team in Group A, and the Liaoning women's volleyball team has little problem winning the game, and the promotion to the top six is just around the corner.
By the end of the second stage, the top three teams in Group C and Group D advanced to the final six, and then formed Group E to compete for the final four places. As for the bottom four of Group C and Group D, group F was formed to play a round robin. It is worth noting that the teams that have already exchanged hands no longer play each other, and directly bring in the results. Obviously, this season's promotion rules are conducive to the down team to carry out personnel training, increase the number of meetings with strong teams, and make the number of games of each team tend to be equal.
At present, Group C has the greatest competitive pressure. Yuan Xinyue has returned to the league, the Tianjin women's volleyball team is thriving, and there is no pressure to advance to the top six. The Shenzhen women's volleyball team and the Fujian women's volleyball team are similar in strength, and they have the ability to overthrow the Guangdong women's volleyball team and the Shandong women's volleyball team, that is to say, in addition to the Tianjin women's volleyball team, these 4 teams need to compete for 2 top six seats, and the promotion pressure is very high. In contrast, group D, the strength of the three teams of Shanghai women's volleyball team, Jiangsu women's volleyball team and Liaoning women's volleyball team is significantly higher than that of their group opponents, and they are expected to advance to the top six, so the competition in the second stage of the competition is mainly in group C.