The first round of the Women's Volleyball Club World Cup ended, and the first match was played between Kazakhstan's Altay and The Ba's Super League giants Minas. As Chinese clubs did not participate in this year's AFC Champions League, Altay won the Asian Club Championship, thus getting the opportunity to participate in the Club World Cup. However, the overall strength was too weak, and Altay lost 0-3 to Minas and missed the Club World Cup. Altay's best performer was De la Cruz, who scored 15 points on 15-of-37 shootings, but the serve and net did not help the team.
Minas had three players in double figures, Ozsoy 14 points, Daloit 10 points and Taiza 13 points. From the post-match statistics, The two technical links of Minas slam and netting are stronger than Altay, and they are also the key to the team's victory. But the serve was not as good as Altay, and coupled with the fact that both sides were out of control, Minas did not lead much in every set. After all, Altay is an AFC Champions League team, although the overall strength is not as good as the Turkish Super League and Serie A giants, but there is a chance to win against the Bachao giants.
The second match took place between defending champion Conegliano and Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce. Conegliano is the 2019 Club World Cup winner, and this year Conegliano is defending the title because the Club World Cup was discontinued last year. After three sets of matches, Conegliano swept Fenerbahce 3-0 to open the Club World Cup. Egnu scored a game-high 22 points in 34 dunks and 3 of 19 shots, becoming the hero of the team's victory. Egnu's dominance in the No. 2 position was Koone's advantage and key to victory over Fenerbahce.
Plummer also had a good performance, scoring 13 points and sharing the offensive pressure on Egnu. Although Fenerbahce lost, the Russian teenager Xiao Caiwa performed well. Since shining in this year's World Women's Volleyball League, Xiao Caiwa has become a new star in the main offensive position, helping the Russian women's volleyball team reach the Olympic quarterfinals. He is a sophisticated individual slam dunk and is a new generation of stars with outstanding potential. In this game, Xiao Caiwa scored a team-high 18 points in 17 of 27 dunks, and the success rate of the slam was as high as 63%, which was no less than the play of the world's top attackers.
Unfortunately, Fenerbahce started off a bit slowly, giving Conegliano the upper hand. Moreover, the efficiency of The attacker on the side of Cone is stronger than Fenerbahce, and the little color baby lacks helpers. Judging from the post-match statistics, Fenerbahce blocked 3 major technical links and fell behind in an all-round way, and even his own mistakes were 3 points more than Corne. It seems that Fenerbahce does not want to compete for the Club World Cup with all his might, otherwise he would not have loaned Vargas to the Tianjin women's volleyball team. Maybe the team is waiting for Vargas to come back with Li Yingying and strive for the Turkish Super League title.
Conegliano has already shown the temperament of a defending champion, and with the next step against the beach club, there is little pressure to advance to the final four. The real enemy is The Wakif Bank, both of whom are regulars of the Club World Cup.