The 21-22 women's volleyball super league season has entered the second stage of the competition. Previously, it was reported that Tianjin, Shandong and Shenzhen in Group C advanced to the top six and will form a new group with the three teams in Group D to start a new round of competition. However, due to loopholes in the format, the Volleyball Association revised the schedule, the semifinals were cancelled, and the five teams will compete for the final four places.
The author reviewed the press release after the first stage of the Volleyball Association and found that the Volleyball Association has made changes, and the original words in the text are: "The 2021-2022 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League will launch the second stage of the group stage competition, when the top four teams of this event will be determined." That is to say, the second stage will directly determine the top four, not the top six.
The current points rules of the Volleyball Association have been changed to the first stage of the points all brought into the second stage. Under the new regulations, the points of group C have changed, Tianjin women's volleyball team 30 points, Shandong women's volleyball team 22 points, Guangdong women's volleyball team 20 points, Shenzhen women's volleyball team 12 points, Fujian women's volleyball team 8 points, Henan women's volleyball team 7 points, Beijing women's volleyball team 0 points. According to the rules of the top two of the group to enter the final four, in the case of only 3 rounds of competition, the Shenzhen women's volleyball team even if it has 9 points, it only has 21 points, which is inferior to Shandong, which is now 22 points, so it has been eliminated.
Even if Tianjin in Group C did not score a single point in the last 3 games, the Guangdong women's volleyball team won 3 consecutive games, and could not surpass, so the Tianjin women's volleyball team advanced in advance. The only suspense is who will advance to the Shandong women's volleyball team and the Guangdong women's volleyball team. The Volleyball Association did not announce the next opponent of Group C, and the Shandong women's volleyball team and the Guangdong women's volleyball team are unstable teams, so it is not easy to predict who will advance and who will be eliminated. Hopefully, the two teams can play well in the next games.
The latest ranking of Group D is 24 points for the Shanghai women's volleyball team, 24 points for the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, 23 points for the Liaoning women's volleyball team, 10 points for the Zhejiang women's volleyball team, 6 points for the Yunnan women's volleyball team, 3 points for the Sichuan women's volleyball team and 0 points for the Hebei women's volleyball team. Group D to promote the final four teams should be between Shanghai, Jiangsu and Liaoning, although the Zhejiang women's volleyball team has one less game, but the point difference from Jiangsu is as much as 14 points, and the number of wins is also 3 games less than the previous team, the disadvantage of small points is obvious, plus this round also has to face Jiangsu head-on, so it has been eliminated by the top four.
Shanghai, Jiangsu and Liaoning in this group all have the potential to advance to the final four. Shanghai this round to meet Hebei, to win the game to continue to maintain the group top position should not be a problem, this campaign they not only want to get points, but also to make a fuss about small points, take more points; Jiangsu women's volleyball team is a duel against Zhejiang women's volleyball team, Jiangsu with 3 national players to win the game is not a big problem, but to avoid losing rounds or points; Liaoning and Yunnan against each other, Liaoning not only to take all three points, but also must take more small points.
Which team do you think will advance to the Final Four under the new points?