The schedule for the third stage of the Volleyball Super League has been released, although the so-called top eight rankings are not officially carried out, but according to the latest stage of the competition, it is mainly divided into semi-finals and group G matches. The semi-finals are contested by the top four teams, while the Group G matches are contested by 5-8 teams. And in the third stage of the competition, the G team needs to play 3 games, and the final four teams play 6 games to compete for the final championship.
First of all, let's look at the semi-finals, according to the competition group, the Tianjin women's volleyball team and the Liaoning women's volleyball team compete for the final place. The Liaoning women's volleyball team once lost to the Tianjin women's volleyball team in the group stage, although it reached the top four, but the overall strength was far from the championship, and the semi-finals were basically determined to be inferior to the Tianjin women's volleyball team. Therefore, the pressure of the Tianjin women's volleyball team to advance to the final is not great, as long as it plays normally, it can impact towards the three consecutive championships of the league.
Another semi-final between the Shanghai women's volleyball team and the Jiangsu women's volleyball team was launched. This semi-final is undoubtedly a strong dialogue, and even the points at the end of the second stage are the same for both teams. However, the Shanghai women's volleyball team has two foreign aides, Larson and Jin Softjing, to rotate, and the main players of the team have participated in many leagues, and the experience of the competition is stronger than that of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team. After all, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team lacks major generals this season, Zhang Changning is still recuperating after surgery, and the strength of the young generals is still slightly insufficient. However, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team also has the opportunity to defeat Shanghai, after all, Shanghai is limited by the foreign aid policy, and the two foreign aides cannot play at the same time.
By the end of the 3 semi-finals, the 3rd and 4th place finals played 3 matches, and the final was also 3 matches. The third stage requires continuous combat for the top four teams, and whether the physical strength of the team members can keep up is a problem. According to the current group situation, the Jiangsu women's volleyball team and the Tianjin women's volleyball team may be difficult to meet in the third stage. After all, the possibility of Jiangsu losing to Shanghai is not small, and Tianjin has no pressure to advance to the final, and the Tianjin-Soviet war can only be slowly expected. However, the two teams have exchanged hands in the group stage, and the Jiangsu women's volleyball team lost 0-3 to the Tianjin women's volleyball team.
The first round of Group G was played by the Shenzhen women's volleyball team against the Fujian women's volleyball team, and the Shandong women's volleyball team against the Guangdong women's volleyball team. Depending on the schedule, the team in 5-8 places will be determined after the end of the three matches. Shenzhen women's volleyball team and Fujian women's volleyball team are both F group teams, the two sides have exchanged hands, Shenzhen women's volleyball team has a greater probability of winning. Shandong women's volleyball team has performed generally this season, although the paper strength is stronger than the Guangdong women's volleyball team, but the offensive end is too big, Guangdong has Li Yao, Wang Yifan, Chen Peiyan offensive trident, Shandong and Guangdong's game is difficult to win or lose.
The four teams played against each other to determine the final ranking, and the pressure of the third stage of Group G was lower than that of the top four teams. However, the overall strength of Shandong, Guangdong, Fujian and Shenzhen is comparable, and the G group competition still has a certain suspense. I thought that the Shandong women's volleyball team could stand out, but this season's performance is not far from last season, which is disappointing.