On the evening of January 1, 2022, in the third leg of the 2021-2022 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League semi-finals held in Jiangmen, Guangdong, the Jiangsu Zhongtian Iron and Steel Women's Volleyball Team led by Cai Bin defeated the Shanghai Guangming Youbei Women's Volleyball Team commanded by Wang Zhiteng 3-0, thus eliminating the opponent with a total score of 2-1 in three rounds, advancing to the finals, and will compete with the Tianjin Bohai Bank Women's Volleyball Team, the overlord who advanced to the league finals for the 17th time.
In the first two legs of the semi-finals, Jiangsu first defeated Shanghai 3-1, and then Shanghai defeated Jiangsu 3-2, and the two teams fought to a draw, so on January 1, 2022, the third leg of the competition began. According to the three-game best-of-last format of the semi-finals, whoever wins the match on the night of January 1 will advance to the final championship finals.
Zhang Changning retired from the league this season due to surgery, the national player Gong Xiangyu served as the captain of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, the young players Wu Mengjie and Wu Han performed outstandingly, Diao Linyu and Ni Feifan showed the strength of the national hand, and the coach Cai Bin strategized and mastered the initiative in the semifinals. Shanghai team has promoted many youth team players this season, thus introducing two big stars Kim Soft King and Larson to press the team, South Korea's famous star Kim Soft King Strength Needless to say, Larson is also the most valuable player of the U.S. women's volleyball team, the champion of the Tokyo Olympic Women's Volleyball Team. However, this season's league regulations only allow one foreign aid to play on the field, which somewhat restricts the shanghai team's play.
Obviously, the Jiangsu team was more well prepared, and the whole team attacked from the beginning of the serve, disrupting the rhythm of the Shanghai team and high morale. In the first set, Jiangsu, who played better overall, won 25-21 against Shanghai led by Larson. In the second set, the more imposing Jiangsu team led by a score of 17-9. Despite the efforts made by the Shanghai team, it was still unable to stop the jiangsu team from advancing, and the Jiangsu team won another set 25-12. Subsequently, the Jiangsu team gained the upper hand in the net mouth, and Gong Xiangyu combined with hanging, and the Jiangsu team led 13-7. The Shanghai team chased to 13-17, and Cai Bin simply called a timeout to stabilize the whole team, asking the whole team to focus on the technical and tactical links and not think about the results. Then, Jiangsu extended its lead 19-14. Although Shanghai coach Wang Zhiteng was also called a suspension adjustment, Jiangsu played resolutely and decisively, winning the third set 25-16 to advance to the finals.
On the evening of January 4, Jiangsu will compete with the defending champion Tianjin Bohai Bank Women's Volleyball Team, who previously advanced to the final, for this season's league championship, and the finals will be a three-game best-of-two system.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Journalist Kong Ning
Edited by Wang Wenmiao
Process Editor Liu Weili