On January 1, 2022, new year's Day, the players who participated in the league in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, did not rest, but continued to play.
The 5th to 8th place qualifying tournament in the Volleyball Super League has been played for two rounds, with only the last round left. The first is the competition between the Shandong women's volleyball team and the Fujian women's volleyball team. Both teams have won two consecutive wins before, with whichever team wins the match is fifth and the team that loses is sixth.
Although it is only a battle of five or six places, there is only one last game left in the game, and the two teams naturally have to send the strongest squads to strive for a good ranking.
Shandong won three consecutive sets after losing two sets, defeating Fujian 3-2 to finish fifth in the 2021-22 Super League. The game was really dramatic.
In the first set, Fujian made a 4:1 start. At 5:3, Fujian scored 6 consecutive points, and the point difference reached 8 points. Later, it entered the stalemate phase, and the 8-point difference was maintained to 22:14. The Fujian team scored two more points in a row, reaching a point difference of 10 points and winning set points. Zhuang Yushan made a mistake in his serve, and Shandong saved a set point. Zhang Qian won the first set at 25:15.
In the second set, the Fujian team made a 5:1 start. The Fujian team is in good shape. The Shandong team called a timeout. At 11:6, Fujian scored two consecutive points, and the point difference reached 7 points. The point difference is too large, which is very bad for the Shandong team. At 15:8, Shandong scored 5 consecutive points, and the difference was only 2 points. Zhuang Yushan's thugs went out of bounds, and the Fujian team stopped the round. At 17:15, Zhang Qian scored consecutive points, and shandong team scored 3 consecutive points, and the point difference was 5 points. The Shandong team called a timeout. Unfortunately, it was already late at this time, and it was difficult for the Shandong team to recover the score. Fujian won the second set 25:20.
In the third set, Fujian team made a 4:2 start. The Fujian team started well. At 6:4, Shandong scored four consecutive points to reverse the score. This is also a rare lead score for Shandong team. The Fujian team called a timeout. The coach of the Fujian team asked the players not to wait for the other party to make mistakes, and to maintain a good attitude to impact the opponent. Zhuang Yushan won the straight line, and the Shandong team failed to challenge the outside of bounds. Sun Jie and Du Qingqing scored separately, and the score came to 10:7, and the point difference was already 3 points.
Not to be outdone, the Fujian team scored 4 consecutive points to take the lead again. The latter enters the stalemate stage, and the score alternately rises. In the 19th draw, Shandong scored 2 consecutive points to take the lead again. Lin Yuexin beater out of bounds, and the Fujian team narrowed the point difference. Shandong scored four consecutive points to win a set 25:20.
In the fourth set, Shandong made a 2-0 start. The Shandong team took off. Fujian scored two consecutive points to tie the score. Later, it entered the stalemate stage again. The score alternately rises, bites very tightly, and the point difference is within 2 points. In the end, Shandong had better luck and won the fourth set 25:23, and the big score battle became 2-2.
Both sides enter the decider. The start was very sticky, and it was until 6 draws. Shandong scored two consecutive points to open up the point difference. Mei Xiaohan made a mistake in his serve and sent 1 point to the Fujian team. Du Qingqing broke out and scored 4 points in a row, and the score came to 12:7. The Fujian team won the net, and the Shandong team scored three consecutive points to win the set at 15:8.
In the end, the Shandong team did not lose in the first two sets, and won 3-2 against the Fujian team in three consecutive sets. As a result, Shandong team won the fifth place, and Fujian team won the sixth place.
After the game, the Shandong players celebrated happily. Head coach Li Yanlong also smiled happily, feeling more shy when laughing. Shandong has been fifth for two consecutive seasons, which is not particularly good for this team, but it is not bad.
In the third stage, three major reversals were staged. In the match between the Fujian women's volleyball team and the Guangdong women's volleyball team, the Guangdong team won the first two sets, and the Fujian team won three consecutive sets. This time, the Fujian team won the first two sets, and did not expect to be pulled three sets by the Shandong team. There is also a semi-final between the Jiangsu women's volleyball team and the Shanghai women's volleyball team. The Jiangsu women's volleyball team won the first two sets and was also pulled three sets by the Shanghai team.
In the third stage, it is basically a strong dialogue, the competition is more intense, there are more unexpected matches, and the competition is also good.