On the evening of January 4, 2022, the first leg of the 2021-2022 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League Finals was held in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, and the defending champion Tianjin Bohai Bank Women's Volleyball Team defeated the Jiangsu Zhongtian Steel Women's Volleyball Team 3-0, taking the lead in winning a victory, and the whole team maintained a total victory this season.
Tianjin's starting lineup is second setter Yao Di, main attackers Li Yingying and Liu Yanhan, deputy attackers Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, receiver Vargas, double freeman Meng Zixuan and Liu Liwen. Jiangsu started with second setter Diao Linyu, main attacker Wu Han and Wu Mengjie, deputy attackers Wan Ziyue and Yang Jia, receiver Gong Xiangyu and free man Ni Feifan. Comparing the starting lineups of the two sides, there is no doubt that Tianjin team is almost all active national players, and there are many players in Jiangsu's first adult professional league. Due to the gap in strength, Tianjin led by a score of 20-9. The Jiangsu team tried to change the situation with a substitution, but the Tianjin team still swept the first set 25-11, and the technical scoring statistics of the first game were twice as high as the Jiangsu team.
Before the game, Jiangsu coach Cai Bin said that he hoped that the players would seize the rare learning opportunity and launch an impact on the powerful opponent. Zhou Pagetong replaced Wu Mengjie, and the Jiangsu team that endured the heart bit one point at a time, chasing 11 to 12 only 1 point. However, the overall strength of the Tianjin team quickly opened the score difference 19-13 and won the second set 25-20.
Whether it is the main national player in active service or the foreign aid Vargas with outstanding offensive power, it is difficult for such a strong Tianjin team to be defeated. The Jiangsu team, which tried its best, chased to 14 draws, but tianjin team attacked and defended smoothly, winning the third set 25-17. At 7:30 p.m. on January 5, the finals will begin the second leg of the competition, and Tianjin will win the championship if it wins.
On the afternoon of January 4, 2022, in the second leg of the bronze medal match, shanghai Guangming Youbei women's volleyball team defeated Liaoning Huajun women's volleyball team 3-0, defeating Liaoning team 2-0 on aggregate and winning the bronze medal in this season's league.