For the Chinese women's volleyball team in 2022, there are two major competitions to prepare, namely the Asian Games and the World Championships. At present, the International Volleyball Federation has completed the grouping of the World Championships, and the Chinese women's volleyball team has drawn a lottery to lay a solid foundation for entering the quarterfinals. The change in the world championship format has once again made the Chinese women's volleyball team a good one, and it is expected to advance to the final four.
According to the latest World Championship format announced by the FIVB, the Chinese women's volleyball team will not play against all the teams in Group B and Group C before the final. Teams in Group B were Poland, Turkey, Dominica, South Korea, Thailand and Croatia, while teams in Group C were the United States, Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria, Canada and Kazakhstan. This means that Serbia, the United States and Turkey will fight within the group for a final.
In the past World Championships, the format was that 24 teams were divided into 4 groups, each group of the top four advanced to the round of 16, the top 16 was divided into 2 groups, the top three of the group appeared to advance to the top 6, the top 6 were rematched to determine the top 4 seats, and the top 4 were cross-knockouts; the format of this World Championship was that 24 teams were divided into 4 groups, the top four of each group advanced to the round of 16, the top 16 was divided into 2 groups, the top four of the group advanced to the top eight, and the top eight began to cross-knockout until the champion was decided.
In addition to this change, there are also differences in the way of grouping, which used to be A + C = E, B + D = F; now it is changed to A + D = E, B + C = F. The round of 8 knockouts is not a cross-elimination of group E and group F, but a cross-elimination within the group, that is, E1 against E4, E2 against E3, F1 against F4, F2 against F3; the semi-final is also a cross-elimination within the group, that is, the winner of E1E4 is the winner of E2E3, so the Chinese women's volleyball team in Group D will not encounter Serbia, the United States and Turkey before the final.
According to the new format, the Chinese women's volleyball team will encounter Brazil, Japan, Colombia, Argentina, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Puerto Rico, Cameroon and Kenya before the final. In these 11 teams, only Italy has the strength to rush the championship, the Brazilian women's volleyball team is expected to be replaced by new people in the new cycle, a wave of 30+ or 40+ veterans will withdraw, although the Japanese women's volleyball team has replaced the famous coach, but they also have to go through the run-in, in addition to the captain Araki Erika retired. Therefore, in this case, the Chinese women's volleyball team has gained advantage due to the change of the competition format.
Compared with the group where the Chinese women's volleyball team is located, the competition in the other group is more fierce, bringing together the host Poland, the Olympic champion United States, the Olympic third place Serbia, the fourth place in the Olympic Games South Korea and the European upstart Turkey, these 5 teams will compete for the right to a final. Not surprisingly, the United States and Serbia are likely to meet in the semi-finals, that is, a team will not qualify for the final, the Chinese women's volleyball team can be described as sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, as long as they break through the Italian women's volleyball team can advance to the final. For more exciting content, come and follow Volleyball GoldenEye