On June 18, the second week of the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League in quezon in the Philippines continued, and the Chinese women's volleyball team faced the defending champion and the world's first American women's volleyball team. In the end, the Chinese team failed to seize multiple leading opportunities, losing three consecutive sets 21-25, 23-25, 21-25, losing 0-3 in a big score, and suffered the second defeat after the opening match. In the whole game, Li Yingying scored a team-high 13 points, and Gong Xiangyu contributed 11 points. After seven rounds, the Chinese team temporarily ranked third with 16 points with 5 wins and 2 losses.
In the six rounds of competition that have ended, the Chinese team and the United States team have achieved a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, and the Chinese team has pushed the United States team to second place in the standings, second only to Japan, with the advantage of winning. At the World Women's Volleyball League last year, the Chinese women's volleyball team performed well, winning 3-0 in the case of uneven main forces, and winning the first victory against the United States in the World League in the past four years.
In this game, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Cai Bin, continued to be absent, and assistant coach Yuan Zhi served as the on-site guidance. In the starting lineup, the Chinese team followed the first two lineups, the main attack: Li Yingying and Jin Ye, the secondary attack: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, the receiver: Gong Xiangyu, the second pass: Ding Xia, and the free man: Wang Weiyi. The starting lineup of the U.S. women's volleyball team is: main attack: Plummer, Robinson, secondary attack: Tap, Washington, receiver: Cotino, second pass: Hancock, free man: Orantus Huang.
In the first game, the Chinese team opened the scoring, but then the United States quickly pulled the score apart and entered the technical suspension at a 7-12 end. Although the Chinese team has been lagging behind, it still strives to chase points, once chasing 19-22, but finally lost 21-25, a big score of 0-1 behind. In the second set, the Chinese team started well and kept leading, but then the American team used the threat of serve to break The Chinese pass, and the Chinese team entered the technical suspension with a 12-11 lead. After starting over, the American team quickly completed the counter-overtaking, and the Chinese team replaced the deputy yang Hanyu, once chasing 23-24, but finally lost the second set 23-25, falling behind 0-2.
In the third set, the Chinese team started perfectly, taking a 10-4 lead at one point, forcing the United States to call a timeout. But after restarting, the U.S. team scored three consecutive points to chase the score, and the Chinese team led 12-9 into a technical suspension. The same situation appeared again in the second set, after the Chinese team led 19-16, the United States team chased points, after the 20-20 draw, the United States team overtook, although once hit 21 draws, but then lost four points in a row, lost 21-25, was once again reversed by a single set, and the total score was swept 0-3.
In terms of technical statistics of the whole game, the Chinese team attacked 35-50 the United States, blocked the net 5-7, served 3-8, and the opponent made a mistake to send points, the Chinese team was 22-10, and almost all the data was in a comprehensive behind. In terms of scoring, Li Yingying scored the highest 13 points in the whole team, Gong Xiangyu 11 points, Jin Ye 7 points, Yuan Xinyue 5 points, Yang Hanyu 4 points, Wang Yuanyuan 2 points, and Ding Xia 1 point. The two main attacks of the United States, Promo, scored a game-high 20 points, Robinson scored 15 points, and Washington also had 11 points. According to the schedule, at 19:00 beijing time on the evening of June 19, the Chinese women's volleyball team will usher in the last opponent of this station, the Asian rival Japan, which currently maintains seven wins and ranks first.