In the final day of the 2022 Men's Volleyball National League, the Australian men's volleyball team, which has been confirmed to be relegated, failed to bring any threat to the New Branch Olympic champion France men's volleyball team, losing 0-3 to the opponent for the 11th defeat since the opening of the tournament, with a three-set score of 16-25/12-25/26-28.
For the Australian men's volleyball team, this battle is a battle of honor; For the French men's volleyball team, it is a game that is related to whether it can win the championship of the sub-station. However, because both teams have already determined the promotion or relegation situation, they have reservations in the starting lineup, and the French star Ngapez and other stars have all been truncated.
In the first set, the Australian men's volleyball team was pulled apart by 7 points in the middle of the game, falling behind 10-17, although there was experience of scoring 3 points at the end of the innings, but still lost 16-25; In the second set, the Australian men's volleyball team began at the end of the passive innings, trailing by 9 points at 10-19, and finally lost another set at 12-25; In the third set, the two sides played more glue, and after 26 draws, Argentina's pass fluctuated, and the French strong serve scored two consecutive points to end the game.
In the whole game, the Australian men's volleyball team only posed a threat to the opponent in the third set, and the other two sets were completely suppressed. In terms of offensive scores, the excellent card position of the French men's volleyball team makes the Australian attacker face the situation of not being able to play the ball, and the statistics are 23 points in Australia and 43 points in France, which is 20 points less. In addition, the nets trailed 2-8, lost 2-6, lost 21 more than their opponents, and scored 21 points in three innings, compared with 26 points in Australia.
In terms of individual scoring, the Australian men's volleyball team scored the highest score of Graham's 6 points; Next to the French men's volleyball team, Boyle has 19 points and Clavino has 12 points. On the points, the Australian men's volleyball team defeated Bulgaria 12-1, but only had 2 points due to playing 5 innings, so it ranked last with 2 points from 1 win and 11 losses. France finished the race in third place with 9 wins, 3 losses and 28 points.
Since the Australian men's volleyball team is the challenger team and the last place, according to the regulations, they will participate in the Challenger Cup, and only if they win the championship can they qualify for 2023. The Australian men's volleyball team is now ranked thirty-eighth in the world with 118 points; In terms of Asian rankings, Australia is temporarily in seventh place after consecutive losses to Japan and Iran, behind Japan, Iran, China, Qatar, Chinese Taipei and South Korea.
At present, the FIVB has announced the list of 8 teams participating in this year's Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup, and has also completed the grouping. The Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup will be held in Seoul, South Korea from July 28 to 31, in a knockout format, and the final champion will be promoted to the 2023 World League.
The quarter-finals are as follows (world rankings in parentheses):
Top Half: South Korea (32) vs Australia (38)
Turkey (17) vs Qatar (22)
Lower half: Cuba (13) vs Chile (27)
Tunisia (16) vs Czech Republic (24)
