At 23:30 Beijing time on the evening of July 13, another 1/4 final of the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League began, with the Serbian women's volleyball team playing against the Brazilian women's volleyball team.
The U.S. women's volleyball team has won championships in the last three World Women's Volleyball Leagues. They also won gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics. The U.S. women's volleyball team is a very strong team. In the sub-station of this tournament, the American women's volleyball team achieved 11 wins and 1 loss with a record of 32 points.
The Serbian women's volleyball team is also a strong team, winning the 2-18 women's volleyball world championship. They finished sixth with 23 points in 8 wins and 4 losses. In the race, the two teams have already played a game. At that time, the U.S. women's volleyball team defeated the Serbian team 3-0.
The Serbian women's volleyball team sent the main attack Lozo and Mikhalović, the deputy attack Stefanovic and Alexic, received Belitsa, the second pass Delcha, and the first start of the free man Pušic. The U.S. women's volleyball team sent the main attacks Torammer and Robinson, the secondary attacks Washington and Ogbogu, receiving Thompson, the second pass Paul, and the free man Huang Orantes. The U.S. women's volleyball team has done its best to win this game.
The collision of two world's strongest teams really touched a spark. Serbia won the first two sets and the United States won two straight sets. Serbia won the fifth set and eventually won 3-2 against the United States.
In the first set, the United States took an 8-5 lead and was overtaken by Serbia by four consecutive points. At 10 days, Serbia scored three consecutive points, and Serbia once again took the lead. The U.S. team chased the score to 20 draws. When Serbia took a 23-22 lead, Robinson scored consecutive hanging balls and the United States won the set point 24:23. The Serbian players hit the line and then served straight to score. Serbia won the set point 25:24. The score alternately rises in the back. Serbia had a bit of luck and won the first set 29:27.
In the second set, Serbia made a 2-0 start, and the United States scored three consecutive points to win. The back went into a stalemate state, the score alternately rose, and both teams had a lead, but the score was tightly clenched, and the point difference was within 2 points. At 19:18, Serbia scored four consecutive points, bringing the difference to five points.
The U.S. also scored four consecutive points, making the score 23:22. The Serbian team called a timeout. The Serbian player slammed the ball out of bounds, but the players thought it was a hitter. The Serbian coach applied for a challenge, and sure enough, he hit the bat. Serbia won the set point. After Robinson scored the slam, it was her turn to serve. Unexpectedly, she made a mistake in her serve, and even did not cross the net, directly sending the Serbian team to win the second set at 25:23.
In the third inning, the U.S. team took a 4-2 lead. Serbia chased the score to a 5 draw and beat the United States 7-6. The U.S. scored five straight points to lead Serbia again 11-7. The deficit widened and the U.S. team won the set point at 24:17. Serbia scored three consecutive points to narrow the gap. After Robinson scored with a slam, the U.S. team pulled back an inning at 25:20. Serbia led the United States 2-1.
In the fourth inning, Serbia took a 6-4 lead, and the United States scored three consecutive points to overtake the score. Serbia also scored three consecutive points to once again lead the United States 9-7. At 10:9, the U.S. scored four consecutive points to lead Serbia again at 13:10. The back was very stiff, and the U.S. team gradually opened up the point difference and won another set at 25:20, making the big score battle 2-2.
The two sides can only divide the winner through key sets.
In the fifth inning, the United States made a 2-0 start, and Serbia scored six consecutive points to overtake the score. U.S. coach Kirari called a timeout. At 11:8, Serbia scored two more points in a row, bringing the difference to five points. The U.S. team is hard to recover.
Although the U.S. chased the score to 12:13 and trailed by only one point, Serbia seized the opportunity to dunk and win the match point 14-12. The U.S. team held a match point, but Robinson buckled out of bounds. Serbia won the set 15-13.
In the end, the Serbian women's volleyball team defeated the American women's volleyball team 3-2 and advanced to the final four of the 2022 World Women's Volleyball League. The U.S. women's volleyball team not only missed the final four, but also did not qualify for the fourth consecutive championship of the World League.
The U.S. team has a bunch of good players who have achieved good results in the group stage but can't advance to the final four. The head coach of the American team was very angry, livid and very sad.
The Serbian women's volleyball team celebrates wildly. They will play the semi-final with the Brazilian women's volleyball team.