The first match day of the second stage of the women's volleyball world championship ended, although the Chinese women's volleyball team took a day off, but the seven matches played can be said to be wonderful, four of which had a big reversal. Title favourites Italy unexpectedly flipped over, and they were previously unbeaten and lost 2-3 against Brazil in the first round of the rematch. Brazil is a direct competitor of the Chinese women's volleyball team competing for the quarterfinals, and after winning this game, the Brazilian team's ranking temporarily surpassed the Chinese women's volleyball team and rose to the third place in the standings. In addition, Japan, the United States and the Netherlands also won in a reversal manner.
The first reversal occurred in the match between the Japanese women's volleyball team and Belgium, before the game, the two teams won and points the same, as a direct competitor of the top eight, the winner of this game will take the initiative in the competition for qualification, while the loser will face a desperate situation, and the next three games can only ensure promotion by maintaining a full victory. In the first set, the Japanese women's volleyball team lost 21-25, but the Japanese women's volleyball team coach Masaya Masayuka decisively changed the lineup, and this adjustment received a miracle effect, the Japanese women's volleyball team won three consecutive sets and reversed the opponent 3-1. After the Japanese women's volleyball team won this game, it temporarily ranked second in Group E, and the prospects for qualifying were bright.
Brazil's 3-2 win over Italy also won in a reversal. On paper, Italy is better, and in the group stage, this team has won all five games without defeat. After the Brazilian women's volleyball team won the first set, Italy completed the counterattack with two consecutive 25-22 scores, Brazil played very tenaciously, dragged the game into the decider, and then won with a difficult score of 17-15. It was Italy's first match to lose at the World Championships, but they still topped Group E. After Brazil won this game, it temporarily ranked third, while the Chinese women's volleyball team slipped to fourth place, but the Chinese women's volleyball team has not yet carried out this round of competition, facing the weakest opponent in Puerto Rico, the Chinese women's volleyball team can not afford to lose, otherwise it will be very passive.
The contest between the United States and Dominica should be expected to be a duel with a huge difference in strength, and the American women's volleyball team will easily win. However, the course of the game was shocking, the group stage had lost to Thailand's Dominica, facing the main favorite team for the championship, the United States, and even 25-21 to take the next city. However, with the deepening of the game, the advantage of the strength of the US women's volleyball team has emerged, and they have won 3 consecutive sets to complete the reversal. After the victory of the US women's volleyball team, the qualifying situation was very good, and the Dominican Republic lost this game, and the promotion situation was not very optimistic.
The competition between the host Netherlands and Argentina is very different, the Netherlands aims to stand on the podium, and Argentina is a veritable weak brigade. However, the Netherlands were slower to enter form in the first set, with Argentina winning 25-22. The Netherlands, who played at home, woke up like a dream and then did not give Argentina a chance to reverse their opponents by a score of 25-18, 25-12, 25-13. Although the Netherlands have all 3 points, due to the lack of a win in the group stage, the Netherlands is still very passive. Argentina lost the game and was already on the brink of elimination.
This year's World Championships, giving people the feeling that "strong teams are not strong, weak teams are not weak", Italy this round of overturning is not surprising at all, in the group stage, although they won all five games, but also encountered a lot of challenges, including against Belgium, Italy almost lost. At present, Serbia, who has won all six games, in the first set against Poland, it is also played until 26-24 to win or lose, and they also encountered many difficulties in the group stage, and it was not easy to win. In the other matches of this round, Thailand lost 3-1 to Canada, Turkey 3-0 Germany and Serbia 3-0 Poland.