On June 13, 2023, Beijing time, the second week of competition in the World Women's Volleyball League began, the second match of the Hong Kong Station was played by the Chinese women's volleyball team against the Canadian women's volleyball team, and head coach Cai Bin still sent the strongest team at the moment, and the result swept Canada 3-0, easily winning five consecutive victories.
Although Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning did not return to the team, Cai Bin tapped her potential in the team and carried out intensive training according to the problems exposed last season, and the players' personal skills and team cooperation have been significantly improved. In the first week of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team won all 4 games, defeating Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan, the team showed a good mental outlook, the overall speed was greatly improved, and Li Yingying's performance in the offensive end became more and more stable.
Entering the second week, the Chinese women's volleyball team maintained a stable lineup, the 14-player roster did not change, the Chinese women's volleyball team playing at home has played against Canada, Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, the first two opponents are weaker, and the match with Poland and Italy is a strong dialogue, but Italy did not send the strongest team, the Chinese women's volleyball team is expected to maintain the momentum of consecutive victories. However, Cai Bin's attitude is very clear, no matter what the opponent's strength is, every game must be taken seriously and cannot be underestimated.
Facing the first opponent Canada, Cai Bin still sent the strongest team, mainly attacking Li Yingying and Wang Yunbi, secondary attack Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, receiving Gong Xiangyu, second setter Diao Linyu, libero Wang Mengjie, since the start of the World Women's Volleyball League, Cai Bin has not changed the starting lineup. The Canadian side was led by Gray, who followed Van Reijk's return and entered the starting line-up.
In the first game, the Chinese women's volleyball team quickly entered the game state, destroying the opponent's pass through the serve, and the blocking was also very powerful, Canada made too many mistakes, and the Chinese women's volleyball team led 13-6 after scoring consecutive points. The Chinese women's volleyball team chased Gray continuously, either scoring directly or getting a lot of counterattack opportunities, Gray could only get off the court, and the Chinese women's volleyball team led 15-6. The Chinese women's volleyball team firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, coupled with more mistakes by the opponent, the Chinese women's volleyball team easily won the first game 25-14.
In the second game, Yuan Xinyue blocked the net and scored, the Chinese women's volleyball team led 4-2, Canada's Van Reike Jiu played the team, although the offensive strength was good, but there were also many mistakes, and the Chinese women's volleyball team led 10-7. The Canadian team found the feeling on the serve, constantly rushed the Chinese team's passes, and chased 12 draws. Li Yingying stepped forward at a crucial moment, and the secondary attack blocked Gray's attack, and the Chinese women's volleyball team opened the score again to lead 18-14. Gong Xiangyu served and scored directly, and the Chinese women's volleyball team won another game 25-18.
Judging from the first two games, the Chinese women's volleyball team continued to be in a good competitive state, the tactical arrangement was very reasonable, and there was a small detail that touched people, Diao Linyu ran out to save the ball, it was more dangerous, Cai Bin took the initiative to protect Diao Linyu and gave up that point.
In the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team made more mistakes, trailing 2-5 at the beginning, and after that, the Chinese women's volleyball team chased points continuously, and soon chased 8 draws. Then a block scored, and the Chinese women's volleyball team achieved a comeback. The Canadian team made another low-level mistake, the Chinese women's volleyball team led 14-12, and Canada called a timeout. In the second half, the Chinese women's volleyball team saved a number of game points, sealed the victory 29-27, and swept Canada 3-0 to win five consecutive games.
In the previous game, the Polish women's volleyball team beat Dominica 3-1, the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Polish women's volleyball team are five consecutive wins, the Polish women's volleyball team won 15 games and lost 4 games, the Chinese women's volleyball team won 15 games and lost 3 games, and the Chinese women's volleyball team overtook Poland and jumped to the first place in the World Women's Volleyball League!