The Chinese women's volleyball team returns to the top three! Italy bottoms Poland to win the World League Finals Ranking Prediction
After about a 10-day break, the 23-year Women's Volleyball World League has reignited, and the top eight teams will travel to Arlington to compete in the finals. Now that the knockout rounds and semi-divisions have been revealed, various predictions have followed. In terms of group and semi-zone opponents, the Chinese women's volleyball team is expected to return to the top three, Italy is at the bottom, and Poland is the champion.
Why does the author say that the Chinese women's volleyball team has returned to the top three? The reason is simple, and that is the opponent. Eight into four, the opponent of the Chinese women's volleyball team is the Brazilian team, although the Brazilian team recalled Gabi and Taisa, but Gabi's current competitive state is not ideal, and Taisa is only a secondary attack, which cannot play a decisive role.
The most important point is that Ana Cristina's injury has left a corner missing the main offensive position of the Brazilian women's volleyball team, and the existing Bergmann and others cannot support this vacancy. In the first week of the tournament, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Brazil, so it still has a psychological advantage, so it is more likely to beat Brazil and enter the final four.
After entering the final four, the opponent that the Chinese women's volleyball team needs to face is the Polish women's volleyball team. The Polish women's volleyball team's elimination of Germany in the 1/4 final should be a certainty, and the meeting between the final four and the Chinese team is also stable. At present, the Polish team's playing style is the most incapable of the Chinese women's volleyball team, one is that they serve well, which can destroy the rapid change of the Chinese team, and the other is that the whole team has a hard blocking hand and can support Li Yingying's strong attack.
In addition, the two heavy gunners of the Polish women's volleyball team, Rozanski and Stieschuk, have made great progress, and the general team cannot limit them, especially the team with weak blocking ability, which is easy to be destroyed by the power of the two. The Polish women's volleyball team is very likely to qualify from the top half, while the team that qualified in the second half should be the Turkish women's volleyball team, and the American women's volleyball team will compete with China for the bronze medal.
The opponent of the Turkish women's volleyball team in the quarterfinals was Italy. According to the list announced by the two teams, Italy still uses the second group of squads, Turkey is the main player, and Vargas is back. The two teams met in a separate tournament when Turkey kept a clean sheet against Italy. Compared to the sub-tournament, the squad changes of the two teams are not large, so Turkey has a higher probability of winning.
Turkey's opponent in the Final Four should be the United States. The United States will face Japan in the quarterfinals, and although they lost five rounds in the tournament, they played the finals on their doorstep and defeated Japan. The meeting between the Final Four and Turkey is quite interesting, Turkey has solved the problem of attacking after having Vargas, and coupled with Santarelli's scheduling, the possibility of winning the United States is still very high.
Therefore, the US women's volleyball team will stop in the final four and meet the Chinese team, which also stopped in the top half, to compete for the bronze medal. Neither team has made much change in the lineup, and if the Chinese team can play the level of the final game of the race, it will not be a problem to win the bronze medal again against the United States. As for the 5-8 place ranking, the first team of Japan and Germany is definitely higher than the Italian team, and 5-8 does not play alone, so the 1/4 team with strong opponents is more at a loss.
The author believes that the final ranking of this World League should be the champion Poland, runner-up Turkey, third-place China, fourth-place United States, fifth place Brazil, sixth-place Japan, seventh-place Germany and eighth-place Italy.