U21 Women's Volleyball World Championship China 3-2 revenge Serbia to win the first place in Group E and reach the last four to play Brazil
On August 24, Beijing time, the third round of the rematch of the 2023 U21 Women's Volleyball World Championship began in Mexico. After five rounds of bitter 3-2 revenge against Serbia, the Chinese team won 8 points in all 3 games, and won the first place in Group E to advance to the last four, with the scores of 19-25, 25-18, 25-11, 25-27 and 15-12 in five sets. The Chinese youth women's volleyball team will face Brazil in the semifinals, which qualified second in Group F.
The Chinese team started with Zhuang Yushan and Wang Yifan, deputy attacks Wan Ziyue and Zeng Jieya, followed by Wang Yindi, second setter Yin Xiaolan and libero Zhu Xingchen.
In the first game, China entered the game slowly, losing 19-25 and losing the first game. In the second game, the Chinese team changed formations, and the second setter Zhao Yalun and the deputy attack Yang Jia replaced Yin Xiaolan and Zeng Jieya respectively. China's attack and pressure were sufficient to open the score in the middle game, and Yang Jia's probe hit to give his side a 20-11 lead. At the end of the game, the Cypriot team fought back to chase 18-23, Wang Yindi attacked the game point, Wang Yifan smashed the ball to seal the victory, and the Chinese team won 25-18 to win the game.
In the third game, China chased after the victory, and Zhao Yalun served straight to take an 11-5 lead. In the second half of the game, China led all the way, and at the end of the game, it completely crushed the opponent in Chuang Yushan's serve. Zhuang Yushan's serve and back-row hanging ball successively made meritorious achievements, and the opponent missed an attack, and the Chinese team won 25-11, and the big score was 2-1.
China, which trailed 5-7 in the fourth game, successively replaced the main attack Xie Shengyan and the receiver Tang Xin. When the side was 7-9 behind, Tang Xin made many achievements in strong attacks, Zhuang Yushan counterattacked effectively, and China overtook 10-9. China gained strongly on Tang Xin's serve, scoring four straight points to stretch the score to 15-12. The Cypriots chased 17 and then won 22-20. Wan Ziyue scored the ball at the net, and China drew 24. After the 25th draw, Zhuang Yushan's strong attack was blocked and out of bounds, and China lost 25-27, and was chased by Serbia to tie the big score.
In the tiebreaker, China's receiver Tang Xin and main attacker Xie Shengyan entered the starting lineup. China withstood the onslaught of the opponent, and after 6 draws, Tang Xin scored a strong attack to help the team lead 8-6 in the exchange field. In the stalemate stage, Tang Xin once again broke through to the right wing, and China extended the score to 10-7. Zhuang Yushan countered the striker out of bounds to win a four-point advantage, the Cypriot team took advantage of Xie Shengyan's smash error to chase 11-13, Grabic attacked out of bounds, and China won the match point 14-11. With Tang Xin's strong attack, China won 15-12 and took revenge on Serbia 3-2.
In this game, China's main attack Zhuang Yushan won 19 points to win the scoring king, the main attack Wang Yifan contributed 9 points, the receiver Wang Yindi scored 6 points, the substitute Tang Xin won 5 points, the second setter Zhao Yalun and the substitute main attack Xie Shengyan scored 4 points, and the deputy attack Wan Ziyue scored 3 points.