The 2024 Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualifying Tournament ended the third round of competition, this round of the competition, obviously much more intense than the first two rounds, because some teams must win to have a chance to advance, this competition Group C and Group D can be called the group of death, not only the team is strong, the world ranking is high, but also there are dark horses, Germany has become the dark horse of this competition, squeezing out the world champion Brazil team, successfully qualified for the Olympic Games.
Japan's Group D is very competitive, with Spain, the world's fourth, Canada, the world's fifth, plus Japan had unexpectedly lost to Hungary before, Hungary in this group has also become a dark horse, the last round of the game with Spain, lost a pity, leading all the way up to 22 points, but unfortunately the final quarter collapsed, only 7 points, chased by the opponent, the mentality fluctuated, resulting in a series of mistakes, 72-73 unfortunately lost the game by 1 point, and also directly out of the Olympic Games, if you can play more rigorously, win the Olympic Games.
Japan was originally only in third place after two rounds, and there was a possibility of going out if they lost in the last round, and the match against Canada, Japan played a very intense and exciting game.
In the first quarter, it was 20-20, and in the second quarter, the Japanese team blossomed with three points, and the defense was strong, 30-26, and won 4 points in a single quarter, not to underestimate these 4 points, and in the end Japan only won 4 points, and Japan lost 1 point 20-21 in the third quarter, but won 1 point 16-15 in the fourth quarter, and finally won the key battle 86-82, and rose to the top of the group with 2 wins and 1 loss.
Spain is also 2-1, second in the group, behind Japan by a small score, Canada and Hungary are both 1-1, their previous game, Canada won Hungary, so Canada advanced, Hungary out.
In the final round of the key game, the game with Brazil was very fierce, and the scores of the whole game were relatively close, and the overall view was that Germany was in a small lead, dominant, Brazil was basically chasing points, but unfortunately lost 2 points in the end.
Brazil, as the world champion team, missed the Paris Olympics, while Germany played the big dark horse, and Serbia and Australia in this group advanced together, Europe qualified with five teams, becoming the biggest winner, Asia China and Japan, of course, only these two Asian teams participated in the qualifying round, and they all lost one, indicating that there are still a lot of problems that need to be solved.
The last round of the United States is the most carnival, playing to hundreds of points, this 101 points, the last game of 100 points, three games down, the United States scored the most, indicating that their offensive ability is very strong, the shooting rate is high, the first game is thrilling, the next two games are crushing wins, the final round is a crazy win over the opponent 62 points.
Their strength is super-first-class in the world, and the gap between the Chinese team and the United States is still very large, so the dream of following the world championship is still far away, Li Meng also said in an interview that the Chinese women's basketball team is currently ranked second in the world is still unstable, and it is necessary to continue to work hard to improve itself.
The Chinese women's basketball team's defeat to France this time reflects the problem, of course, many players have been affected by injuries, and the state has not fully recovered.