The new season of the World Women's Volleyball Nations League will officially start on May 15! This season's World Women's Volleyball Nations League will be divided into three stops, and China's first stop will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our opponents are the South Korean women's volleyball team, the United States women's volleyball team, the Canadian women's volleyball team and the Serbian women's volleyball team. China's first match is against South Korea at 4:30 a.m. on May 15, and the final match will be at 1 a.m. on May 19!
For a long time, the World Women's Volleyball Nations League has been regarded as a chicken rib event. The main reason for this is that the Europa League has just ended, and the athletes are physically tired, and many well-known athletes have chosen not to participate. This season is a little different. Because there are 5 Olympic qualifications! Even so, the teams that have already won the Olympic tickets did not send all the main players! But for the Chinese women's volleyball team, because we did not qualify for the Olympic Games in the Olympic qualifying tournament last year, we are the main force in this World Women's Volleyball National League!
Analyzing the four opponents of the Brazilian station, we are two easy and two difficult! The strength of the South Korean women's volleyball team and the Canadian women's volleyball team is slightly weaker, while the American women's volleyball team and the Serbian women's volleyball team are stronger. Normally, it is not a big problem for the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the South Korean women's volleyball team and the Canadian women's volleyball team. But the American women's volleyball team and the Serbian women's volleyball team are definitely more difficult. But it doesn't mean that there is no chance, especially against the Serbian women's volleyball team in the closing game, they are arranged to play as a substitute in this competition. Boskovic, their main core, is out of action. Facing the Serbian women's volleyball team without Boskovic, the probability of our victory is very high! Because in last year's Olympic qualifying tournament, we also defeated the Serbian women's volleyball team without Boskovic.
Looking back on that game, the Serbian women's volleyball team has already got a direct ticket to Paris in advance, and the Chinese women's volleyball team has also missed the direct access to the Olympics in advance. The Serbian side gave the core Boskovic a truce. In the first game, Serbia continued their previous form and seized the opportunity in the last minute of the game to win 25-23. Entering the second game, the scores of the two sides alternated leads. At the end of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team seized the opportunity and won 25-22. Entering the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team took advantage of the victory and chased after it and won 25-14. In the crucial fourth game, although the Serbian women's volleyball team improved its state, the Chinese women's volleyball team still had the last laugh and won 25-22. In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Serbia 3-1 and won the final battle.
The matchup between the two teams in Brazil is the final battle, and the return of the veteran Zhang Changning of the Chinese women's volleyball team will give the Chinese women's volleyball team greater help! In terms of overall strength, we are stronger than the Olympic qualifying squad! I believe that in the face of the Serbian women's volleyball team that came off the bench, we will definitely have the last laugh. This game will also be broadcast live on CCTV5. Let's wait and see!