On May 14, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League will start, and the Chinese women's volleyball team will play with all the main forces, and a 14-member squad has been announced.
There are still 16 teams participating in this year's competition, and the Chinese women's volleyball team played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the first round, and the opponent in the first round was the South Korean women's volleyball team, which was played at 4:30 a.m. on the 15th.
Although South Korea is an old rival in Asia, but the Chinese women's volleyball team still has the upper hand on their record, when Jin Ruanjing is there, the confrontation is okay, they have a certain competitiveness in the international volleyball world for almost 12 years, during which they reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games twice, and advanced to the semi-finals in the Tokyo Olympics, which has fallen to the bottom in the past two years, and the current strength is obviously inferior to the Chinese women's volleyball team, but it cannot be underestimated.
The main attack Wang Yizhu and the secondary attack Wang Wenhan missed the first game, but there was still a chance in the second game.
At 22 o'clock on the 14th, the first match of the year was played, with the Netherlands playing against Bulgaria
The Dutch women's volleyball team has shown signs of rebounding in the past two years, and they are also making the final effort for the Paris Olympics, led by Prak and Konolema, Bulgaria is inferior to the Netherlands in terms of strength, they do not have very outstanding players, Bulgaria is ranked low in the world, this competition must play well, otherwise it is difficult to compete for the Olympic seat, after all, the Netherlands is still in the top ten, and there is still hope to compete.
1 a.m. on the 15th: Italy vs. Poland
Poland played with all the main players, Lukasik, Mendežik, Alagirska, Vitkovska, Stishak and others played in the game.
Italy's core Egnu is not in the list, Antropova, De Grady and other strength is still relatively strong, in terms of the lineups of the two sides, Italy wants to defeat Poland, it will be difficult, and the difference with or without Egnu is still relatively large.
In the past two years, the Polish women's volleyball team has improved greatly, the offense and defense are balanced, the shortcomings are not obvious, and Italy's game state has fluctuated greatly, and the offense is strong and the defense is weak.
8 a.m. on the 15th: Brazil vs. Canada
The host Brazilian women's volleyball team's Gabi, Ana Christina, Bergman, Kissi and other famous players are in the list, although they have already qualified for the Olympics, but the host still needs good results, Canada is also the main force, Gray, Van Rijk is a heavy artillery, is the offensive core of the team, of course, their play determines the competitiveness of the team, may not have no chance to win Brazil.
15 at 22 o'clock: Germany vs. France
Both teams are not strong teams, Germany has always had a certain competitiveness, but how strong it is not, and there are no outstanding results, they are currently ranked 12th in the world, the Netherlands in front of 10th and Canada, 11th, is their goal to achieve transcendence in this league, beyond one, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games, of course, you must also prevent the team behind from overtaking, France's strength is also OK, the German team may not be very sure to be able to win.
16 points, 1 point: Japan 战土耳其
Last year's World League MVP Vargas led the game, and the veteran Ida was absent from the first week of competition, with Vargas in the field, Turkey is very strong and is currently ranked No. 1 in the world. It remains to be seen how Vargas will be after returning from injury last year, it is still difficult for the Japanese team to achieve Turkey, the net disadvantage is obvious, it is really helpless, the Japanese team also needs to fight for the Olympic quota every game, still led by Sarina Koga (captain), the lineup is similar to last year.
4:30 a.m. on the 16th: The United States vs. Thailand
The U.S. team has hidden a number of key players, but the 38-year-old main attacker Larsson is back in action. The U.S. team has always been in the World League, basically semi-main, the lineup is sent in turns, last year has won the Olympic quota, this game is no pressure, it must be a training team-based, Thailand needs to play tactical ball, occasionally can play one or two brilliant balls, but from the past results in general, it is still difficult to win the United States.
8 a.m. on the 16th: Serbia vs. Dominica
The two teams have already qualified for the Olympics, because the schedule is the slowest, the list of 14 people has not yet been announced, Serbia has not been fully played, and even the whole process is non-main, they do not pay attention to the league, even if the previous World Cup did not send the main force, Dominica habitually all the main force, last year's progress was very great, defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team, the offensive power is great, the defense has improved significantly, and it has become a world strong team after ten years.