On May 15, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team was double happy, not only swept the South Korean women's volleyball team 3-0, but also the Italian women's volleyball team, which competed for Olympic qualification, was defeated by Poland 3-0, and the ranking fell behind the Chinese team. The Chinese women's volleyball team's promotion to the Paris Olympics is even more dramatic. The Chinese women's volleyball team is still ranked sixth in the world.
The Italian women's volleyball team has a luxurious lineup, but the state in recent years has been unstable, and there has been infighting, Egnu and the former national team coach Mazzanti have many contradictions, and finally the Italian women's volleyball team changed coaches, and Velasco replaced Mazzanti.
The Italian women's volleyball team did not go straight to Paris and needed to rely on the world ranking to advance, and Egnu missed the first match. Antropova, who became a naturalized Italy, became the number one firepower of the Italian women's volleyball team. However, she was dumb in the game against the Polish women's volleyball team, scoring 16 points in the game with 13 of 36 deductions, and the offensive efficiency was low.
Antropova and Zhu Ting played for Scandic in the 2023-24 season, and she was Scandicci's number one attacking firepower, often scoring high scores. But in this match for the national team, Anwa's performance was disappointing. Her deterrent power is still not as strong as Egnu's.
The Italian women's volleyball team originally ranked fifth, but after losing to Poland, it fell directly to seventh, and Poland rose to fifth. The world ranking of the Italian women's volleyball team has changed from leading the Chinese women's volleyball team to lagging behind the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Of the 12 teams participating in the Paris Olympics, eight have been identified: France, Dominica, Serbia, Turkey, Brazil, the United States, Poland and Kenya. The remaining 4 teams are determined according to the world rankings, and the Chinese women's volleyball team needs to pass the World Women's Volleyball League to maintain the world ranking, and strive to win the first place in Asia, or rank higher among the women's volleyball teams that have not qualified for the Paris Olympics.
The situation of the Chinese women's volleyball team is very good, and now the five teams in front of the Chinese women's volleyball team have all qualified for the Paris Olympics. So now the Chinese women's volleyball team is not only the first in Asia, but also the first among all the teams that have not qualified for the Olympics. The Chinese women's volleyball team is now slightly ahead of the Italian women's volleyball team, with the Chinese team scoring 330.57 points and the Italian women's volleyball team scoring 328.34 points.
Cai Bin shoulders the goal of leading the team to the Paris Olympics, and the situation is good, but he still can't take it lightly, and he needs to make persistent efforts to play the rest of the games.