In the early morning of May 16, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, Antalya, Turkey, the Turkish team hosted the Japanese team. After the game, the whole team took a group photo happily, and Sarina Koga scored 31 points.
The Turkish team is a giant team in Europe, and it has grown very fast in recent years, and their domestic league belongs to the world's top women's volleyball league, which has a great attraction, and many well-known players have played there, which has also improved the level of the Turkish national team. At present, the Turkish team is ranked No. 1 in the world, and judging from the squad for this game, the Turkish team is not the strongest team, due to the absence of Ida, the libero Akz will be the captain. In addition, Vargas, Güneš, Karakurt, Ozbay, etc., are all included, and in the face of the Japanese team that is not as strong as itself, the Turkish team is still very hopeful of getting off to a good start.
In the first game, the two teams played a stalemate, and after 11-11, the Japanese team played a 6-0 offensive to establish an advantage. Although the Turkish team then bit the score, the Japanese team still withstood the pressure and won 25-23 thrillingly, leading 1-0. In the second game, when the Turkish team was about to win, the Japanese team was still better, especially their defense was very good, and they suddenly made a force at the end of the game, winning another game 25-21 and leading 2-0.
In the third game, the Turkish team, which had no way out, took the lead at the beginning and was overtaken, and entered the middle game, and the Japanese team overtook it. After the timeout, the Turkish team gradually regained the advantage and pulled back the game 25-23. In the fourth game, the Turkish team established an early advantage of 19-10, and then suppressed all the way and easily won 25-20, with a big score of 2-2.
In the deciding game, the Japanese team started 0-3, but then they achieved an 8-5 comeback, and the Turkish team failed to catch up again, and the Japanese team won 15-11 without danger, and defeated the Turkish team 3-2.