2024 World Women's Volleyball League, Antalya, Turkey, Turkish women's volleyball team faced the Japanese women's volleyball team, in the end, the Turkish team chased 2-2 after falling behind 0-2, but still lost 2-3, of which the deciding game was 11-15 defeat, a big upset, and the Japanese team won and made a good start.
The Japanese team is ranked 9th in the world and is also a strong team in Asia, as a team with a very deep heritage, the Japanese team's style of play is small and fast, in the previous World Women's Volleyball League, the Japanese team has also achieved good results, and even was able to maintain a long winning streak. In this year's World Women's Volleyball League, for the Japanese team, they also have an important task, that is, to fight for tickets to the Paris Olympics, although the difficulty is not so great, but it is not nine out of ten.
Judging from the list of the first stop, Sarina Koga, Mayu Ishikawa, Lin Chenna, Inoue Arisa, etc., are all included, and the lineup is still relatively neat. The Turkish team is playing at home, they have already won the Olympic ticket, ranked No. 1 in the world, as a European giant, the strength is naturally not to be underestimated, and it is also the favorite to win the championship, and the comprehensive strength is above the Japanese team.
In the first two games, the Turkish team actually had hope of winning, but it always dropped the chain at critical moments, losing two games in a row 23-25 and 21-25, and falling behind 0-2. Under pressure, the Turkish team chased two games in a row, 25-23 and 25-20, and the big score was 2-2. In the deciding game, the Turkish team was overtaken after a dominant start, and then failed to catch up, losing 11-15 and losing to the Japanese team 2-3.
In terms of data, the Japanese team: Sarina Koga 31 points, Ishikawa Shinsuke 20 points, Yamada 20 points, Yamada 200ka 9 points, Hayashi Qina 8 points, Watanabe Aya 4 points; Turkey: Ivikin 19 points, Karakurt 16 points, Baladin 15 points, Vargas 12 points, Beza 10 points, Karachi 8 points.