On May 15, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Brazilian women's volleyball team hosted the Canadian team.
The Brazilian women's volleyball team won the championship of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics, and is a women's volleyball team with a very deep heritage, currently ranked 3rd in the world; The Canadian team is ranked 11th in the world, and the gap between the 10th place in front of the Dutch team is not big, and there is every hope to catch up. Judging from the comparison of the comprehensive strength of the two sides, the Brazilian team is obviously still stronger, and it is a home game, so there is a greater hope of winning.
In the first game, the two teams played very closely, and in terms of grasping the key points, the Brazilian team was more stable, winning 26-24 thrillingly, leading 1-0. In the second game, Canada went from behind to 10-10, and Brazil quickly called a timeout. After a timeout, Gray and Van Rijk scored back-to-back points to give Canada a 13-12 lead. Brazil regained the lead at 17-16 and Canada took a timeout. Mitrovic hit out of bounds, 17-17, and the two sides played a stalemate. Christina made a mistake, and the Canadian team won the game point 24-22 and 25-23, and the score was 1-1.
In the third game, Brazil started 4-1, then stopped the Canadian team 7-3, and then the Canadian team gradually caught up. Brazil won the game point 24-22, and Canada chased it to 24-24. Kissi scored, Canada made a pass error, and Brazil narrowly won 26-24, with a big score of 2-1. In the fourth game, the Brazilian team pulled the score difference early, starting 7-2, and then suppressed all the way, the Canadian team did not catch up again, and the Brazilian team easily won this game and defeated the Canadian team 3-1.