On May 16, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League continued, and the Chinese women's volleyball team had taken the lead in finishing a round. It can be seen that Cai Bin's guidance can judge the situation and use people, which is gratifying. The first battle between China and South Korea showed that the Chinese women's volleyball team is not a weak team, and the training camp guided by head coach Cai Bin not only played the role of core players, but also united the Chinese women's volleyball team as a whole.
Today there is a focus of the battle, the world's No. 1 Turkey against the Asian powerhouse Japan, last year Turkey had very good results, maintained 22 consecutive wins, won the World League championship and the European Championship, Vargas became the biggest hero, the overall strength is more comprehensive, Japan has always been small and fast, play speed-based, a pass defense is excellent.
At the beginning of the game, the two teams played very closely, the score was tied many times 6-6, Japan still played fast, the rhythm was fast, the counterattack was also fast, and the back was difficult to solve, Vargas hit the average rate, many balls were not directly blocked, Japan's blocking defense did a good job, and the counterattack was also very fierce, until 10-10.
Later, Japan's serve wheel stuck Turkey, and in addition, Japan basically had the last laugh, 19-13 to open the score, forcing Turkey to make substitutions, Karakurt was stopped as soon as he came, Japan's attack was very scattered, Turkey continued to chase points, until 21-22 was only one point short, but unfortunately it was still taken by Japan 25-23.
In the second game, Japan still had the advantage, the opening game was 6-2, the whole morale was played, and the back 11-4 continued to lead, and the offensive speed was very fast, so that Turkey's blocking net could not keep up with the point, Karakurt's offensive state slowly played out, helping Turkey to chase 17-17, and 20-18 to achieve a rebound, but then their attack was blocked, the counterattack could not get off the ball, a pass fluctuated, mistakes were repeated, Japan scored 6 points in a row with a small climax, 25-21 and won another game.
In the first two games, Vargas scored only 8 points, 6 of 26 shots, 3 turnovers and 2 blocks, and the smash success rate was 23%.
The beginning of the third game was relatively stalemate, Turkey's side attack improved efficiency, took a 7-4 lead, strengthened the aggressiveness of the serve, Japan's pass was also fluctuated, and the back always maintained a joint lead of 12-10, and soon Japan chased 13-13, their offense is still good, the strong attack can not be skillfully played, deal with the past, but also be able to score, after which the two teams fought very fiercely, the score was very tight 20-20, at the end of the game, Turkey served and scored, blocked the net, and successfully pulled back a game 25-23.
In the fourth game, Turkey started with momentum, the rhythm of the offensive counterattack was played, the serve scored directly, the blocking net also worked, 9-2 lead, the Japanese team had some ups and downs, the score was ahead, Turkey played very stable, all links were remarkable, the blocking limit was good, Japan's offensive efficiency in this game decreased significantly, and the back 19-9 was far ahead, Japan caught up with some scores, but fell too far behind, and Turkey pulled another game 25-20.
In the deciding game, Japan made some mistakes at the beginning, fell behind 0-3, and had no choice but to call a timeout, and then Japan scored 4 points in a row to overtake, played very tenacious, seized every counterattack, and the defense was very tenacious, leading the score 8-5, and maintained until the final 15-11 to lock up the game, 3-2 to break the upset.
In this way, Turkey ended a 22-game winning streak, 6 consecutive wins in the 2023VNL + 9 consecutive wins in the 2023 European Championship + 7 consecutive wins in the 2023 Olympic Championship), the first 2-3 loss to the Japanese women's volleyball team in the 2024 season is the first defeat of the Turkish women's volleyball team in the last 23 international competitions.
The offense actually lost to Japan 64-65, the blocking net was not bad 15-7, there were too many mistakes 29, Japan 21, if according to last year's strength, the offense won Japan by at least 10 points or more, mainly because Vargas was in a sluggish state, how much it was related to last year's injury, the main secondary attack Ida did not play, how much it also affected the strength, Tugba: 19 points, Karakurt: 16 points.
Japan played well, served well and defended strongly, and they have always been not afraid of the European giants, and they almost won 3-0 at the Olympics last year, so they always found a breakthrough in attack and were resilient defensively. Sarina Koga scored 31 points, Masuke Ishikawa: 20 points.
In the game, the Japanese women's volleyball team scored +9.9, with a total score of 314.99, and immediately ranked 8th. In this way, Japan is close to the ranking of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and Japan itself is also a competitor of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Paris Olympics, and Japan's victory is bound to be bad news for China.
In another match between Asia and Europe and the United States, the U.S. women's volleyball team defeated the Thai women's volleyball team 3-1 (25-22 19-25 25-12 25-18), and the U.S. women's volleyball team won its first victory of the 2024 season. The U.S. women's volleyball team responded to M Skinner with 19 points (31 deductions, 12 shots, 2 turnovers, 0 blocks, 4 blocks and 3 shots). The Thai women's volleyball team responded to Pimpichaya with 14 points (32 deductions, 13 shots, 2 errors, 2 blocks, 1 shot).
Four Asian teams have completed their debuts, China and Japan won, South Korea and Thailand lost, and the second opponent of the Chinese women's volleyball team is the United States.