In the World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team overturned the United States 3-1 and won two consecutive victories, rising to No. 5 in the world rankings

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2024-05-17 06:31Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

In the early morning of May 17, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, started the third match day of competition. In the confrontation with the United States, which was absent from many main players, the Chinese women's volleyball team adjusted the main offensive line after losing in the first game, and after strengthening the series, it won three consecutive games 3-1 and won two consecutive victories in this World League, with the scores of 23-25, 25-23, 25-22 and 25-19 in four games.

Competition Highlights:

1. Since the 2018 World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix was upgraded to the World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team has played the United States 7 times in 5 competitions, with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses. The Chinese team's two wins were a 3-0 win in the final match of the 2021 World League preliminaries and a narrow 3-2 victory in Suwon, South Korea in the 2023 World League preliminaries. The Chinese women's volleyball team won 3-1 in this game, achieving two consecutive victories against the United States in the World League, and the record against it was also rewritten to 3 wins and 5 losses.

2. After the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the world's No. 2 United States 3-1, it not only won two consecutive victories in the World League in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also increased its world ranking score by 9.13 points, successfully surpassing Poland, which had a bye the next day, to rise to No. 5. After the defeat of the United States team suffered its first defeat of the season, the world ranking point was reduced by 9.13 points, and it was overtaken by Brazil, who won today, to fall to third.

3. In this game, China's main attacker Li Yingying won 20 points and won the scoring title. U.S. receiver Coutino scored a team-high 19 points.

Both starters:

Chinese women's volleyball team: main attack Wu Mengjie, Li Yingying, secondary attack Wang Yuanyuan, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu, second setter Diao Linyu, free man Wang Mengjie

U.S. women's volleyball team: main attack A-Skinner, Larsson, secondary attack Ogbogu, Hall, response Coutino, setter Kalini, libero Orantes Huang

Match Results:

China, which fell behind 0-2 in the first game, drew 2 through Wang Yuanyuan's block. After 3 draws, A-Skinner made a straight error, and China overtook 4-3. After the two teams held each other to 6 draws, Larsson hung the ball and turned a straight line twice, the United States took the lead 8-6, and China passed the round with Yuan Xinyue's fast attack. Larsson and Coutino made mistakes in smashing the ball one after another, Gong Xiangyu blocked the net effectively, and China exceeded 10-9. China's serve at Larsson was blocked in the back, and the U.S. regained the initiative 12-10. Wu Mengjie was judged to be out of bounds after smashing the ball and challenged the beater unsuccessfully, and the United States stretched the score to 14-11.

China struggled to adapt to Larsson's smash changes, and Diao Linyu's second ball was stopped by Larsson to fall behind 15-19. Li Yingying attacked the round, Wang Yuanyuan blocked Coutino's breakthrough, Gong Xiangyu and Li Yingying counterattacked, and China pulled 19 draws. After 20 draws, Coutino seized the opportunity to counterattack, the United States took the lead 22-20, and China replaced Wu Mengjie with Wang Yunrui. After China bit to 21-22, Zhang Changning replaced Wang Yuanyuan's serve and went to the net, and the United States led 23-21. After Li Yingying attacked to 23-24, the Chinese team failed to stop Larsson's attack and lost 23-25.

In the second game, China used Wang Yunrui and Li Yingying to partner in the main attack. Wang Yunrui's attack and Li Yingying's pass were frustrated one after another, and China fell behind 1-3. Yuan Xinyue first scored 2 points in a row with a fast break, and then blocked Larsson's breakthrough, and China scored 3 points in a row to overtake 6-5. China, which fell behind 11-13, fought back, Yuan Xinyue blocked the net effectively, Gong Xiangyu and Li Yingying fought back, and scored 3 points in a row 14-13. A-Skinner served straight and the U.S. regained the initiative to take a 15-14 lead.

After 16 draws, Li Yingying made mistakes in both offenses and blocks, and China fell behind 16-18. In the multi-round stalemate, Li Yingying counterattacked successfully, and China chased 19 draws. Li Yingying successfully dropped the ball in the back row, Yuan Xinyue grabbed the probe after Gong Xiangyu's serve broke the attack, Wang Yunrui adjusted the attack, and Ogbogu quickly attacked out of bounds, and China, which was 19-20 behind, won 4 points in a row and overtook 23-20. Li Yingying hit an attack, and China led 24-21 to win the game point. After the United States bit to 23-24 by limiting Li Yingying's breakthrough, Li Yingying rushed to score a smash, and the Chinese team narrowly won 25-23 to pull back a while.

The two teams were at a stalemate at the beginning of the third game. After 5 draws, A-Skinner seized the opportunity to counterattack, Coutino served straight, and the United States exceeded 8-5. Ogbogu made a quick attack error, Yuan Xinyue counterattacked, and China chased Wang Yunrui's serve to 8-9. In the stalemate stage, the United States increased its self-loss, Wang Yuanyuan served straight, Wang Yunrui counterattacked and handled the ball, and China overtook 14-13.

China relied on the breakthrough of Li Yingying and Wang Yunrui to form a standoff with the other side. After the two teams fought to 18 draws, Li Yingying made a mistake in handling the ball, Larsson counterattacked and hit a straight shot, and the United States stretched the score to 20-18. Gong Xiangyu successfully broke through on the right wing twice, Wang Yuanyuan blocked A-Skinner's strong attack, and China, which was behind 19-21, overtook 22-21. Zhang Changning made a contribution to the substitute serve, and China led 24-22 to win the game point, and then replaced the main attack Wu Mengjie in the front row to strengthen the attack. With Yuan Xinyue's fast counterattack, the Chinese team won 25-22 and overtook 2-1.

In the fourth game, Wang Yuanyuan made two contributions to the fast attack and serve, Yuan Xinyue blocked Coutino's smash, and China, which fell behind 1-3, scored 3 points in a row to overtake 4-3. Yuan Xinyue counterattacked quickly, and China took a 6-4 lead on Gong Xiangyu's serve. China continued to put pressure on Wang's serve, and Li Yingying fought back to stretch the score to 9-5. Larsson and others attacked steadily, Li Yingying went out of bounds after attacking, and the United States chased 13 draws.

Yuan Xinyue quickly attacked the round, Wang Yunrui seized the opportunity to counterattack one after another, Gong Xiangyu served and forced Larsson to be frustrated with a pass, China won 5 points in a row to stretch the score to 18-13, and the United States adjusted the main attack to replace Franti. Wang Yuanyuan blocked the net strongly, and Franci then attacked the net, and China extended its lead to 23-16. After the United States chased to 18-23, Wang Yuanyuan hit a fast attack, and China won the match point 24-18. Hall made a service error after a quick break to win one point, and the Chinese team won 25-19 and defeated the United States 3-1.

Technical Statistics:

Chinese women's volleyball team: 20 points for the main attack Li Yingying, 18 points for the secondary attack Wang Yuanyuan, 16 points for Gong Xiangyu, 14 points for the secondary attack Yuan Xinyue, 7 points for the substitute main attack Wang Yunrui, and 1 point for the substitute main attack Zhang Changning

U.S. women's volleyball team: 19 points from Coutino, 18 points from Larsson, 14 points from A-Skinner, 9 points from Hall, 5 points from Ogbogu, 3 points from Butler, and 1 point from Kalini

Results of other races:

World League First Week Antalya, Turkey:

Germany lost Italy 1-3 (16-25, 16-25, 25-21, 22-25)

Bulgaria lost 3-0 to Japan (13-25, 15-25, 15-25)

Netherlands 1-3 to Turkey (14-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-25)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the first week of the World Cup:

Brazil beat South Korea 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-17)

Next round matchups:

At 4:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 18, the Chinese women's volleyball team will face Canada, the third opponent of Brazil, which is also fighting for Olympic qualification.

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