Quite fruitful! The Chinese women's volleyball team reversed the confidence of the United States team, and the world ranking has risen to fifth

Beiqing Sports

2024-05-17 07:30Posted on the official account of Beijing Beiqing Sports News

In the early morning of May 17, Beijing time, in the second game of the Brazilian station of the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team and the United States women's volleyball team, which is currently ranked second in the world, fought hard in four games and reversed the opponent 3-1, with the scores of 23-25, 25-23, 25-22 and 25-19 in the four games. After winning two consecutive victories in the World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team has risen to fifth in the world rankings. 

After the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the South Korean women's volleyball team in the first game of the World League in Brazil, it continued to send new talent Wu Mengjie to partner Li Yingying to start this game. The secondary offense is still Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, and Gong Xiangyu, Diao Linyu, and Wang Mengjie, the libero, are all the main players who participated in the last World League. Against the Chinese women's volleyball team, which has a clear goal and aims to qualify for the Paris Olympics, the United States team will still do its best to play the main force on the premise of locking the Olympic qualification, and it is bound to win this game.

In the first game, the tactics of the two sides were-for-tat, both fighting hard to defend, and the Chinese women's volleyball team worked together to deal with it when they were four points behind at the end of the game. Wang Mengjie staged a high-quality save under the opponent's strong attack to help the team tie the score. At the end of the game, Wang Yunrui and Zhang Changning appeared one after another. The U.S. team took the lead with two game points and won the first game 25-23.

Although Wang Yunrui failed to turn the tide in the first game, he still showed stability in the first pass. In the second game, Wang Yunrui started, and the Chinese women's volleyball team fell behind at the beginning, and worked hard to chase points by improving the rhythm of a pass. At the end of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team, which was struggling to chase points, gained an advantage in Gong Xiangyu's service round and overtook the score. As China challenged the opponent's fighter and successfully scored 3 game points, Li Yingying scored a drop ball, and the Chinese women's volleyball team tied the score 25-23.

In the third game, the two sides continued to compete in defensive intensity, and the score rose alternately. After the stalemate reached 20 draws, the Chinese women's volleyball team won key points in a row through the net competition, and then Zhang Changning scored directly on the substitute serve to help the Chinese team get the game point, and the Chinese team won the third game 25-22. In the fourth game, the Chinese women's volleyball team made a breakthrough with a fastball at the net, Wang Yunrui won again and again at the high point, and the Chinese women's volleyball team took a big lead. Under the advantage, the Chinese women's volleyball team has fully blossomed in serving and blocking. With the U.S. team's service error, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the fourth game 25-19, defeating the U.S. women's volleyball team, which is currently ranked second in the world, 3-1, and winning two consecutive victories in Brazil of this World Women's Volleyball League.

Post-game statistics show that the Chinese women's volleyball team scored double-doubles, with the main attacker Li Yingying scoring a team-high 20 points, and Wang Yuanyuan scoring 18 points both offensively and defensively, including 8 blocking points and 2 service points. Gong Xiangyu and Yuan Xinyue scored 16 and 14 points respectively. Wang Yunrui performed well in receiving passes, with an efficiency of more than 47%. Overall, the Chinese women's volleyball team scored 12 points in blocking the net, which is twice as much as the American women's volleyball team.

Being able to defeat the U.S. women's volleyball team, which is currently ranked second in the world, not only greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese women's volleyball team, but also allowed them to gain considerable points. In the FIVB world rankings, the Chinese women's volleyball team increased by 9.13 points to 339.70 points, surpassing the Italian and Polish women's volleyball teams to fifth place. At 4:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 18, the Chinese women's volleyball team will face the Canadian women's volleyball team, the third opponent of the World League. In last year's Paris Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Canadian team in five games.

Text/Beiqing Sports Chu Peng

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