In the early morning of May 17, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball Nations League continued, the first round of the Chinese women's volleyball team made a good start, 3-0 against the South Korean women's volleyball team, and in the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in a strong opponent the United States women's volleyball team, and finally the Chinese women's volleyball team reversed the American women's volleyball team with a score of 3-1, won two consecutive victories, continued to rank first in the standings, and rose to the fifth place in the world ranking.
This year's World Women's Volleyball Nations League is also shouldering the task of selecting Olympic qualifications, and the Chinese women's volleyball team was unable to get a ticket to the Paris Olympics in last year's Olympic qualifying match, and must achieve good results in this year's World Women's Volleyball Nations League before it can participate in the Paris Olympics. The Chinese women's volleyball team must be ranked in the top 4 overall in the 2024 World Women's Volleyball Nations League, or the highest ranking among Asian teams to qualify for the Paris Olympics. In order to ensure that the Chinese women's volleyball team can get the ticket to the Paris Olympics, Zhang Changning made a comeback, and Zhu Ting also returned to China for this reason and will return to the women's volleyball team in the next competition.
The most recent meeting between the Chinese women's volleyball team and the United States women's volleyball team was in the Suwon station of the World Women's Volleyball League in South Korea last year, where the Chinese women's volleyball team won two games in a row after falling behind 1-2, and finally narrowly defeated the American women's volleyball team with a score of 3-2. In the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team was tight in the first game, and there were many mistakes in cooperation, and the American women's volleyball team won the first game 25-23. In the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team adjusted in time, strengthened a pass, the state of the offensive end rebounded, and after the player's mentality was stable, the key points were handled very well, and the game was pulled back 25-23.
In the third game, the scores of the two teams rose alternately, the Chinese women's volleyball team fought to catch up in the case of falling behind, while the American women's volleyball team had ups and downs, made many mistakes, and was seized by the Chinese women's volleyball team to win another game 25-22, with a total score of 2-1. In the crucial 4th game, the morale and state of the Chinese women's volleyball team reached its peak, and the attack of the American team was suppressed in the game, the attack of the American women's volleyball team did not improve, and it was impossible to get rid of the decline after continuous substitutions, the Chinese women's volleyball team quickly opened the score, and finally won with a score of 25-19, and finally the Chinese women's volleyball team reversed the American women's volleyball team with a total score of 3-1 and won two consecutive victories.
A total of 8 teams, including the United States women's volleyball team, Brazil women's volleyball team, Dominican women's volleyball team, Polish women's volleyball team, Turkish women's volleyball team, Serbian women's volleyball team, Kenya women's volleyball team and the host French women's volleyball team, have already qualified for the Paris Olympics, and the remaining four places will be determined in the 2024 Women's Volleyball World League. According to the rules, the top three teams in the standings will qualify for the Paris Olympics (except for those who have already qualified) at the end of this year's three tournaments, and the highest-ranked team from Asia will receive a quota place.
The Chinese women's volleyball team will participate in three sub-competitions, in addition to the South Korean women's volleyball team and the United States women's volleyball team, the Brazilian women's volleyball team also has the Canadian women's volleyball team and the Serbian women's volleyball team. In Macau, China, the opponents of the Chinese women's volleyball team will be the Netherlands women's volleyball team, the Japanese women's volleyball team, the Thai women's volleyball team and the Italian women's volleyball team. In Hong Kong, China, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against the Bulgarian women's volleyball team, the Turkish women's volleyball team, the German women's volleyball team and the Polish women's volleyball team. In the first round, the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Japanese women's volleyball team won, while the South Korean women's volleyball team and the Thai women's volleyball team lost. In the second round, the Chinese women's volleyball team VS the United States women's volleyball team, the Japanese women's volleyball team VS the Bulgarian women's volleyball team, the South Korean women's volleyball team VS, and the Thai women's volleyball team VS. The opponent of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the next round will be the Canadian women's volleyball team.