On May 17, Beijing time, the match of the Brazilian station of the World Women's Volleyball League continued, and a key matchup came from the Canadian women's volleyball team against the Dominican women's volleyball team. The Dominican women's volleyball team has already won the Paris Olympics, while the Canadian team, currently ranked 11th in the world, has improved rapidly, having defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team in last year's Olympic qualifying tournament, and the Canadian women's volleyball team is an obstacle for the Chinese women's volleyball team to enter the Paris Olympics.
The Dominican women's volleyball team won the championship in the recent 2023 CONCACAF Women's Volleyball Championship, while the Canadian women's volleyball team lost to the Dominican women's volleyball team 1-3 in the semifinals and won the third place. The Canadian women's volleyball team lost 1-3 to the Brazilian women's volleyball team in the first game of the World Women's Volleyball League in Brazil, and the Dominican women's volleyball team defeated the Serbian women's volleyball team 3-1 in the first game.
In the first game, the two teams played very closely, the score was always tight in the first half, and the Dominican Republic made frequent mistakes in the second half and fell behind 17-20, and Canada's key blocking won the first game 25-20. In the second game, the Canadian women's volleyball team played steadily, the Dominican women's volleyball team still had a passing problem, the Canadian women's volleyball team led 8-4 at the beginning, and the Dominican Republic caught up in the second half, and the game fell into a stalemate again, but the Canadian women's volleyball team grasped the key points, and the Canadian women's volleyball team won another game 25-21. In the third game, the Dominican women's volleyball team, which fell behind, began to fight back, leading 5-1 at the beginning, and the Canadian women's volleyball team actively adjusted and continued to chase points, and finally turned the game around and lost three games 25-22. Van Rijk scored a game-high 19 points, followed by Gray with 18 points, and the Canadian women's volleyball team swept the Dominican women's volleyball team 3-0, and the Canadian women's volleyball team won the first victory in Brazil of the World League, and the Canadian women's volleyball team's world ranking points also increased by 13.1 points.
The Canadian women's volleyball team will continue to compete for tickets to the Paris Olympics, and the next match between the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Canadian women's volleyball team is particularly crucial. It is hoped that the Chinese women's volleyball team can defeat the Canadian women's volleyball team to win three consecutive victories, continue to stabilize and improve the ranking.