On May 17, Beijing time, the match of the Brazilian station of the World Women's Volleyball League continued, and the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in its second opponent, the United States women's volleyball team. Due to the poor performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Olympic qualifying tournament in September last year and failed to obtain a direct ticket to the Paris Olympics, it can only strive to get a ticket to the Paris Olympics through the ranking after the end of the World Women's Volleyball League. Seven teams have already qualified for the Paris Olympics: the host country France and Turkey, the United States, Brazil, Serbia, Poland and Dominica.
The Chinese women's volleyball team easily defeated the South Korean women's volleyball team 3-0 in the first game, but due to the weak strength of the Korean women's volleyball team, it was only ranked 40th in the world, and the Chinese women's volleyball team only increased by 0.93 points in the world ranking after defeating the South Korean women's volleyball team. According to the FIVB's new ranking system, a loss to a weak team will result in a lot of points deductions, while a win over a strong team will add a lot of points. The Chinese women's volleyball team's biggest opponent in Asia, the Japanese women's volleyball team, defeated the world's No. 1 Turkish women's volleyball team 3-2 in the World Women's Volleyball League Turkey Station, the Japanese women's volleyball team's points increased by 9.9 points, the current Chinese women's volleyball team's total points are 330.57 points, the Japanese team's latest points are 314.99 points, and the Chinese women's volleyball team is only 15.58 points ahead of the Japanese women's volleyball team. Since there is no team in Asia that has made it to the Paris Olympics, and the top-ranked team in Asia will eventually enter the Olympics, the battle between China and Japan for the top spot in Asia will also be fierce.
The gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, the U.S. women's volleyball team, is currently ranked second in the world, and because they have already won the ticket to the Paris Olympics, many of the main players of the U.S. women's volleyball team have also chosen to take a break. The starting lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball team: Wu Mengjie and Li Yingying as the main attackers, Wang Yuanyuan and Yuan Xinyue as the secondary attackers, Gong Xiangyu as the answer, Diao Linyu as the second setter, and Wang Mengjie as the libero. In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team won three games in a row after losing one game first, and defeated the powerful American women's volleyball team 3-1.
The Chinese women's volleyball team 3-1 the United States women's volleyball team
In the first game, both teams entered the state very quickly at the beginning, and the score kept rising alternately until after 15 draws, the United States team won four points in a row, expanding the score to 19-15, and later Diao Linyu's service round helped the Chinese women's volleyball team tie the score to 20-20. In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not grasp the key points and lost a game 23-25.
In the second game, the scores of the two teams still rose alternately, and the scene was very stale, until the Chinese women's volleyball team expanded the score to 23-20 after 20 draws, and then the American women's volleyball team continued to chase points, and the score came to 24-23, but in this game, the Chinese team seized the opportunity to withstand the counterattack of the American women's volleyball team, and with the success of Li Yingying's last drop ball, the Chinese women's volleyball team pulled back a game 25-23.
In the third game, the game was still very intense, until after 22 draws, as Wang Yuanyuan blocked the net and Zhang Changning served to score, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the American women's volleyball team 25-22 to win the third game.
In the fourth game, the Chinese women's volleyball team played well, and kept pressing the American women's volleyball team to play, and with the last serve error of the American women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the American women's volleyball team with a score of 25-19.
In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team fought hard in four games and reversed the American women's volleyball team 3-1 to win two consecutive victories, the Chinese women's volleyball team increased its points by 9.13 points, and the world ranking surpassed Italy and Poland to become fifth in the world. After this battle, the Chinese women's volleyball team continued to suppress the Japanese women's volleyball team and defend the Asian hegemony of the women's volleyball team, and there are still two games in Brazil, respectively against the Canadian women's volleyball team and the Serbian women's volleyball team, both teams are very strong, especially the Canadian women's volleyball team will compete with the Chinese women's volleyball team for Olympic qualification, and the next game will be a tough battle.