The Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Canada 1-3 in the World League, and Li Yingying scored 24 points to save the master

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2024-05-18 06:38Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

In the early morning of May 18, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, started the competition for the fourth match day. Playing against Canada, who upset themselves 3-2 in the Olympic Tournament last year, the Chinese women's volleyball team failed to withstand the impact of the opponent and lost 1-3 after four games, suffering the first defeat of this World League, with the scores of 22-25, 25-20, 23-25 and 22-25 in the four games.

Competition Highlights:

1. Since the 2018 FIVB World Grand Prix was upgraded to the World League, China and Canada have played each other in the three preliminaries in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The Chinese women's volleyball team has a slight advantage with a score of 2 wins and 1 loss. In this game, China lost 1-3 to Canada, rewriting the record of the two teams in the World League to 2 wins and 2 losses, and failed to achieve three consecutive wins against Canada in this competition.

2. The Chinese women's volleyball team lost 2-3 at home to Canada in the 2023 Paris Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which was the first time that Cai Bin lost to an opponent since Cai Bin took charge in the Paris cycle. This year's World League lost to Canada again, suffering two consecutive defeats against it. After the Chinese team suffered its first defeat in this World League, it lost 11.01 points in the world ranking and was overtaken by Poland, which won this round, and fell to 6th.

3. Li Yingying, the main attacker of the Chinese women's volleyball team, scored a game-high 24 points. Canada's Victor van Rijk scored 27 points to become the game's leading scorer.

Both starters:

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

Canadian women's volleyball team: main attack Gray, Hovey, secondary attack Magrio, White, pick up Van Rijk, setter Brie King, libero Moorman

Match Results:

In the first game, Li Yingying took the wheel and Mullman adjusted the pass over the net, and China, which was behind 0-2, chased 2 draws. Li Yingying's missed pass gave Canada a 4-2 lead, and China passed the round with Wang Yuanyuan's fastball. Li Yingying's back attack was blocked by Magrio, Van Rijk countered and the hit went out of bounds, and Canada stretched the score to 7-3 on Gray's serve. Wu Mengjie combined 3 points and Magrio touched the net, and China scored 4 points in a row to draw 7. After 8 draws, Wu Mengjie's back attack was blocked, and China fell behind 8-10, and then used Van Rijk's smash error to chase down 10 draws.

After 12 draws, Gong Xiangyu smashed the ball and was blocked, and Canada led 14-12. Magglio hit the ball over the net, Wu Mengjie counterattacked and blocked the net one after another, and China won three points in a row to overtake 15-14. Wu Mengjie's strong attack was blocked, allowing Canada to regain the initiative and take a 17-16 lead. China's two-for-three setter Ding Xia and receiver Zheng Yixin were still sad rounds, Yuan Xinyue quickly attacked out of bounds, Howe grabbed a counterattack, and Canada led 19-16. Wu Mengjie missed an attack and was caught by Van Rijk to counterattack, and China fell behind 21-24. After Gong Xiangyu pulled back one point with an attack, the Chinese team failed to stop Van Rijk's No. 4 dunk and lost 22-25.

In the second game, China's chase Huo Wei was effective and exceeded 3-1, and after a short hold, Wu Mengjie counterattacked sharply to help the team pull the score to 7-3. Yuan Xinyue hit a fast attack, Diao Linyu counterattacked twice, China led 11-5, and Canada adjusted the main attack to replace Mitrovic. Mitrovic missed the ball and Li Yingying seized the opportunity to counterattack twice, and China extended their lead to 15-6 on Diao Linyu's serve.

Wu Mengjie attacked strongly, and China led 19-10. Wu Mengjie's pass was chased frequently, Yuan Xinyue's adjustment of the pass was grabbed by White, and Hovey counterattacked, Canada chased it to 16-20, and China relied on Li Yingying's strong play to pass the round. In the multi-round stalemate, Gray scored and Canada closed to 19-22. Li Yingying's serve was straight, and China won the game point 24-19. After Van Rijk recovered 1 point from the back attack, Gong Xiangyu attacked the ball at the No. 2 position, and the Chinese team won 25-20 to pull back a game.

In the third game, Canada continued to chase after White's serve, and Wu Mengjie exceeded 3-0. Li Yingying attacked the round, Wu Mengjie counterattacked and scored in a straight line, and China chased it to 2-3. Yuan Xinyue successively blocked Van Rijk and Gray's strong attack, Gong Xiangyu's right-wing counterattack was effective, and China reversed the passive situation in Wang Yuanyuan's serve wheel and overtook 7-4. In the stalemate, Gray missed an attack, and China stretched the score to 10-6. Gong Xiangyu was blocked by the ball, Magrio served to wipe the net and scored, Wu Mengjie's strong attack was blocked, Diao Linyu adjusted the pass error, and Canada won 5 points in a row 11-10. China's two-for-three setter Ding Xia and Zheng Yixin were still sad, and Yuan Xinyue was frustrated and fell behind 10-12.

Yuan Xinyue quickly attacked the wheel, Li Yingying hit a counterattack, and China, which was behind 15-17, tied it at 17. Magrio quickly attacked the ball, Wu Mengjie failed to challenge the hitter after an attack was ruled out of bounds, and Van Rijk counterattacked strongly, and Canada stretched the score to 20-17. China, which fell behind 18-20, replaced Wu Mengjie with Zhang Changning, and Diao Linyu single-handedly blocked Savard's smash, and China chased it to 20-21. China took advantage of Gray's smash error to tie the game at 22, Van Rijk forced a round and White served to wipe the net to score, and Canada led 24-22 to win the game point. After Wang Yuanyuan blocked Van Rijk's counterattack to get back one point, China failed to stop Gray's breakthrough and lost 23-25, falling behind 1-2.

In the fourth game, China used Zhang Changning and Li Yingying to partner in the main attack. China, who took the lead 4-1 in the opening game, could hardly limit Van Rijk's breakthrough, and Canada took the opportunity to pull 5 draws. After 9 draws, Gong Xiangyu seized the opportunity to counterattack, Gray forced out of bounds at the No. 4 position, Wang Yuanyuan blocked Gray's smash, Li Yingying's counterattack was finalized, and China exceeded 13-9 in Li Yingying's service round. Canada switched to Savard and fought back, scoring three points in a row to chase 12-13.

Zhang Changning forced the round, Wang Yuanyuan served straight, Van Rijk counterattacked out of bounds, Yuan Xinyue hit the probe, and China scored 4 points in a row to stretch the score to 17-12. Trailing 15-19, Canada fought back strongly on Becker's serve and chased it to 18-19 thanks to counterattacks from Van Rijk and Gray. Brikin probe and Van Rijk jumped twice, and Canada overtook 22-20. Van Rijk stepped on the line and Li Yingying attacked strongly, and China drew 22. China suffered two setbacks on Savard's serve and lost 22-25 to Canada 3-1.

Technical Statistics:

Chinese women's volleyball team: 24 points for the main attack Li Yingying, 15 points for Gong Xiangyu, 12 points for the main attack Wu Mengjie, 9 points for the secondary attack Wang Yuanyuan, 7 points for the secondary attack Yuan Xinyue, 2 points for the setter Diao Linyu, 2 points for the substitute main attack Zhang Changning, and 2 points for the substitute Zheng Yixin

Canadian women's volleyball team: 27 points from Van Rijk, 21 points from Gray, 9 points from White, 8 points from Howe, 7 points from Margrio, 4 points from Brie King, 2 points from Savard, and 1 point from Becker

Results of other races:

The first week of the World League in Antalya, Turkey:

Japan beat Germany 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-22)

France lost 3-0 to Poland (20-25, 16-25, 17-25)

Italy beat Bulgaria 3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-19)

World League first week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

Serbia beat Thailand 3-0 (25-13, 29-27, 25-19)

Next round matchups:

At 1 a.m. on May 19, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against Serbia, the last opponent of the Brazilian station, the main setter lineup.

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