On May 18, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League ended the fourth match day, some teams finished the third round, and some teams only finished the second round.
The Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Canada again in an upset, was deducted a big point, fell two places in the world rankings, and fell three places in the league points ranking, from first to fourth.
Serbia women's volleyball team 3-0 Thailand women's volleyball team
Serbia won the first victory of the event, receiving a game-high 17 points in response to Bukilic, the Thai women's volleyball team scored a team-high 11 points, Serbia entered the game quickly in the first game, using the height advantage to form pressure at the net, plus the impact of the serve, the score quickly established a lead, 8-4, Thailand was impacted, unable to play fast tactics, only relying on strong attacks is not enough, but also their shortcomings, many balls are mistakes, the whole rhythm is relatively chaotic, Serbia won easily 25-13.
In the second game, after the Thai team's pass was stable, they played their own technical and tactical characteristics, but Serbia made mistakes again and again, and the score was relatively tight, but at the end of the game, the Thai team failed to seize the opportunity, and Serbia's main attack hit continuously, winning another game 29-27.
In the third game, the two teams still played very closely, and the score was never opened, Thailand did a good job in defense, making up for the disadvantage of blocking the net, and at the beginning of the middle and lower games, Thailand may be affected by the decline in physical fitness, and the state declined significantly, Serbia scored consecutive points to seal the victory of the game 25-19.
Italian women's volleyball team 3-0 Bulgaria
The result of this game is very normal, the difference in strength between the two teams is still obvious, even if Egnu is absent, the overall strength of Italy is still relatively strong, the other receiver Antropova scored a game-high 19 points, and Bulgaria received Dudova scored a team-high 14 points.
Therefore, it can be seen that Italy is still playing a strong response, and the current Italian world ranking is still very advantageous, and the hope of entering the Paris Olympics is still very large.
Japan beat Germany 3-0 (25-21/25-15/25-22) to make it three wins in a row. With this victory, Japan scored 5.47 points and remained in eighth place. Sarina Koga 20 points, Ishikawa Masuke 18 points, Hayashi Chenna 12 points, Weitzel 13 points, Drunioke 12 points.
The first game of this game was very critical, Germany once led 18-15, but unfortunately after the card round, the team group was sluggish, and was reversed by Japan, resulting in the second game at the beginning of the behind, and finally unable to return to the sky, playing the whole Japan is bound to be stronger, every link is stronger than Germany in terms of scoring, changeable attack, tenacious defense, stable pass, plus very few mistakes.
Poland beat France 3-0 (25-20/25-16/25-17) to win two in a row and send their opponents to two consecutive defeats. Corneluk had 15 points, Garkovska 14, Lukasik 10 and Rotal scored a France-high 10
The French team came to the league this season, and there is still a gap with the strong teams, Poland has an obvious high advantage, sufficient offensive firepower, and the support links are also remarkable, and the strength of all links is relatively balanced.
The Chinese women's volleyball team lost 1-3 (22-25/25-20/23-25/22-25) to the Canadian women's volleyball team and suffered its first defeat in the tournament. In this campaign, a total of 8 Chinese women's volleyball players scored, of which 3 scored double-doubles, and the main attacker Li Yingying scored a team-high 24 points.
After losing to them in the Olympic Tournament last year, they lost to them again, and many opportunities were lost in this game, such as the probe ball, the net was not done well, the last game was very brilliant in blocking the United States, this one will not work immediately, a pass fluctuates greatly, their vigorous jumping, covering the back of the substitution serve, the Chinese women's volleyball team has never been picked up, affecting the back of an attack.
The second setter Diao Linyu's passing also fluctuated, how much was affected by the first pass, and the attack and pass coordination was not good, why didn't Cai Bin change people, you can try different lineups in a passive situation, and the multiple sets of lineups of difficult training camps are practiced in vain, or do you retain your strength?
The world ranking points of the Chinese women's volleyball team were deducted by 11.01 points, reduced to 328.69 points, overtaken by the Polish and Italian women's volleyball teams, falling to seventh, and the difference between the Japanese women's volleyball team was narrowed to 5.49 points. The Canadian women's volleyball team increased its score to 286.92 points after adding 11.01 points.
In the league standings, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell to fourth, and only the top three have won all of them, Japan has won all three games, Poland has won two games, Brazil is also third with two wins, Canada has risen to fifth, and has won two consecutive games against teams ranked higher than themselves, and Italy has also improved to fifth.