On May 17, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League continued, and the game from today to tomorrow morning, the second round and the third round were crossed, some teams finished the third round, and some of the second round has not yet started.
There are two games that are very crucial, China vs. Canada, Japan vs. Germany, at present, these four teams have the opportunity to compete for the Paris Olympics places, direct dialogue, win extra points, lose deducted points, the world ranked team can not lose, will be deducted more points, if the world ranking team can upset, the bonus points are considerable.
The Japanese women's volleyball team showed good form in the first two games, and the first-class defense was praised. In this game, they continued to send Sarina Koga, Mayu Ishikawa, Lin Chenna and other main starters.
In the first game, the two teams played more intensely, 5-5 draw, Germany's offense played well, the offense has strength, and there is a certain speed, plus the offensive point is relatively high, the blocking performance can also be, the multi-round ball is very exciting, the Japanese team is more brilliant on the small ball tandem, the score is always very tight 10-10, and the offense is played by Japan with speed and change.
Germany also has tactics, many techniques, fast hanging, fast touching, leading 18-15, behind Japan crazy scoring, especially Koga Sarina's strong attack, Germany's pass fluctuated, an attack was always missed, Japan 25-21 reversal won, the final stage of Koga Sarina meritorious service, this game Germany lost on the mistakes 6, Japan only 1.
In the second game, Japan started 5-2, Ishikawa Shinyu's vigorous jump service broke Germany's pass continuously, the strong attack was never able to break through, the rhythm was chaotic, Japan led 10-6, their tenacious defense won the counterattack score again and again, and the serve was also meritorious, and the single block score was 17-10 to open the score, and then completely hit 23-12, playing tactical cooperation, the hit rate was very high, 25-15 won another game, all links were superior, and there was still only 1 self-loss, and Germany still had 6.
In the third game, Japan continued to dominate 5-3, and the offensive points were very scattered, and the fastball of the secondary attack was added in this game, which made Germany difficult to mark at the net, and even more unable to stop Sarina Koga, 10-5 to maintain the lead, Germany then seized the counterattack and chased it to 12-10, but the Japanese team still led 17-14, basically maintaining this rhythm, Germany was never able to tie the score, and lost the final game 22-25.
The Japanese women's volleyball team started with three consecutive wins and remained undefeated, and with one more game, the standings rose to the first place, which was originally the first place in the Chinese women's volleyball team, and whether it can return to the first place in the future depends on the game with Canada. The German women's volleyball team suffered two consecutive defeats, and the world ranking was at a disadvantage, with five teams in front, and two teams had to be squeezed out to have a chance.
The captain of the Japanese women's volleyball team, Sarina Koga, scored 20 points (43 deductions, 16 shots, 1 error, 1 block, 2 blocks, 2 shots, 4 passes, 1 error, and a pass completion rate of 50%), and the German women's volleyball team's assistant attack Wittezel scored 13 points (16 deductions, 9 shots, 0 errors, 1 block, 2 blocks, 2 blocks).
In this game, Japan showed a very comprehensive strength, almost no obvious shortcomings, even if the net is a disadvantage, it is still effective to block the net many times, in fact, the net score is 2 points 5 against 3 more than Germany, Japan's attack scored 51 points, in addition to the outbreak of Sarina Koga, Ishikawa Shinyu 18 points, Lin Chenna 12 points, the three side attackers combined again.