As time goes by, the first three rounds of the 2024 Women's Volleyball World League have ended, and fewer and fewer teams have won all of the 16 participating teams. Among them, the Turkish women's volleyball team, which is the defending champion, also suffered an upset from the Japanese women's volleyball team in the first round, while old powerhouses such as Italy, Serbia and the United States also failed to avoid losing, and all of them ushered in their first defeat after only two rounds. Even the Chinese women's volleyball team was no exception, and there was an upset in the third round of the game, losing 1-3 to the Canadian women's volleyball team, ending a two-game winning streak. In a good situation, the Chinese women's volleyball team suddenly defeated the Canadian women's volleyball team, which is undoubtedly unexpected, and it will become more difficult for the team to hit the Olympic quota.
Since then, this year's Women's Volleyball World League has also given birth to two dark horses, namely the Japanese women's volleyball team and the Canadian women's volleyball team, both of which are currently leading the standings with 3 consecutive wins. After the start of the tournament, the Japanese women's volleyball team defeated Turkey, Bulgaria and Germany in a row, and the world score soared to 323.30 points in an instant. The score temporarily ranks 8th in the world standings, only 7 points away from the Italian women's volleyball team in 7th place. There is only a 15-point gap with the Polish women's volleyball team in 6th place, and even the points gap with the Chinese women's volleyball team in 5th place is gradually being eroded, and the Japanese team deserves to be the top team in Asia. Of course, not only the Japanese women's volleyball team threatens the status of the Chinese women's volleyball team, but the Canadian women's volleyball team, which is also impacting the Olympic quota, has also become the spoiler of this event, and the points soared by 11 points after upsetting the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Facing the old rival Chinese women's volleyball team, the Canadian women's volleyball team played with ease, and won the Chinese women's volleyball team by 21 points after the whole game. With this key victory, the Canadian women's volleyball team narrowed the points gap with the Dutch women's volleyball team, and the two sides only had a point difference of about 3 points. It is conceivable that the Canadian women's volleyball team is getting closer and closer to entering the Paris Olympics, and they have the upper hand in this fierce competition of 5 into 4. After all, the overall strength of the five teams participating in the competition for Olympic quota places is not much different, and it is indeed not as easy as imagined to determine the final qualifier. With Canada's current state of chasing points, there is really hope to squeeze out the Netherlands, or even Japan or the Chinese women's volleyball team and enter the Paris Olympics in an upset.
In other words, according to the current standings, all five teams are actually near the same point line, which is enough to see how fierce the competition for Olympic quotas is. It's just that for China, the game that should be won must be won, otherwise once the points are overtaken by the Japanese women's volleyball team, the situation will become more difficult. Therefore, we also hope that in the next games, the Chinese women's volleyball team can regain confidence, play more wonderful performances, and bring different surprises! Come on!