On May 18, the World Women's Volleyball League ended another round of competition, and the Chinese women's volleyball team performed poorly, losing 1-3 to Canada again, losing huge points and falling to 7th place. The Japanese team defeated Germany 3-0 and rose to 8th place, only one point difference from the Chinese team, and the Chinese team's Olympic quota was unstable.
A year ago, in the Olympic qualifying tournament, the Chinese team played against Canada, when the Chinese women's volleyball team missed a number of match points when the score was far ahead in the third game, and finally was staged a big reversal by Canada, missing the opportunity to get the Olympic quota for the first time. This match against Canada is once again a pivotal moment in the Olympic qualifying tournament.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team is Li Yingying and Wu Mengjie, the secondary attackers Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu, the second setter Diao Linyu, and the free man Wang Mengjie. Canada's main attack is Van Rijk and Gray, the secondary attack is White and Maglio, the answer is Johnson, and the second setter is Bray. Both teams started with the strongest teams.
In the first game, the two main attacks of the two sides continued to stage a big show. Canada's super attacker Van Rijk scored 8 points in 8 attacks, and Wu Mengjie, a teenager in the Chinese team, performed the most brightly, scoring 6 points. This difference also shows the difference in offensive strength between the two sides, with Canada winning the first game 25-22 with more firepower.
In the second game, Wu Mengjie was focused on defense by the opponent, and it was difficult to score points, and the Chinese team played Li Yingying. Li Yingying lived up to expectations, scoring 9 points in a single game, including 6 points for offense and 3 points for serve. In addition to Li Yingying, Gong Xiangyu scored 5 points, Wu Mengjie scored 4 points, and the Chinese team was dominant overall. For Canada, only Gray scored eight points and Van Rijk only had three. In the end, the Chinese team easily pulled back a game 25-20.
In the third game, the Chinese team blocked the net unfavorably, and Canada's Van Rijk went crazy, scoring 10 points in a single game, and helped Canada open the score in the middle game. At the end of the game, the Chinese team replaced Wu Mengjie with Zhang Changning, which was a little late, and finally lost 23-25, and the big score came to 1-2. In this game, Li Yingying scored 6 points, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu, and Wang Yuanyuan each scored 3 points.
In the fourth game, the Chinese team started with Zhang Changning, and the effect was quite good, and the defense in the back row was raised a notch. The score led all the way to 20-18. At the critical moment, Van Rijk's serve and offense scored consecutive points, once again destroying the Chinese team's defense, and scoring five points in a row to help Canada overtake the score to 22-20. At the crucial moment, Gray scored two consecutive service points to help Canada seal the victory at 25-22, and the Canadian team won 3-1 to achieve its second victory.
At full time, Van Rijk scored 27 points and Gray scored 20 points, which was the key to Canada's victory. For the Chinese team, Li Yingying scored 24 points, but the last two one-pass errors once again exposed that all the pressure on the Chinese women's volleyball team at the critical moment was on Li Yingying, and her pressure was huge. In terms of other players, Gong Xiangyu scored 15 points, Wu Mengjie scored 12 points, Wu Mengjie was hidden in the third and fourth games, and China's attack power declined.
After losing this game, the Chinese team will be deducted 11.01 points. The Japanese women's volleyball team is the biggest opponent of the Chinese women's volleyball team competing for an Olympic quota, they easily defeated Germany 3-0 in the third round, winning three consecutive victories, and the difference between the points and the Chinese team is only 6 points, and they may overtake the Chinese team at any time. Canada, which has lost two consecutive third-rate games, the criticized head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team is estimated to be on the hot search again.