On May 18, Beijing time, at the Brazilian station of the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team, ranked 6th in the world, played against Canada, ranked 11th. In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team 1-3 Canadian women's volleyball team failed to avenge the loss in last year's Olympic qualifying tournament, and the second consecutive victory in the opening game was ended. As a result, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell from the first place in the league standings to the fourth place, and the world ranking points were deducted by 11.01 points, falling to the 7th place in the world, and was overtaken by the Italian team, only less than 6 points ahead of the Japanese team.
The Chinese team had a bad start and was opened up by a 4-point gap by the opponent's efficient attack. Cai Bin guided the stop-off adjustment to have an immediate effect, strengthened the changes in the offensive line, and tied 7-7 with effective defense and hanging combined with 4 points in a row. Canada maintained its advantage on the side and took advantage of the Chinese team's multiple mistakes to maintain a slight advantage, and the Chinese team completed a 15-14 comeback with a free throw threat and a blocking advantage. Canada's No. 4 position was more efficient and scored three points in a row. After the Chinese team paused and adjusted, it chased it to 20-21 with a net port advantage and a fast-paced flat net attack. Canada scored two game points on the sidelines, and the No. 4 smash slash hitter out of bounds to win the first game 25-22. The instability of the Chinese team in defense and first pass became the main problem. Wu Mengjie scored 6 points, Wang Yuanyuan and Li Yingying each scored 3 points.
The Chinese team quickly adjusted their tactics in the second game, strengthened the change of serve and the stability of the first pass, and led 7-3 in the opening game. Canada made more mistakes under high-intensity service pressure, and was defended many times on the side attack, causing a fluctuation in mentality, and was thrown off by 8 points at 6-14. Through Diao Linyu's passing scheduling, Li Yingying and Gong Xiangyu gave full play to their advantages, and constantly impacted the opponent's defense line with diversified offensive means such as straight line heavy buckle, diagonal light hanging, short flat and fast attack, and opened a greater advantage with 19-10. The Canadian team made a substitution adjustment to recover 4 points with a break in the serve. Cai Bin guided the pause adjustment, although the stability of the first pass was slightly insufficient and was chased by the opponent continuously, Li Yingying scored three key points to stabilize the situation, and finally pulled the big score to a 1-1 draw 25-20. Li Yingying 9 points, Gong Xiangyu 5 points, Wu Mengjie 4 points.
The contest in the third game entered a white heat, and the two sides did not let each other give in to the score. The Canadian team used to strengthen the blocking and fast attack to suppress the offensive organization of the Chinese team, but the Chinese team was more experienced in handling key points, especially after strengthening the quality of the serve, the opponent made mistakes in succession, and completed the overtake to expand the point difference to 10-6. The rising Chinese team suddenly encountered a card round, and Canada scored 6 points in a row with dribbling and tough defense to overtake 2 points. The Chinese team handled the ball several times very well, and gradually narrowed the difference to 17 draws. Canada's tactical challenge disrupted the rhythm of the Chinese team's chasing points and scored 3 points in a row, and Diao Linyu's blocking and Li Yingying's strong smash allowed the Chinese team to chase to 22 draws. Canada won the third game 25-23 with an efficient attack and a strong counterattack. Li Yingying 6 points, Gong Xiangyu, Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan 3 points each.
Zhang Changning took the lead in the fourth game with a heavy deduction, and Canada won 8-7 after consecutive ties. The Chinese team scored 5 points in a row with a strong counterattack and a threatening pass, Li Yingying stabilized the output, Zhang Changning and Yuan Xinyue assisted efficiently, and many people teamed up to play 13-9 to expand the advantage. Canada chased 3 points in a row, and the Chinese team adjusted to smash the beater and block the net to score 4 points in a row to lead 17-12. Canada once again offered a challenge to Dafa, hoping to curb the momentum of the Chinese team's chasing points. The Chinese team's consecutive mistakes narrowed the difference. Canada scored back-to-back points to take a 22-20 lead. Li Yingying's No. 4 smash chased to 22 draws. Canada scored three points in a row on the back attack and serve, and finally won the fourth game 25-22. The Chinese team lost 1-3 to the Canadian team and suffered its first defeat at the beginning of the league.
Li Yingying 24 points, Gong Xiangyu 15 points, Wu Mengjie 12 points, Wang Yuanyuan 9 points, Yuan Xinyue 7 points.
At the end of this battle, the Chinese team fell to 4th place in the league standings with 2 wins and 1 loss, and the Japanese team topped the list with 3 consecutive wins. Poland and Brazil ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
On top of that, the Chinese team was deducted 11.01 points from the world ranking points, falling from 339.71 points to 328.7 points, and was overtaken by the Italian team, with only 6 points behind the Japanese team with 323.2 points.