In the early morning of May 18, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered Waterloo in the Brazilian station of the World League, and finally lost to the Canadian women's volleyball team 1-3 in four games.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not seem to have found the rhythm of the game, falling behind 4-7 at the beginning, and although it was tied at 14 at one point after the pause, successive errors allowed them to lose the first game 25-22. In the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team adjusted its state, started with a 7-3 lead, and finally pulled back a city 25-20.
However, in the crucial third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team failed to hold on to its advantage when it was once leading 10-6, and was chased by the Canadian women's volleyball team for consecutive points, and finally lost another game 23-25. In the fourth game, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered another reversal with a 19-14 lead, and finally lost 22-25, with a total score of 1-3.
This defeat is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Chinese women's volleyball team. Not only was the points deducted by 11.01 points, and the total points dropped to 328.70 points, but the world ranking was also surpassed by the Italian women's volleyball team and fell to seventh. At the same time, the Japanese women's volleyball team has a strong momentum of three consecutive wins, with 323.20 points, closely following the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Next, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against the Serbian team that lacks the main force, which will be a key battle from which there is no way back, because once it loses, the world ranking may be overtaken by the Japanese team that has been gaining momentum recently, and the advantage of impacting the Paris Olympics will be directly transformed into a disadvantage. In the past 40 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team has never missed the Olympic Games, and the failure to win the Olympics is an emotionally unacceptable thing for the majority of fans.