China Youth Daily, Beijing, May 17 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Cixin) At a match of the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League in Brazil that ended in the early hours of this morning, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the world's second-ranked United States team 3:1. This victory is very important for the Chinese women's volleyball team to enter the Paris Olympics. After defeating the United States, which is ranked higher than itself, the Chinese women's volleyball team scored 9.13 points, and the world ranking rose from sixth to fifth.
The Chinese women's volleyball team in a match with the American women's volleyball team. Image source: FIVB website
The U.S. women's volleyball team, which has already qualified for the Olympics, did not send the strongest team to participate in this competition, but as the women's volleyball champion of the last Olympics and the second ranked team in the world, the U.S. team is very strong even if it is a substitute lineup. In today's game, the U.S. team played very fiercely at the beginning, and the Chinese women's volleyball team was a little uncomfortable, and the U.S. team won the first game 25:23. But from the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team played actively, losing three games in a row (25:23, 25:22, 25:19) and defeating the opponent.
The Chinese women's volleyball team played with the American women's volleyball team, Wu Mengjie on the left and Li Yingying on the right. Image source: FIVB website
In this game, Li Yingying, the main attacker of the Chinese team, once again became the highest scorer in the game, and she scored 20 points. Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu, and Yuan Xinyue all scored more than 10 points. Zhang Changning came off the bench again and scored 1 point.
According to the FIVB points rules, you will get high points for beating a team ranked higher than you in the world. For the Chinese women's volleyball team, which will rely on the world ranking to qualify for the Paris Olympics, it is very important to defeat the United States team with a world ranking higher than itself in this game. After this game, the Chinese women's volleyball team scored 9.13 points, and the world ranking rose from sixth to fifth. The U.S. women's volleyball team was deducted 9.13 points, and the world ranking dropped from second to third.
The Chinese women's volleyball team in a match with the American women's volleyball team. Image source: FIVB website
The Chinese women's volleyball team will face the next opponent, the Canadian team, in the early hours of tomorrow morning Beijing time.
Source: China Youth Daily client