On May 19, Beijing time, in the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the South Korean women's volleyball team played against the Dominican team.
The South Korean team is a strong team in Asia, and has an excellent performance in the Tokyo Olympics, but after Kim Ruanjing and others faded out of the national team, their results plummeted, and in the first two games of this station, the South Korean team lost 0-3 to the Chinese team and 0-3 to the Brazilian team, without winning a game, and has not even scored 20 points in a game, and at the same time, the South Korean team has suffered a 29-game losing streak across the season. The Dominican team won 1 and lost 1 in their first two games: 3-1 against Serbia and 0-3 to Canada. Before this game, the South Korean team ranked 42nd in the world and the Dominican team ranked 9th, there is still a big gap, and it is very difficult for the Korean team to cause an upset.
In the first game, the Dominican team still got the game point early and easily took the next game 25-13. In the second game, the South Korean team started to bite the score, and after 4-4, the Dominican team scored 3 points in a row, and the Korean team quickly paused. After the pause, the Dominican team sent a rolling tennis ball 9-4, and the South Korean team chased 2 points in a row to bite, but as the game progressed, the point difference was opened again, and the South Korean team made continuous mistakes, and the Dominican team led 14-7, and the South Korean team made substitutions and adjustments. After the substitution, South Korea scored lightly, but then there was a mismatch and another timeout at 8-15. After another timeout, the Dominican team won another game 25-19 to make it 2-0.
In the third game, the Dominican team won 25-20 in one go, and defeated the South Korean team 3-0.