At 1:00 on May 19, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team will welcome the last opponent of the Brazilian women's volleyball team in the first week of the World League. 3-1 defeat to the United States in the second game; Losing to Canada 1-3 in the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team is definitely unwilling to accept consecutive defeats, so there will be no room for loss against Serbia in this game!
As we all know, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Netherlands, Canada, and Dominica in the women's volleyball Olympic qualifying tournament held in September last year, and did not get the ticket to the Paris Olympics at our home stadium for the first time.
So far, the hope of the Chinese women's volleyball team to enter the Paris Olympics is all pinned on the World Women's Volleyball League. In last year's Olympic women's volleyball qualifying tournament, 6 teams completed the breakthrough, namely the United States, Brazil, Serbia, Turkey, Poland, and Dominica, plus the host French women's volleyball team and the first Kenyan women's volleyball team in Africa, 8 teams have won tickets to the Paris Olympics.
There are a total of 12 places in the women's volleyball event at the Olympic Games, and there are still 4 Olympic tickets left. There are a total of 16 teams participating in the World Women's Volleyball League, in addition to the 7 teams that have been shortlisted for the Paris Olympics (Kenyan women's volleyball team does not participate in the World Women's Volleyball League), the remaining 9 teams are China, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Thailand, Bulgaria, and South Korea.
Among them, the overall strength of Bulgaria and South Korea is too weak, and they do not have the strength to attack the Olympic ticket. It can be ruled out, and in this way, it is 7 teams competing for the last 4 Olympic places.
And after three rounds of matches in this World League, the latest world ranking points of the 7 teams competing for tickets to the Paris Olympics are as follows:
Italy (6th in the world, 333.13 points)
China (7th in the world, 328.69 points)
Japan (8th in the world, 323.20 minutes)
Canada (10th in the world, 286.92 points)
Netherlands (11th in the world, 282.19 points)
Germany (12th in the world, 227.86 points)
Thailand (13th in the world, 217.28 points)
In the world rankings on June 17, the top 4 of the above 7 teams will be shortlisted for the Paris Olympics! It is worth noting that before this World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team had a score of 329.65, ranking 6th in the world, while the Japanese women's volleyball team had a score of 305.09, ranking 9th in the world.
The Japanese women's volleyball team won three consecutive victories in the World League, defeating the world's No. 1 Turkish women's volleyball team 3-2 in the first game, ending the opponent's 22-game winning streak in all competitions! They swept Bulgaria 3-0 in the second game and Germany 3-0 in the third.
So far, the Japanese women's volleyball team has narrowed the gap between the world ranking points and the Chinese women's volleyball team from more than 20 points at the beginning to more than 5 points at present, and the pressure on the Chinese women's volleyball team is not small.
The Canadian women's volleyball team won 2 wins and 1 loss in three games (3-0 Dominica; 3-1 China; 1-3 Brazil), the Dutch women's volleyball team only won 1 and lost 2 (3-0 Bulgaria; 1-3 Turkey; 0-3 Poland). Before the World League, the Dutch women's volleyball team had more than 20 points more points in the world ranking than the Canadian women's volleyball team, and now after 3 games, the Canadian team's points have surpassed the Dutch team, which is enough to prove that every game in this World League is very important for the team competing for the Paris Olympics!
After the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 1-3 to the Canadian team, 11.01 points were deducted, which is an important reason why the Chinese women's volleyball team fell from 6th to 7th in the world ranking. In fact, it is not difficult to see from the world ranking points of the above 7 teams that it is still very difficult for Germany and Thailand to enter Paris, after all, the overall strength of these two teams is not very strong, and at the same time, the points are also lagging behind a lot.
Therefore, the remaining 4 Paris Olympic places can be regarded as coming from the 5 teams of China, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands, and the current situation of the Dutch women's volleyball team is the most dangerous.
After we understand the prospects of the Chinese women's volleyball team to impact the Paris Olympics, we will look forward to the game against Serbia. The Serbian women's volleyball team has already won the ticket to the Paris Olympics, so the World League did not send the strongest lineup, and the team's number one star Boskovic did not participate, so it is not difficult for the Chinese women's volleyball team to win.
The 14-member roster announced by the Chinese women's volleyball team is exactly the same as the first three games:
Main attack: Zhang Changning, Li Yingying, Wang Yunrui, Wu Mengjie
Secondary attack: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gao Yi
Answer: Gong Xiangyu, Zheng Yixin
Second setter: Diao Linyu, Ding Xia, Xu Xiaoting
Free people: Wang Mengjie, Ni Feifei
Judging from the first three games, Cai Bin's starting lineup has always been the main attack Wu Mengjie's partner Li Yingying, the secondary attack Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu, the second setter Diao Linyu, and the free man Wang Mengjie.
A set of starting lineups is the biggest feature of Cai Bin's employment, and many previous games have fully confirmed this statement, in fact, for different opponents, Cai Bin can make appropriate changes.
In the process of playing with Canada, the Chinese women's volleyball team once led 19-14 in the fourth game, but was reversed by the opponent 25-22 to win.
Therefore, in this match between the Chinese women's volleyball team and Serbia, Cai Bin's employment will definitely attract the attention of many fans, and it is necessary to make accurate personnel adjustments according to the actual situation on the field in order to highlight the excellence of a coach.
If the Chinese women's volleyball team defeats Serbia 3-0, the points will increase by 10.92 points, the 3-1 win will increase by 8.42 points, and the 3-2 win will increase by 5.92 points, and if the 0-3 defeat is complete, the points will be reduced by 9.08 points, the 1-3 loss will be reduced by 6.58 points, and the 2-3 loss will be reduced by 4.08 points.
If the Chinese women's volleyball team loses and the Japanese women's volleyball team wins against Poland in this round, the Chinese women's volleyball team will be overtaken by the Japanese team and lose the first place in Asia.
Although such a situation does not mean that the Chinese women's volleyball team is completely out of the Paris Olympics, such a result is definitely what many fans do not want to see. The match between the Chinese women's volleyball team and Sevillea, CCTV5 will broadcast live, although it will be held at midnight Beijing time, I believe that many fans will choose to stay up late to watch! Anyway, in this match between the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Serbian team, Cai Bin must not lose again.