At present, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League is in full swing, and on May 18, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Canadian women's volleyball team 1-3, and has lost to the Canadian women's volleyball team twice in a row after losing 2-3 in the women's volleyball Olympic qualifying tournament in September last year.
You must know that the Canadian team is not a traditional strong team, the world ranking has always been outside the top 10, and Cai Bin led the team to lose to the Canadian team twice in a row, such a performance is really difficult for many fans to accept.
In the women's volleyball Olympic qualifying tournament held in September last year, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Netherlands, Canada, and Dominica in a row in Beilun, Ningbo, which is our doorstep...... As a result, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not get the ticket to the Paris Olympics for the first time.
In the women's volleyball Olympic qualifying tournament, a total of 6 teams have won Olympic tickets, namely the United States, Brazil, Serbia, Turkey, Poland, Dominica, plus the host French women's volleyball team and the first Kenyan women's volleyball team in Africa.
There are a total of 12 women's rankings in the Olympic Games, so there are still 4 places left to be obtained through the world ranking on June 17, and the current World Women's Volleyball League will determine the ownership of the remaining 4 places in the Paris Olympics. Let's analyze in detail, what is the latest Olympic prospect for the Chinese women's volleyball team after losing 1-3 to the Canadian women's volleyball team?
In this World Women's Volleyball League, a total of 16 teams participated, in addition to the 6 teams that won the Olympic tickets through the Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualifying Tournament in September last year, plus the host French women's volleyball team, the remaining 9 teams are China, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Thailand, Bulgaria, and South Korea.
Among them, the overall strength of the two teams of Bulgaria and South Korea is too weak to have the strength to hit the Olympic ticket, which can be ruled out, so that is, 7 teams compete for the last 4 Olympic places.
The latest world ranking points of these seven teams 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)
Netherlands (10th in the world, 289.31 points)
Canada (11th in the world, 286.92 points)
Germany (12th in the world, 227.86 points)
Thailand (13th in the world, 217.28 points)
To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the current world ranking points of the Chinese women's volleyball team are 100 points more than the 12th German team in the world, in this World Women's Volleyball League, even if the Chinese women's volleyball team plays badly, the world ranking points are not lower than the German women's volleyball team, so from the current point of view, the remaining 4 Paris Olympic places can be regarded as from Italy, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, these 5 teams.
After the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 1-3 to the Canadian women's volleyball team, it lost 11.01 points in the world ranking points, so far, as shown in the latest points above, the Chinese women's volleyball team is only 40 points more than the Canadian women's volleyball team, this advantage is not obvious, so in the next game, there is not much way out for Cai Bin.
According to the schedule, in the first week of the World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team has the last opponent Serbia, because the Serbian women's volleyball team has won the Olympic ticket, so far it has not sent the first lineup to play in the World League.
In the second week of the World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team will usher in a home game, but the game process will certainly not be easy, because the four opponents are all teams competing for tickets to the Paris Olympics, respectively against the Netherlands, Japan, Thailand, and Italy. These 4 games are too important for the Chinese women's volleyball team, if they win all 4 games, they can basically get Olympic tickets in advance, and if they achieve 2 wins and 2 losses or worse, the Olympic prospects are not optimistic.
In the third week of the World League, the Chinese women's volleyball team also played at home, playing against Bulgaria, Germany, Turkey, and Poland in Hong Kong, China, and the last two games were tough battles. To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the prospects of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the Olympics are not very clear and are still full of suspense.
Therefore, many fans think that Cai Bin is conservative in employing people, and a set of lineups is used to the end, so at the critical moment of competing for tickets to the Paris Olympics, Cai Bin also has to consider exercising newcomers, which is estimated to be more questioned. So there is no way back for Cai Bin at the moment, only to go all out and get the ticket to the Paris Olympics is the top priority!
It is worth noting that from the second week of Macao, China, Zhu Ting, the absolute core of the Chinese women's volleyball team, is very likely to return, you must know that Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning's situation is different.
Zhang Changning has not trained systematically for a long time since the Tokyo Olympics, and Zhu Ting has been playing in the Italian Women's Volleyball League for two seasons.
The Chinese women's volleyball team is the only team in China's "three major competitions" with the titles of Olympic champion and world champion. As early as the 80s of the last century, the spirit of "tenacious struggle and never say die" of the women's volleyball team has inspired generations of Chinese people to move forward bravely!
We believe that such a women's volleyball spirit still exists in the current team, as fans, what we hope to see most is that the Chinese women's volleyball team can return to the top of the world as soon as possible!