On May 19, Beijing time, in the World Women's Volleyball League, Poland and Italy both won three consecutive victories, France ended two consecutive defeats and won the first victory, the Netherlands suffered two consecutive defeats, Turkey suffered a second defeat, and the Chinese women's volleyball team reversed Serbia to win the third victory since the start of the tournament and rose to third place.
Turkey-Italy
Italy accelerated their overall attacking pace and built up a lead with a combination of Antropova and Posetti's attacking arrows to attack their opponents' nets. Turkey quickly adjusted to stabilize the situation with defensive counter-attacks, supplemented by quick attacks and sudden changes in the back row. Italy controlled the tempo, but could not open up a wider point difference, the key points could not win consecutive game points, the Turkish team blocked the net and counterattacked to score 2 points in a row, 27-25 reversal victory. In the second game, the Italian team counterattacked strongly, Posetti and De Gradi's side attack played high intelligence, and the cooperation of the secondary offensive line Acolari doubled the pressure on the Turkish defense, and the Italian team always maintained the lead. The Turkish team narrowed the gap several times with defensive counterattacks, but the late pass was severely limited, and the offensive and blocking advantages were difficult to play, and the opponent returned a game 21-25.
In the third game, the two sides once again fell into a stalemate rhythm, and the score difference hovered around 2 points. The Italian team still came out of force in the final stage, with Antropova's active receiving position and the quick cooperation of the main attacker De Grady to score consecutive points, Danesi's block became the key to winning 25-21. In the fourth game, the Italian team did not give the opponent a chance, grasped the weakness of the opponent's weak pass, continued to score points with an efficient attack and counterattack, and finally won 25-19, and reversed the Turkish team with a big score of 3-1.
China-Serbia
Serbia got into the groove quickly, with Bjelica and Milenkovic starting to come into play, taking advantage of the fastball from secondary attacker Kurtajic. The Chinese team's first pass was limited by the high quality of the opponent, and the efficiency of the first attack was low. After adapting to the opponent's serving rhythm, the Chinese team once equalized the score with a combination of sling and multi-point attack. Serbia had excellent adjustment ability, strengthened defensive counterattacks and caught the mistakes of the Chinese team to score consecutive points to win 25-21. In the second game, the Chinese team improved the quality of the serve and suppressed the opponent's one-pass and net defense, and quickly opened up the advantage with Li Yingying, Gong Xiangyu, and Wang Yuanyuan's multi-point attack, Serbia made several adjustments that were not effective, and the Chinese team maintained its rhythm and won 25-15.
The third game of the Chinese team started relatively smoothly, and while ensuring the quality of the serve, it quickly established an advantage with the multi-point combination of the main attack Li Yingying and the secondary attack Wang Yuanyuan and Yuan Xinyue. Serbia strengthened the net defense after adjustment, and the confrontation was only 1 point away. The Chinese team responded calmly and steadily, stabilized the situation with Li Yingying's excellent smashes and blocks, and won 25-18. The rising Chinese team was unstoppable in the fourth game, maintaining the quality of their serve while strengthening the pressure on the net, completely limiting their opponents. Gong Xiangyu's combination of hanging made it difficult for the opponent to guard, and won three games in a row 25-18, reversing Serbia 3-1. The Chinese team increased by 8.42 points, and the total points of the world ranking rose to 337.11 points, leaving the Japanese women's volleyball team with 13.91 points.
Poland-Netherlands
The Polish team was slow and was quickly opened up by the Netherlands, but with the ability to adjust quickly to keep up with the opponent's rhythm, the second setter Wenaska accelerated the speed of receiving passes, and the receiver Stishak and the main attack Lukasik quickly caught up and overtook with a changeable offensive line and a combination of precise hanging. The Netherlands' net blocks were broken in succession in the middle of the game, and with too many mistakes, Poland won the first game 25-20. In the second game, the Dutch team strengthened the intensity of the net and the aggressiveness of the serve, which caused a lot of trouble for the opponent, and the Polish team responded effectively with the flexible runs of Sticiak and Medřik, as well as the high-point fastball of the secondary attack Kinneruk, and the two teams tied many times. Poland once again led by four points in the second half, and the Netherlands completed the comeback with a tough defense to get the game point, but the Polish team played an efficient counterattack and scored three points in a row to win 26-24. In the third game, the two sides were deadlocked until it was tied at 16, but the Dutch team suddenly encountered a card round, and the Polish team sealed the victory with seven consecutive points with high-quality serve and efficient side attack, and finally won 25-18, and the overall score was 3-0 to win three consecutive victories to reach the top of the standings.
France-Bulgaria
France lost the first game 19-25 after a rough start, but quickly adjusted their form, disrupted their opponent's rhythm with more service changes, and combined with multi-point attacks to pull one back 25-21. Bulgaria suffered a morale loss and lost another game 11-25. In the fourth game, the two teams fought hard, and the French team handled the key points more calmly, winning 29-27, and winning with a total score of 3-1.