On the evening of May 18, the focus of the World Women's Volleyball League, the Polish women's volleyball team played the Dutch women's volleyball team. Overall, the Polish team is stronger, and the game will not be too difficult. However, the Dutch team will have to try to win one or two games in order to reduce the number of World Volleyball points deducted. Because the Dutch women's volleyball team is now a direct competitor to the Canadian team, both of them are competing for Olympic qualification. Only the higher the world ranking, the more chances.
I didn't expect today's Dutch women's volleyball team to be so vulnerable, losing three games in a row and not winning a single game. However, the scores of the three games were relatively close, the first game was 20-25, and the second game was even more regrettable, and the game was lost at the end of the game, 24-26! In the second game, the Dutch team lost their heart, and the game was one-sided, and the Dutch team lost the game with a score of 18-25. After the Netherlands lost, 7.12 points were deducted, which also allowed Canada to directly complete the overtaking in points, that is, overtaking the world ranking!
At present, Canada has 286.92 points and has risen to 10th in the world ranking! After the Netherlands was deducted 7.12 points, it fell to 11th in the world! If this rhythm continues, Canada is likely to make it to the Olympics. And the next schedule of the Dutch women's volleyball team is also quite difficult.
In terms of post-game statistics, Stishak hit 16 of his 37 smashes and was blocked with 4 turnovers, scoring 16 points. Lukasik also scored 16 points on 15-of-32 shooting. Bouygis hit 16 of 37 smashes and was blocked by five turnovers to finish with 18 points.
As for the World League standings, Poland won 3 consecutive victories, all of which were 3-0, and won 9 points to rise to No. 1, replacing the top position! Brazil and Japan fell on the trend. It can be said that the 0-3 score of the Dutch women's volleyball team also directly caused the Japanese women's volleyball team to fall to No. 3!
For Chinese fans, they pay more attention to the Japanese women's volleyball team, because the Japanese team has to compete with the Chinese team for the highest world ranking in Asia, because after 3 tournaments and 12 games, the No. 1 team in Asia is the first to qualify for the Olympics.