In the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League, a key matchup in Macao, China, the Chinese women's volleyball team sat at home to face the Italian women's volleyball team, and the result was not very satisfactory, the Chinese team lost 0-3 to the Italian team and suffered its third defeat.
Before this game, the Chinese team ranked 6th in the world, and the Italian team ranked 5th in the world, to some extent, this is also a battle for card positions, this game, if the Chinese team can win 3-0, it can get a big score of 10.7 points, but once it loses 0-3, it will lose 9.3 points, and it will also lose the first position in Asia and be overtaken by the Japanese team; If China loses 1-3 or 2-3, they will be able to hold on to their No. 1 position in Asia after the second week.
The Chinese women's volleyball team had 5 wins and 2 losses, and it seemed that the results were acceptable, but they lost to the Canadian team in the first week and the Japanese team in the second week, both of which caused the Chinese team to lose big points, resulting in a smaller and smaller gap with the Japanese team. The Italians have all but secured their ticket to the Olympics, losing just one game in the first week without the likes of Egnu, and a narrow defeat to Brazil in their last game ended a five-game winning streak. It must be admitted that the comprehensive strength of the current Italian team is actually above that of the Chinese team.
From the perspective of the whole game, the Chinese team originally overtook in the first game when it was behind, but the mistake of the key points still led to a 23-25 defeat, and in the second and third games, the Chinese team had almost no chance, losing two games in a row 19-25/16-25, and lost to the Italian team with a score of 0-3.
In terms of the latest standings, the Italian team is still ranked 6th after 0-3, the Italian team has risen to 3rd place, and the Japanese women's volleyball team has slipped to 4th place.