On the evening of June 2, the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in Italy, the last opponent of the 2024 World League in Macau, and the Chinese team lost 0:3.
The starting lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball team in this game was adjusted again, and Zhu Ting, who played in the Italian league, did not get the chance to start. The starting lineup is the main attack Li Yingying and Wu Mengjie, the secondary attack Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, the response Gong Xiangyu, the second setter Diao Linyu, and the free man Wang Mengjie. After the start of the game, the Chinese team, which was in a slow state, quickly adjusted after falling behind at the beginning, and overtook the score to 17-16 in the middle game, but the Italian team was better in grasping the key points, and the Chinese team lost 23-25. In the final stage of this game, Zhu Ting came on as a substitute and was replaced after just serving a ball. In the second game, the Italian team's response to Egnu made frequent efforts, the Chinese team had difficulty defending, and the Italian team continued to score on the serve, winning another game 25-19. In the third game, the Chinese team did not have any chance, and has been passive, Ding Xia and Zhang Changning came off the bench in the middle game, but due to the large score difference with the opponent, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally lost 16-25, and lost 0-3.
The loss cost the Chinese team 9.30 points, and the world ranking also fell from sixth to seventh, being surpassed by the Japanese women's volleyball team. If the next game in Hong Kong, China does not regain the No. 1 seat in Asia, then the Chinese women's volleyball team can only rely on the ranking to suppress the Canadian team and the Netherlands team to qualify for the Olympic Games. Fortunately, the difference between the Chinese team and these two teams is still relatively large, and it is not difficult to qualify for Paris.
The third leg of the World League will be held in Hong Kong, China from June 11 to 16, and the Chinese women's volleyball team will face Bulgaria, Germany, Turkey and Poland.