The women's volleyball group stage of the Paris Olympics ushered in an important match, with the Japan women's volleyball team in Group B facing the Poland women's volleyball team. It's a powerful conversation. Poland is ranked fourth in the world and Japan is ranked seventh in the world. The two teams have a direct dialogue, and the relationship between the winners and losers will affect the team's promotion.
The two teams naturally attached great importance to this game and sent their strongest lineups to participate in the competition. The Japan women's volleyball team sent the starters of Sarina Koga, Mayu Ishikawa, Nichika Yamada, Sayaka Araki, Kanna Hayashi, Mitsuyomi Iwasaki, and Emi Fukuru. This is also the strongest starting lineup of the Japan women's volleyball team this year.
The Poland women's volleyball team sent Lukasik, Medrick, Korneruk, Jurczyk, Stishak, Voloz, Stenzel starters.
The Poland women's volleyball team got off to a good start with a 3-1 comeback victory over Japan.
The first game started very closely, and it was tied at 7. Japan scored two points in a row to take the lead. Poland scored four points in a row to take an 11-9 lead over Japan. Japan chased to 12 draws. The two sides fell into a stalemate again, and the score rose alternately until it reached 18 draws. Japan scored two points in a row to take the lead. Japan won the set point at 24:20. Stishak hit out of bounds and Poland closed the gap. Sarina Koga also hit out of bounds, and Japan won the first game 25-20.
Technical statistics of the first game: attacking Japan 17-11 Poland, blocking 1-4, serving 2-1, opponent error 5-4. The Japan team mainly won in attack. The Japan team is flexible in attack, with many points of attack and variety. However, the Japan players are not tall, and the net port blocking is a shortcoming.
Poland's Stishak scored seven points, Koneluk four and Jurczyk three. Japan's Sarina Koga scored nine points, Masuke Ishikawa scored three and Sayaka Araki scored three.
In the second game, Poland started 3:1. Japan scored two points in a row to tie the score. The two sides fell into a stalemate again, and the game was tied at 18. The Japan player touched the net, the Poland player served and scored, and Stishak smashed the ball. Poland scored three points in a row to take the lead. Both sides scored four more points each, and Poland pulled one back at 25:22.
Poland started the third game 3-0 and opened the gap at 13-7 in the middle game. The momentum of the Poland team came out. Poland leads Japan by 8 points at 20:12. Japan stubbornly chased it to 21:23 and trailed by only 2 points. Both sides scored two points each, and Poland won the game 25:23.
In the fourth game, Japan started 3-0 and then led Poland 6-3. Poland chased to 10 draws. The two sides were locked in a stalemate, and Poland won match point 24-23. Japan scored two points in a row to get set points. Japan won the set point again at 26:25. The Poland team hitter went out of bounds and then lobbed the ball. The Poland player serves and scores. Poland scored three points in a row to win the fourth game 28-26.
In the end, the Poland women's volleyball team defeated the Japan women's volleyball team 3-1 and got off to a good start. The Poland women's volleyball team got off to a good start and is very likely to advance to the quarterfinals. At the moment of victory, the Poland players celebrated wildly.
Poland scored 7.46 points after a 3-1 victory over Japan. Japan team lost 7.46 points, and after losing this game, Japan team is likely to miss out on the quarterfinals. The Japan players were saddened.