In the men's volleyball match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Japan men's volleyball team quickly adjusted its form after its first defeat against Germany, and won 3-1 (25-16, 25-22, 18-25, 25-23) against the third runner-up Argentina men's volleyball team last year, thus moving up to second place in Group C, significantly improving their disadvantage in qualifying.
At present, Japan are second in the group with four points in the standings, almost guaranteed a place in the quarterfinals, and they may even become group winners if they beat group leaders United States men's volleyball team (currently with five points) in their next match.
Although Argentina won one game in this match, according to the format, this did not bring them any points.
Assuming they can finish 3-0 against Germany, who have three points, Argentina will be third in the group and will need to be one of the two best group thirds in order to qualify.
According to statistics, this is the fourth consecutive victory over Argentina by Japan's men's volleyball team, which also allows them to rise to third in the world rankings, surpassing France and Slovenia, with 5.2 points and a total score of 352.90.
In terms of statistics, the core receiver of the Japan team, Yuki Nishida, performed well, contributing a team-high 21 points (5 shots of 16 shots of 26), Takahashi Blue 14 points (24 deductions 9 shots, 2 blocks and 3 shots), Onodera Taishi 12 points (13 deductions 11 blocks and 1 block), Yuki Ishikawa 11 points (29 deductions and 10 blocks and 1 block), Yamauchi Jingdai 6 points (11 deductions and 6 shots), and Kento Miyaura 4 points (6 deductions and 4 shots).
For Argentina, the experienced Conte was the most efficient player, scoring 19 points (17-of-34, 1 block, 1 shot) and Lima 16 (30 14-of-14, 1 block, 1 shot).
Lossel had seven points (3-of-10, 1 block), Martinez 5 (5-of-10), Palonski 4 (4-of-12), Martinez 4 (1-of-5, 1-of-3), Decheco 4 (3-of-6, 1-of-1), 58-49 overall, 5-8 blocks, 8-5 serves, and 24-22.
As the only representative team in Asia, they unexpectedly lost to Germany in the opening game, and despite a bad start, the game was not overshadowed by a heavy atmosphere.
Inspired by the captain, Tomoshi Yamamoto said after the competition: "Rebounding from such a defeat is the key to our gold medal. We need to readjust and the whole team is focused again on winning. ”
The Japan men's volleyball team has experienced ups and downs in the international arena this year, and in last year's Olympic Championships, despite the initial disadvantage, the Japan team qualified for the Olympics through four consecutive victories.
In this year's VNL World League, although the main player Takahashi Lan temporarily left the team due to a foot injury, the Japan men's volleyball team still won the first silver medal of the tournament.
Yuki Ishikawa said after the match: "Our team will not stop there", and the next match, Japan will face the strong United States team at 3 a.m. on Saturday, August 3, and the Japan team will seek victory and try to emerge from the fierce competition in the group stage.
So far, there are currently 5 teams that have won the quarterfinals, including: Italy, France, United States, Slovenia and Poland. In addition, Japan (unsurprisingly currently 4 points are also qualified), the remaining 2 places, Germany, Brazil, Serbia three teams may compete for the head.