2023-09-20 21:00:58
The Korean women’s volleyball team suffered four consecutive losses in the 2024 Paris Olympics preliminaries, making it virtually difficult for them to advance to the Olympic finals next year.
The Korean women’s volleyball team is attempting to receive in the fourth match (against the United States) of the preliminary group C match held in Łódź, Poland on the 20th (local time). /FIVB
The women’s volleyball team (ranked 36th in the world), led by coach Cesar Hernández González (46, Spain), lost to the United States (3rd place) after a match of 1 hour and 40 minutes in the fourth match of Group C of the preliminary round held in Łódź, Poland on the 20th (local time). ) lost with a set score of 1 to 3 (25-20 17-25 19-25 17-25).
In the first set, Korea’s wing strikers consisting of Kang So-hwi (26, GS Caltex) and Pyo Seung-ju (31, IBK Industrial Bank) made a great performance, consistently showing equal performance against the United States, a difficult opponent. With the score tied at 19-19, they scored 3 points and gave up the chase. Afterwards, they gave up one point to the United States, but scored three consecutive points again to take the set first.
In the second set, Korea continued the momentum and chilled the Americans until the middle of the game. They applied persistent pressure and ended up with a 16-17 victory. However, here, they allowed 5 consecutive goals, losing momentum and eventually giving up the set.
The concentration in the game was disappointing. In the 3rd and 4th sets, Korea gave up the lead early and had to rush to catch up with the United States. In the last set, he seemed to be physically exhausted, and at one point the gap widened to 11-22 double points, and he eventually bowed.
On this day, Kang So-hwi scored 13 points, the most in the team, and Pyo Seung-ju added 11 points. Middle blocker Jeong Ho-young (22, Jeong Kwan-jang), 190 cm tall, scored 10 points, including 4 blocking points.
U.S. women’s volleyball team. /FIVB
However, they once again faced the world’s high walls, showing inferiority to the United States in all attack indicators, including attack (48-56), blocking (5-11), and serving (2-5).
Korea is mired in four consecutive losses in the tournament. Korea, which had previously bowed to Italy (5th), Poland (7th), and Germany (12th), missed out on the ticket to advance to next year’s Olympics through this tournament.
Korea is in Group C of the preliminary round along with Italy, Poland, Germany, the United States, Colombia (22nd), Thailand (14th), and Slovenia (28th). Only in the top 2 out of 8 teams can they advance to the finals of the Paris Olympics. Currently, the first and second places in the group are Italy and the United States, each with four wins. Even if Korea wins all three remaining games, it cannot finish second in the group.
A total of 12 teams will participate in the women’s volleyball finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. First of all, 7 countries will be confirmed, including the top 2 teams from each of the 3 groups (groups A-C) of this tournament, plus the host country, France.
The remaining five tickets will go to the top teams in the world rankings, but priority will be given to continents where no team has advanced to the finals. Currently, China (6th) is ranked 2nd in Group A, and Japan (8th) is ranked 1st in Group B. Not only is it likely to advance to next year’s Olympics, but Korea is also relatively low in rankings in the Asian region, so it is in fact ranked 1st. It is impossible to secure tickets.
Korea will play the fifth game of the group stage against Colombia at the same venue on the 22nd.
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