Women’s Volleyball World League: China’s first match against Italy in the finals
2022-07-04 15:57:13Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Network News On the evening of July 3, Beijing time, the final round of the 2022 World Women’s Volleyball League Sofia Station in Bulgaria will begin. Facing the poor record of the Korean women’s volleyball team, the Chinese team won 3:1 with a big score, and let the opponent suffer a 12-game losing streak. The Chinese women’s volleyball team ended the journey of the competition with three consecutive victories. After three matches, the Chinese team broke into the top eight with a total record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 26 points, and won the tickets for this year’s Women’s Volleyball World League Finals. In the finals held in Turkey on July 13 and 14, the Chinese team will face the Italian women’s volleyball team in the quarter-finals.
In the face of the Korean women’s volleyball team who suffered 11 consecutive defeats, the Chinese women’s volleyball team still has a main lineup consisting of main attackers Jin Ye, Li Yingying, auxiliary attackers Wang Yuanyuan and Yuan Xinyue, support Gong Xiangyu, setter Diao Linyu and free man Ni Feifei. However, in the game, they still encountered stubborn resistance from their opponents. As soon as possible, the Chinese team won the next city with a 25:13 victory. However, in the second game, the Korean team showed a tenacious and resilient side. They won 25:19. Take back a city. In the next two games, the Chinese team adjusted their state and mentality in time, won two games in a row with 25:19 and 26:24, and won the final game of this sub-station. In this campaign, Li Yingying of the Chinese women’s volleyball team won the scoring championship with 23 points, Gong Xiangyu contributed 17 points, Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan won 11 and 10 points respectively, and Jin Ye also scored 6 points. After this campaign, the Chinese team will start preparing for the Women’s Volleyball World League Finals, which will start on July 13. This season’s finals system has been changed, the group stage has been cancelled, and the two-day quarter-final competition will be entered as soon as it comes up. The semi-finals will be held on July 16, and the teams on the podium will be decided by the gold and bronze medal battles on July 17. According to the World League’s points and match rules, the host of the finals, the Turkish women’s volleyball team, will face the Thai women’s volleyball team in the quarter-finals. The other matches are: the American women’s volleyball team against the Serbian women’s volleyball team, the Brazilian women’s volleyball team against the Japanese women’s volleyball team, and the Chinese women’s volleyball team against the Italian women’s volleyball team. .
The Italian women’s volleyball team defeated the Chinese team in the 2018 World Championships, and its strength should not be underestimated. This season, although the Chinese women’s volleyball team defeated the Italian team with a big score of 3:1 in the World League stage, the Italian team’s top star Egnu did not participate in that match. With the deepening of the competition, the Italian team has also paid more attention to the results of the World League, and many core players have returned to try to achieve good results in the finals. In the absence of main players such as Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning, it is not easy for the Chinese women’s volleyball team to defeat their opponents.
Text/Jin Peng, an all-media reporter from Xi’an Press