The leading Japanese women's volleyball team in today's match, the Chinese women's volleyball team's three consecutive victories are not perfect, while the Dutch women's volleyball team has become a second rate women's volleyball team | competition | three consecutive victories
On June 3, 2023, at the Nagoya stage of the World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team welcomed their third match, defeating the Dutch women's volleyball team 3-1 and achieving a three game winning streak. In the latest standings, the Japanese women's volleyball team has won three consecutive games and accumulated 9 points, rising to first place. The Polish women's volleyball team has accumulated 8 points and fallen to second place, while the Chinese women's volleyball team has accumulated 8 points and ranked third. On June 4th, the Chinese women's volleyball team will stage a focal battle with the Japanese women's volleyball team.
The Dutch women's volleyball team, as a top European team, shone brightly in the Rio Olympic cycle. At that time, they defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team and advanced to the quarterfinals at the Olympics. Until the 2018 World Championships, the Dutch women's volleyball team maintained good competitiveness, but consecutive missed medals also left some core players disheartened, and some players chose to retire. From last year's performance in the World Women's Volleyball League and World Championships, it can be seen that the Dutch women's volleyball team has become a second rate team, and the team is currently in the early stages of a transition from old to new. In this year's World Women's Volleyball League, several core players from the Netherlands team were absent, and most of the starting players were young players born in the 2000s. They had momentum but their skills still needed to be polished, and they also lacked experience in major competitions. In this year's World Women's Volleyball League, the Dutch women's volleyball team has suffered three consecutive defeats.
The starting lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball team in this game consists of main attacking Li Yingying and Wang Yunlu, secondary attacking Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, receiving Gong Xiangyu, second setter Diao Linyu, and free agent Wang Mengjie. The starting lineup of the Dutch women's volleyball team consists of main attacking Marin and Konolema, secondary attacking Bayans and Timmerman, receiving Dambrink, setter Van Allen, and free agent Resinke.
This is a competition that the Chinese women's volleyball team is determined to win. But the young Dutch players are full of determination, with young second setter Van Allen and young main attacker Marin, who will join Wakifer Bank next season, showing remarkable bravery. Especially with Marin's serve, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered a lot.
After the game, according to technical statistics, Li Yingying of the Chinese team scored the highest 27 points in the game, Wang Yuanyuan scored 16 points, Wang Yunlu scored 14 points, Yuan Xinyue scored 11 points, and Gong Xiangyu scored 9 points. Dutch team Marin scored the team's highest 21 points, Konolema scored 17 points, and Dambrink scored 12 points. The Chinese team gave the Dutch team 26 points due to their own mistake, which is 7 points more than their opponent. Fortunately, the blocking score was 10 points higher than the opponent's, turning the situation around.
Chinese team head coach Cai Bin said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency after the game, "Exercising in such a game is only meaningful in practical combat."
When it comes to being "a bit confused" by the opponent at the beginning, Cai Bin said, "Our level of importance is still not enough. Today, the Dutch team worked hard to attack despite their mistakes. They played very decisively, and we appeared very passive. We used to block very well, but many balls were forcefully pushed by the opponent. However, at the critical moment, we still held on. At this time, not only do we need to have fighting spirit, but we also need to be able to withstand it. There were some twists and turns in the game, which is normal, and it cannot be smooth sailing."
The match against the Dutch women's volleyball team is worth summarizing for the Chinese women's volleyball team. Due to the Paris Olympic qualification tournament in September this year, the Dutch women's volleyball team will be in the same group as the Chinese women's volleyball team, which may become a strong competitor at that time. The Olympic qualifiers will be held in three different cities around the world, with 24 women's volleyball teams divided into three groups. The top two teams in each group will be the first to win tickets to the women's volleyball event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Chinese women's volleyball team will compete with Serbia, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Canada, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and Ukraine for the top two spots in Ningbo Beilun. So the Chinese women's volleyball team also needs to assess their opponents' strength through competitions and prepare specifically for the Olympic qualification matches.
The next round of matches against the Japanese women's volleyball team will be an encounter for the Chinese women's volleyball team. This year, the Japanese women's volleyball team adopted a four old team and three new team approach to train new players. The post-00s secondary attackers Araki Caihua and Inzawa Mayi performed well in the match against the Dominican women's volleyball team, especially Araki Caihua's attack and blocking were very balanced. The reason why the head coach of the Japanese team, Masayoshi Makoto, adopted a new secondary attack was to increase the blocking height of the entire team. Araki Caihua's height reached 1.84 meters, and Inzawa Mayi's height was 1.88 meters. The Japanese women's volleyball team has excellent defense, fast attack, and delicate technique. Now that the net height has been improved, it will become the "most difficult bone" for the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Li Yingying said in her outlook for the match against the Japanese women's volleyball team, "We have a great advantage in attack, and we will do our best to challenge. We firmly believe that we will win."
