China News Agency, Beijing, July 14. The 2022 World Women's Volleyball League finals continued on the 14th local time in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.
The Chinese women's volleyball team lost 1:3 to the Italian team and missed the semi-finals of this World League.
In 2022, a total of 16 teams will participate in the World Women's Volleyball League. They will compete in three sub-stations, and the top eight teams will advance to the finals.
In the sub-station stage, the Chinese women's volleyball team achieved a total of eight wins and four losses, ranking fourth in points, and successfully advanced to the finals.
This year's World League finals are based on a single-elimination system. The Chinese women's volleyball team's opponent in the quarter-finals is the Italian team.
The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Italian team 3:1 in the competition stage, but the Italian team was not well-organized at that time, and many main players were absent.
At the final stage, the Italian team sent all the main players to participate, while the Chinese team followed the lineup of the sub-station stage, and Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning still did not enter the team.
In the first game of the day, the Chinese team entered the state quickly, leading by 15:9 at one time, the Italian team adjusted in time, the top star Egnu served and scored consecutively, the Chinese team’s first pass and attack were destroyed, the Italian team scored consecutively, and gradually improved the score. Go-ahead, the Chinese team blocked many mistakes at the critical moment, and the Italian team took the lead with 25:22.
In the second game, the Chinese team still had the lead at the start, but the Italian team came from behind to win 25:19 again, leading by a big score of 2:0.
In the third game, the Chinese team started at 3:0, followed by a small climax and took a 12:6 lead, but the tenacious Italian team kept chasing points. After the two sides reached a 24-level draw, the Chinese team seized the opportunity, Li Yingying and Gong Xiangyu won the key With 2 points, the Chinese team pulled back a game with 26:24.
The fourth game was in a stalemate. Although the Chinese team created a lot of threats to the opponent on the defensive counterattack, the Italian team succeeded in a row at the critical moment, and sealed the victory with 25:22, thus defeating the Chinese women's volleyball team with a big score of 3:1 and advancing to this country. World League Final Four.
After losing to the Italian team, the Chinese women's volleyball team's journey in this World League came to an end.
However, being able to advance to the World League Finals, the Chinese team completed the goal set before the game.
Next, the Chinese women's volleyball team will make every effort to prepare for the Women's Volleyball World Championships in September this year.
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