At the women's volleyball world championships held in the Netherlands and Poland, Japan, ranked 7th in the world, defeated Argentina, ranked 18th in the world, in straight sets in the final match of the first round on the 2nd. We came in 2nd place.
Japan defeated Brazil, the silver medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, in the 4th round of the first league held on the 30th of last month, and finished 4th or higher in the group with a total of 3 wins and 1 loss.
As a result, Japan advanced to the second round and faced Argentina on the 2nd in their final match of the first round.
The match was allowed to take the lead in the early stages of the first set, but starting pitcher ISHIKAWA Mayu turned the tide with powerful spikes and back attacks. I took it at 17.
Japan, who won the second set with a score of 25-19, continued their momentum in the third set, with INOUE Arisa's back attack, who has been performing well in this tournament, and Ishikawa, who scored the team's top 25 points in this match. I accumulated points in , and won 25 to 17, and won straight sets with a set count of 3 to 0.
Japan advanced to the second league in 2nd place in the group with a total record of 4 wins and 1 loss in the first league.
In the second league, 16 teams, including Japan, will be divided into two groups and compete in a round-robin format, with the top four teams in each group, for a total of eight teams, advancing to the quarterfinals.