There were not many surprises in the group stage of the Women's Volleyball World Championship. At the end of yesterday's competition day (August 25), most of the strong and highly rated teams achieved good results and quickly won tickets to the next round.
Tran Thi Thanh Thuy and the Vietnamese women's volleyball team are looking forward to the honorable match with the Kenyan team.
PHOTO: FIVB
In Group A, host Thailand won all 2 matches against Egypt (3-1), Sweden (3-0), reaching 6 points. The Netherlands also won 2 matches against Sweden (3-2), Egypt (3-0), reaching 5 points. This result helped the Thai and Dutch women's volleyball teams to quickly secure tickets to the next round and will compete for first and second place in the group when they face each other in the final match taking place at 8:30 p.m. today.
In Group B, the Italian team confirmed their superiority by defeating Slovakia 3-0 and Cuba 3-0, reaching 6 points. The Belgian team also won with the same score of 3-0 against Slovakia and Cuba, reaching 6 points. Thanks to that, the ticket to the next round is in the hands of the Italian and Belgian teams. They will face each other at 5:00 p.m. today to determine the first and second place in the group.
The Thai team played impressively when playing at home.
PHOTO: FIVB
In Group C, Brazil won the first ticket after 2 wins against Greece (3-0), France (3-2), reaching 5 points. The remaining ticket is the competition between France (4 points) and Greece (3 points). In Group D, the first team to advance is the US team with 2 wins with the same score of 3-1 against Slovenia and Argentina. The remaining ticket is the race between 3 teams Argentina (3 points), Czech Republic (2 points) and Slovenia (1 point).
Group E has been decided when Turkey and Canada have quickly secured their tickets to the next round. Türkiye won all 2 matches against Spain (3-0), Bulgaria (3-0) to get 6 points while Canada won Bulgaria (3-1), won Spain (3-2) to get 5 points. The situation in Group F has also been decided early when the Dominican Republic and China have secured their tickets to the next round after 2 wins.
The table has Vietnamese women's volleyball, which team will continue?
In Group G, Poland and Germany won tickets to the next round after asserting their strength. Poland beat Vietnam 3-1, Kenya 3-1, while Germany was more impressive when they did not lose a single game against Vietnam (3-0), Kenya (3-0). The two tickets to the next round in Group H were also claimed by Serbia (6 points) and Japan (5 points).
Thus, 14/16 teams have been determined to enter the knockout round (16 teams) namely Thailand, Netherlands (group A), Italy, Belgium (group B), Brazil (group C), USA (group D), Türkiye, Canada (group E), Dominican Republic, China (group F), Germany, Poland (group G), Serbia, Japan (group H).
At 5pm tomorrow (August 27), the Vietnamese women's volleyball team will play the final match of Group G, against the Kenyan team. The match is a formality, but Coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet's players are eager to find victory to have a beautiful farewell in their first qualification for the world championship.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bang-xep-hang-bong-chuyen-vo-dich-the-gioi-moi-nhat-xac-dinh-14-doi-di-tiep-viet-nam-dung-buoc-185250826065317194.htm
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