Asia's No. 1 women's volleyball team 'creates an earthquake', almost defeats the reigning world champion

Reuniting early in the group stage of Volleyball Nations League 2023, the Japanese women's volleyball team made Serbia - the reigning women's volleyball world champion for 2 consecutive seasons - struggle right from the first rounds. It is known that the last meeting between the two teams was at VNL 2022 with a 3-1 victory for Serbia.

Japan and Serbia have faced each other 21 times from 2007-2022, Serbia won 11 matches

Entering the match, Japan affirmed their strength as Asian champions when they ended the first half with a gap of 25-16. In the second half, the two teams played more fiercely until the fourth half ended with a score of 2-2. The match was now balanced, Japan and Serbia entered the fifth half to determine the winner.

In the end, Serbia won 3-2 after 5 dramatic matches (16-25, 25-20, 16-25, 25-20, 15-10). With this goal, Serbia moved up to 12/16 with 4 points. It is known that this is the first victory of the Serbian women's volleyball team at the Volleyball Nations League 2023. In the first week of competition, the world champion shockingly lost all 4 matches.

Currently, Japan still maintains the 6th position with 3/5 wins and 10 points. Previously, Japan received a loss against fellow Asian countrymen - China National Team in week 1 of Volleyball Nations League 2023.

Trong An (synthesis)

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