This Wednesday (20), the matches of the fourth round of A group of Pre-Olympic women’s volleyball tournamentwhich occurs in Ningbo, China, brought a additional competitive element for the final rounds. Until there, Serbia and China maintained a frightening performance, in which neither team had lost even a set. Even though they lost sets in the round, the Serbia maintained the positive streak on the Czech Republic, while the The Chinese were surprised by the Canadians. In the Latin American group clash, the Dominican Republic beat Mexico and in the European clash, the Netherlands beat Ukraine.

Netherlands x Ukraine

A Ukraine follows not only in a losing streakas continues without a set in your favor at the championship. Today was no different. This time, the The Netherlands who took advantage of the Ukrainians’ bad luck and won 3-0 (25-23; 2521; 25-16). With superiority in all the statistics of the confrontation, the victorious team also had the best scorer of the match, with Celest Plak and Marrit Jasper marking 13 points each.

China x Canada

In the match that lasted more than 2 hourswith nearly 8 thousand fans presentA a huge zebra occurred. Playing at home It’s usual retrospective that bordered on perfectionAt The Chinese were surprised by the Canadians. With Canada’s initial victory, the match continued with alternating victories in each set, until reaching the most feared moment of the match, the decisive game. The score reached 14-13 for the hosts, but it ended with a Canadian surprise of 17-15, to end Canada wins 3-2 (28-26; 15-25; 25-23; 22-25; 17-15). Despite the defeat, once again Li Yingying was the biggest scorer of the match, with 30 points scored.

Dominican Republic x Mexico

In the Latin American group confrontation, two teams going through different times faced each other. On the one hand, the Mexicanwho followed without winning any sets and, on the other hand, the Dominicans, What sought to maintain the positive sequence. As you can imagine, the Dominican Republic took advantage of Mexico’s fragility and won, with complete peace of mind, 3-0 (25-17; 27-25; 25-16). In this way, the Mexicans follow Ukraine at the bottom of the table, with both without a victory, while the Dominicanswith the Chinese defeat, dreams of qualifying for the Olympic Games. At the end of the match, there was a draw in the artillery, with the The Dominican Gaila González and the Mexican Grecia Castro López marking 14 points each.

Serbia x Czech Republic

In the final match of the round, the Czech Republic had the difficult task of stopping Serbia. Even though I couldn’t do it, the The Czechs did something no opponent had done until there: beat a set against the Serbs. As anticipated, This small victory did not hold back the momentum of the group leaders that now, with this 3-1 (25-20; 25-22; 30-32; 25-20), opened up an advantage over the other competitors. For those who follow the team in this tournament, you can imagine that once again, Tijana Boskovic was the biggest scorer of the match, with 30 points scored.

Tournament

3 rounds left litigation and the first two placed of the group guarantee a place for Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. To follow the matches, simply go to the channel VolleyballWorldAt Youtube.