Dominican Republic beats China, advances in standings and ends hosts’ dream

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This Saturday, the penultimate round of the Women’s Pre-Olympic Volleyball, play in Ningbo, China. During the first matches of the tour, the Ukraine won its first victory in the championship, about the Czech Republic and the Canada beats Mexico, who remains without winning. Then, during the final matches, the Serbia won again, this time against the Netherlands and, finally, the The Dominican Republic has overtaken China, put one period in the hosts’ campaign.

Ukraine x Czech Republic

During the first match of the round, a a surprising score occurred. A Ukrainewho had until then by winning a single set in 5 games, he achieved his first victory. In this way he left the lantern position after the final score showed the 3-1 (12-25; 25-23; 25-18; 25-15) in your favor. In addition to the victory, they also had the top scorer of the match, with Helena Havelkova marking 16 points. It should be emphasized that Neither team is fighting for the two places of the group in the next round.

Canada x Netherlands

In the only match in which only one team won the sets, the Canada overtakes Mexico, who has not yet won in the championship. The result of 3-0 (25-22; 25-22; 25-17) in favor of Canadians symbolized the team’s superiority in the match. With this positive result, the team also had the top scorer of the match, Kiera Van Rykwith 17 points in the match.

Serbia x Netherlands

The dispute which involved two teams at the topI had one unforeseen imbalance. Despite the high level of both teams, it was Serbia which took the lead It is beat the Netherlands with tranquility, by 3-0 (25-19; 25-16; 25-20). As you can imagine, the top scorer of the match was once again Tijana Boskovicwith 20 points scored.

Dominican Republic x China

In the game that decreed the end of the Chinese dreamAt The Dominicans showed that they were very active in the fight for the Olympic place. Even though the first two sets were very competitive and each team won one, the the final sets were far superior to those of the Caribbean, resulting in 3-1 victory (25-23; 21-25; 25-14; 25-14). Scoring superiority was also seen in the artillery, with the Dominicans Braylein Martínez and Gaila González scored 25 and 21 points, respectively. Consequently, the Latin American go to the last round occupying second place and partially winning the placewhile the Asian women no longer have any chance of qualifying.

Tournament

Now the teams compete for the last roundin which, by then, Serbia and the Dominican Republic occupy the first two placesWho give place at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.

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