Xinhua News Agency, Nagoya, Japan, September 17The women’s volleyball group match of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games continued on the 17th. The Kazakhstan team, which is in Group B with the Chinese team, defeated the Philippines team 3:1. This means that the Chinese team and the Kazakhstan team, which defeated the Philippines team in the first round, have locked the top two in the group and advanced to the quarterfinals in advance.
On September 16, Chinese women’s volleyball team members competed in the Asian Games. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bo
There are three teams in Group B: China, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines. In the first game between the Kazakhstan team and the Philippines team on the 17th, the Philippines team seized the opportunity on key points and took the lead at 29:27. Then the Kazakhstan women’s volleyball team launched a counterattack, winning three consecutive games at 26:24, 25:23 and 25:19, and finally reversed the Philippines team 3:1. The Philippine team suffered two consecutive losses in the group stage and missed the quarterfinals.
Irina Kuznetsova, a member of the Kazakhstan team, said after the game: “In the first game, the team members obviously felt that the cooperation was not smooth. However, we studied the Philippine team’s playing style during the game, followed the coach’s instructions, made timely adjustments, and fully implemented the tactics. By the second game, the cooperation on the court was much better.” Irina, who won the bronze medal in the women’s volleyball team at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games with the team, expressed her expectation to achieve better results than that year at this Asian Games.
According to the schedule, the Chinese team will face the Kazakhstan team on the 18th to compete for the top spot in Group B.
The picture shows the schedule of women’s volleyball matches of the Asian Games to be held on September 18
The results of Group A were exactly the same as Group B. The Indonesian team defeated the Nepalese team 3:0 in the match that day. In addition, the previous host Japan team defeated the Nepalese team 3:0 in the first round. The Nepalese team suffered two consecutive losses and stopped in the group stage.
In Group D, the South Korean team continued its strong performance in the first round and swept Qatar 3:0, allowing its opponent only 22 points in three games. The Vietnamese team, which also belongs to Group D, also defeated the Hong Kong team of China 3:0 and achieved two consecutive victories after defeating Qatar 3:0 in the first round. The South Korean team joined hands with the Vietnamese team to qualify from Group D.
In addition, the same “script” as Group D is playing out in Group C. In the match that day, the Chinese Taipei team and the Thai team defeated the Mongolian team and the Kyrgyzstan team 3:0 respectively, both achieving two consecutive victories.
A total of 14 teams participated in the women’s volleyball competition of this Asian Games, divided into 4 groups. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
