Fujian and Jiangsu have secured their positions in the women’s volleyball tournament of the 15th National Games in China, where only a single round of qualifiers remains in the Group B preliminary round. Fujian dominated the third set, which was decisive, while Zhuang Yushan and Zheng Yixin continued to play their significant key roles in the Chinese Women’s Volleyball qualifiers. Fujian will play against Zhejiang in the upcoming match on Thursday.
Jiangsu Maintains Strong Position
Jiangsu broke an 8-year championship drought in style, thrashing a courageous Shanghai side 3-1 in the deciding second game on Tuesday to win the China Women’s Volleyball League with a 2-0 series sweep.
The game’s hosts had momentum from their away victory, winning 3-0 in Saturday’s opener, but were confronted with early resistance as Shanghai burst out of the blocks. They took advantage of the strong blocking game during which Shanghai stormed to a lead by 19-11 during the first set before they closed it out 25-17.
In the second set, Jiangsu rallied and turned up the defensive heat to blunt Shanghai’s middle attack. The turning run of 6-0 changed momentum as Jiangsu tied the match 25-21. The title was then decided in a nail-biting set where the two sides exchanged punches to 22-22. Jiangsu’s triple threat, including Wu Mengjie, Zhang Changning, and Gong Xiangyu, proved the difference as they came together to win the set 25-22.
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Qualification Structure and Tournament Format
The tournament format requires the 13 teams to be split into two different groups. From every group, the top five players will qualify for China’s 15th National Games, and the rest of three teams will participate in a playoff from 1st to 2nd April for an additional spot that will join Guangdong, which secures the automatic qualification as the host of the game.
Fujian’s head coach, Shen Ze, told Xinhua, “We prepared for the qualifiers very well. All the players, including the veterans, obey our orders seriously. Compared with other competitors, we are in a much better situation.”
Upcoming Matches and Final Qualification Spots
The other Group B game on Wednesday had Beijing sweeping Sichuan 3-0 to win the National Games position. Added to that, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Zhejiang will face one another for the last two qualification spots for Group B on Thursday. The high sticks games have drawn tremendous better interest, better and fan interest around the world leading to changing odds. This therefore requires following the top volleyball betting sites to track wedding odds and predictions and make smarter volleyball bets online.
