On March 18, the 2022 Women's Volleyball World Championship group was officially announced, and the Chinese women's volleyball team was divided into Group D with Brazil, Japan, Colombia, Argentina and the Czech Republic. Carefully analyzing the grouping situation, combined with the established format and the strength of the participating teams, the Chinese women's volleyball team ushered in a positive: it is expected to avoid the United States and Serbia before the semifinals, and there is no problem in advancing to the final four.
Women's volleyball Team Beilun training
The Women's Volleyball World Championship is still 24 teams participating, and the results of the draw are: The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Puerto Rico, Cameroon and Kenya in Group A; Poland, Turkey, Dominica, South Korea, Thailand and Croatia in Group B; the United States, Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria, Canada and Kazakhstan in Group C; Brazil, China, Japan, Colombia, Argentina and the Czech Republic in Group D.
According to the established format, after the group single round robin, the top four in each group qualify for the round of 16. The round of 16 was divided into two groups: the top four in Group A and Group D formed Group E; the top four in Group B and Group C entered Group F. The semi-finals are still a single round robin, but teams that have played in the group stage will no longer meet, and the group stage results will be brought to the semi-finals. After the rematch, the top four of Group E and Group F advanced to the round of 8, and the cross-matching produced the top 4, that is, the first group of E against group F fourth, the second of group E to F group third, the third of group E to move F group 2nd, and the fourth of group E to play against group F first.
The Chinese women's volleyball team was once brilliant
According to the above format and grouping situation, the Chinese women's volleyball team will enter Group E after qualifying. In terms of the strength of Group E, the only strong teams are China, Italy, Brazil, the Netherlands and Japan, and these five teams will compete for four places in the top 8. Judging from the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team, it is not certain to beat Italy, but it should be able to win Brazil, the Netherlands and Japan. In other words, even if the Chinese women's volleyball team does not get the first place in group E, it is likely to be the second place in group E.
Women's volleyball coach Cai Bin
If the top two of the Chinese women's volleyball team in Group E qualify, who will be the opponent of the quarterfinals? Judging from the situation in Group F, the United States and Serbia are obviously superior, and there is a good chance that they will be the top two in Group F. In this way, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against the bottom two of Group F, and will definitely avoid the United States and Serbia before the semifinals. If this is the case, the Chinese women's volleyball team has basically entered the final four.