On June 28, Beijing time, the 2024 World Men's Volleyball League ushered in the competition for the finals, taking the lead in ending the two 1/4 finals.
The finals were held in Poland, Poland is currently ranked first in the world and is also the defending champion, ranking second with 29 points from 10 wins and 2 losses, and Brazil ranking seventh with 6 wins and 6 losses with 21 points.
In the first game, the Brazilian men's volleyball team entered the state faster, played very sharply on the serve and attack, and kept leading in the score, Poland looked a little passive, losing the first game 18-25.
In the second game, Poland's state has rebounded a little, the score has been biting very tightly, alternating upwards, Poland played more scattered in attack, the attacker scored more evenly, and the blocking performance was better than the first game, and the key point was narrowly won 25-23.
The third game was still a fierce competition, the score was never opened, Poland's state was getting better and better, the side attack played well in attack and counterattack, Leon and Kurek Brazil were bright, and finally won another game 25-22.
In the fourth game, Poland has controlled the rhythm of the game from the beginning, and the score has been suppressing Brazil, Vernal has performed eye-catching, and he has scored 6 points in this game, Brazil's morale has been discharged, Poland won the final game with relative ease 25-16, and reversed Brazil 3-1 to advance to the semifinals.
The opponents in the semi-finals will be the winner of Italy and France, with León 18 points, Kurek 12, Vernal 11, Kochanovski 10, Dahran 21 and Lille 17Looking at the post-match statistics, it was very close, Poland won 2 points 50-48 in attack, 8 points in blocking, 7 points in serve, and Brazil made 28 more errors.
After losing 3-1 to world No. 1 Poland, Brazil's best ranking in the tournament could only be seventh. Missing the top six is the worst record of the Brazilian men's volleyball team in international competitions (Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Grand Champions Cup, World Men's Volleyball League, Nations League) in 47 years.
After the game, Brazilian reporter Bruno criticized the national team for basically not having a new atmosphere after the change of coach, and the aging of personnel is still serious.
The earliest game, Japan 3-0 clean sweep Canada, the first and third games were 26-24 narrowly won, the whole game Japan played more aggressively, very eager to win, their play is indeed better, but also more stable, grasp the key points of the two games, the offense maintains a high-pressure attitude, a pass, defensive support link to do better, Ishikawa Yuki made a great contribution, scored 26 points.
A storm swept through the area and damaged the smoke vent at the top of the arena, causing rainwater to leak in. After emergency treatment, the rain leak did not affect the match between Japan and Canada. However, during the second match between Poland and Brazil, the rain continued to leak and the caddie had to come on the pitch from time to time to wipe the water trails.