The 2024 World Men's Volleyball League will enter the final of the Japanese men's volleyball team against the French men's volleyball team.
In the semifinals, the French men's volleyball team defeated the Polish men's volleyball team 3-2, and the Japanese men's volleyball team swept the Slovenian men's volleyball team 3-0. In the third-place match, the Polish men's volleyball team swept the Slovenian men's volleyball team 3-0 and won the third place.
The strength of the French men's volleyball team is very strong. They won the men's volleyball gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Men's Volleyball World Championship.
This is the first time that the Japanese men's volleyball team has reached the final of the World Men's Volleyball League. But don't underestimate the Japanese men's volleyball team. The Japanese men's volleyball team ranks second in the world, three places higher than the French men's volleyball team. This is what they really did.
The French men's volleyball team is a little stronger. The French men's volleyball team defeated the Japanese men's volleyball team 3-1 to win the championship, and the Japanese men's volleyball team won the runner-up.
In the first game, the two teams played hard. The two sides fought to 8 draws, and the Japanese team scored 2 points in a row to take the lead. The French team was too particular about serving and lost a lot of points by mistake.
Japan extended its lead to 13-11. France scored two points in a row to tie the score. The two sides fell into a stalemate again, and they played until 21 draws. France scored two points in a row to take the lead. The French team made another service error, and the score came to 23:22. The French team went out of bounds with an attacker and won a set point. The Japanese team chased 1 point. Ishikawa doesn't pose much of a threat on his serve. The French team grabbed a strike and won the first game 25-23.
In the first game, the French scored 15 points, one more than the Japanese team. France scored 1 point each on serve and block, while Japan did not score on serve or block. France lost nine points by mistakes, but Japan also lost eight points by mistakes.
In the second game, Japan started 3-1 and then led France 8-3. The Japanese team has obviously played more patiently. The two sides were in a stalemate, and the Japanese team retained an advantage of about 5 points. At the end of the game, the Japanese team scored two points in a row to pull one back at 25:18. In the second game, Japan scored 13 points, three more than France. France lost 11 points by mistake, five more than Japan. France made a lot of mistakes.
In the third game, the French men's volleyball team made a 4:2 start. France held on to the lead, but not by much, by about two points. In the middle game, the French team opened up the difference at 15:10. The Japanese team stubbornly chased the score and chased the score to 21:22, only 1 point behind. The two sides fought to a 23-draw, and the French team attacked + blocked the net to score, winning the game 25:23.
In the fourth game, the Japanese team got off to a 3:1 start. France scored two points in a row to tie the score. The two sides fought to a 12-all draw, and the French team scored two points in a row to take the lead. The Japanese team chased to 18 draws.
Japan took a 23-22 lead. The French team scored three points in a row to win the fourth game 25-23.
In the end, the French men's volleyball team defeated the Japanese men's volleyball team 3-1 and won the World Men's Volleyball League championship after a year.
At the moment of winning the championship, the French players were very excited and celebrated wildly.
Japan failed to win the championship. However, they have already made team history by finishing second. Both the Japanese and men's volleyball teams made history by winning the runner-up in the World League this year.
Statistics: Attacking France 55-58 Japan, blocking 11:5, serving 2-2, opponent error 25:29. The gap between the two sides is very small.