On July 1, Beijing time, the 2024 World Men's Volleyball League Finals ushered in the final competition, with the Japanese men's volleyball team playing against the French men's volleyball team, the first to finish the third and fourth finals, the host Poland men's volleyball team defeated the Slovenian men's volleyball team 3-0 (26-24 25-16 25-17), the Polish men's volleyball team won the third place, and the Slovenian men's volleyball team ranked fourth.
In the past two years, Japan's improvement has been huge, the results are constantly improving, last year won the third place, this year it is a step further, it is already the best result, their offensive serve is very threatening, the defense is also very strong, the blocking is not bad, playing a good collective volleyball, of course, they have the core player Ishikawa Yuki, as well as Nishida Yushi, Takahashi Blue.
France is the Olympic champion, with a mediocre record in the sub-tournament, ranking sixth with 8 wins and 4 losses, and narrowly defeated Italy and Poland 3-2 in the first two knockout rounds.
At the beginning of the game, France made consecutive service errors, the opening game was 4-4 draw, both teams' offenses played sharply, Ishikawa Yuki's ability to adjust the attack was still very strong, and then France's attack went out of bounds, Japan led 12-9, France tied the score 13-13 through the serve, and fought fiercely until 17-17, Ishikawa's back attack was blocked, France led 23-21 at the end of the game, seized the anti-counterattack score, seized the opportunity, and after a pass withstood Ishikawa's serve, the second position attacked the long-term hit 25-23 and narrowly won. The stats for both teams are very close, with France winning by one more point each on the serve block.
In the second game, Japan led the score 3-1 at the beginning, and then pulled it to 9-4, the offense increased its speed, the shooting rate was higher, a stable pass, coupled with excellent defense, the serve was also good, France's pass was fluctuating, the rhythm was not very ideal, Japan continued to lead 14-9, the rhythm was very smooth, 19-13 lead, Japan's blocking defense did a good job, the offensive hit rate was guaranteed to be good, the offense scored 13 points, 25-18 to pull back a game.
In the third game, France strengthened the blocking defense, especially for Ishikawa's attack, whether it was the back three or the fourth attack, they were all taken care of, France took a 6-4 lead, their own attack was able to play, and the serve was also significantly increased and changed, and then led 11-9, and the score was already 16-11 in the middle game, and Japan chased it to 21-22 at the end of the game, and France still withstood the pressure and won 25-23.
In the fourth game, the two teams were still fiercely competitive, and the scores were relatively close, and finally France won another game 25-23, defeated Japan 3-1, won the championship, and won the finals with a prize of 1 million US dollars, and Japan 500,000 US dollars. The French men's volleyball team won the second World League championship in the team's history, and the Japanese men's volleyball team won the runner-up, creating the best result in the team's history.
In this game, the French men's volleyball team received 24 points from Patri (34 deductions, 20 shots, 1 error, 0 blocks, 3 blocks and 1 shot), and the Japanese men's volleyball team's main attack Yuki Ishikawa scored 17 points (37 deductions, 17 of 17 mistakes, 8 blocked, 18 passes with 0 errors, and a pass completion rate of 50%).
Patrick was named the "Best Receiver" of the tournament, and Yuki Ishikawa's 17th team was the highest in the team and was awarded the "Best Main Attack". The total score of Japan is 1 more point, and the three games lost are all 23-25, the French team has a very strong grasp ability, especially to the key points, although the results of the sub-station are average, but the three games in the knockout round are won in the key points, which can be said to be a narrow victory, like the semi-final situation is actually slightly inferior, that is, to carry it.
Japan also has a strong grasp of the key points in front, and in the face of France, Yuki Ishikawa is still blocked, the hit rate of 46% is OK, which is lower than the front, 8 were directly blocked, and France still carefully arranged the blocking defense for him, which can be said to be successful.