In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, the World Men's Volleyball League finals ushered in the peak showdown of the season, the French men's volleyball team played against the Japanese men's volleyball team, the French men's volleyball team ranked fifth in the world before the game, and the Japanese men's volleyball team ranked second in the world.
After the start of the first game, the two sides quickly entered a high-intensity confrontation state, Ishikawa Yuki and Nishida Yushi broke through the French team's defense with an efficient diagonal attack, and opened the game to 12-9 to open a 3-point advantage. The French team strengthened the quality of serve and defense, responded to Patrick's quick breakthrough with high efficiency, and cooperated with the high-point attack of the main attacker Clivenott to play with the Japanese team, and grabbed you to reverse the disadvantage and complete the comeback 18-17. Both sides were tightly bitten with a short flat fast attack, Onodera Taishi scored with a fastball, Kai Yuto overhanded heavy dunk to regain the lead at 21-20, Luo Aidi overtook a strong attack to chase to 21 draws, Clivenott seized the Japanese team's unstable pass and scored a continuous counterattack to get the game point, Otsuka Tatsunobu saved a game point with a triple dunk, and with Patri's second smash score, the French team narrowly won the first game 25-23. In this game, the French team's counterattack efficiency at critical moments was slightly better.
In the second game, the Japanese team strengthened the fast-break coordination of the secondary attack, and the fastball assault of Onodera Taishi and Takahashi Kentaro made it difficult for the French team's blocking system to adapt for a while, and the organization and scheduling of the setter Fukatsu Asahihiro was more flexible, and the front row of the two wings and the middle multi-point cooperation effectively distracted the French team's defensive attention, and quickly opened a 5-point advantage in the opening stage to make it 12-7. The French team received Patrick was restricted, and the main attack Dilly was alone and only scored 4 points in this game, although the secondary attack Le Goff and Patri successfully blocked the net several times, but it was difficult to continue under the impact of the opponent's multi-point attack. Yuki Ishikawa was in great form, hitting multiple high-point attacks to keep the lead and further widen the difference, and Onodera blocked the net to score, and Japan pulled one back 25-18.
In the third game, the secondary attacking duo of Le Goff and Jovyi began to show their blocking power, effectively suppressing the Japanese team's offensive line, and the two opened the game with fastball attacks to make it 9-6. The Japanese team also showed its defensive strength, and the excellent defense of Tomohiro Yamamoto Yamamoto repeatedly defused the French team's heavy dunks into counterattacks, allowing the two sides to enter a tug-of-war, and the French team gradually widened the gap to 22-17. The Japanese team played tenacity, Kento Miyaura counterattacked and dunked in the back row, Onodera Taishi blocked the net and scored the second strong attack to chase it to 23-23, the French team jumped and caused the opponent to pass unsteadily, Patrick blocked the net to cash in the game point, and the French team won another game 25-23
Entering the fourth game, the two sides fell into a stalemate again, and the French team's setter Brisart paid more attention to rhythm changes when organizing the attack, combining the fastball of the secondary attack and the strong attack of the main attack, which effectively contained the Japanese net defense, especially Patrick in the fourth position, who was like no one, and frequently formed breakthroughs with ultra-efficient heavy dunks. The Japanese team continued to play to the advantage of speed, with Yushi Nishida's straight smash and Ishikawa's slash attack scoring multiple times, and the opponent's attack started a confrontation battle, and the two sides tightened the score. With the success of the double block, the French team won the fourth game 25-23, defeated the Japanese team with an aggregate score of 3-1, and won the 2024 World Men's Volleyball League championship, which is the second time that the French team has reached the top after winning the championship for the first time in 2022, becoming the second double champion in league history. The Japanese men's volleyball team reached the semifinals for two consecutive years, winning the runner-up for the first time and creating the best result in team history.
Data comparison, France smashed the ball 55-58, blocked the net 11-5, served 2-2, and the opponent made mistakes 25-29.
France: Patrice 24 points, Dilly 12 points, Roeddy 11 points, Le Goff 9 points
Japan: Yuki Ishikawa 17 min., Yushi Nishida 11 min., Kai Kōto 10 min., Daibu Nobu 9 min.
In terms of world ranking points, Japan was deducted 9.49 points and still ranked second in the world with a margin of nearly 16 points, while France rose to fourth in the world, only 1.39 points away from third-place Italy. Poland is ranked first in the world with a huge advantage of more than 60 points.
The best men's volleyball team was announced: Brisart won the MVP
Main attackers: Yuki Ishikawa (Japan), Fernal (Poland)
Secondary attackers: Le Goff (France), Kochanovski (Poland)
Setter: Brisart (France)
Free man: Tomohiro Yamamoto (Japan)
Pick-up: Patri (France)