In the early morning of August 1, Beijing time, in the women's volleyball match of Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Poland women's volleyball team defeated the African champion Kenya team by an overwhelming advantage, winning easily 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-15).
This was their second win in Group B, and after that match, it also ensured their qualification for the quarterfinals, and it is worth mentioning that the Poland men's volleyball team has also advanced early.
At present, Poland is firmly at the top of the group with 6 points, ahead of the Brazil women's volleyball team with 3 points, while the teams that have not yet scored are Japan and Kenya, while Brazil women's volleyball will play Japan at 7 o'clock tonight.
In this game, the Poland's attackers Natalia · Medřík performed well, leading the scoring with 13 points (15 deductions, 11 shots, 2 blocks), followed by Magdalena · Stishak also contributed 9 points (1 shot in 8 out of 10), Arakilska 6 points (7 deductions, 4 shots, 1 block, 1 shot), Zirnianska 6 points (12 deductions, 4 shots, 1 block, 1 shot), Korneluk 5 points (4 deductions, 3 shots, 2 blocks), Lukasik 5 points (10 deductions, 4 shots, 1 shot), Smarzek 5 points (10 deductions, 5 shots).
Although Kenya team failed to win, the team's receiver Pamela · Ovino was the game-high scorer with 14 points (13-of-27 and 1 block), while main attackers Veronica · Adesiambo also contributed 13 points (2-of-26 and 11-of-11). Overall, the offense was 44-33, the blocks were 6-1, the serve was 6-3, and the self-concedes were 9-19.
After this match, Poland will play Brazil at 03:00 on August 5, while Kenya will face Japan at 19:00 on August 3.
Current Paris 2024 Olympic Women's Volleyball Standings [Group A] Serbia 1-1 with 4 points, United States with 1-1 with 3 points, China with 1-0 and 2 points, France with 0 wins and 1 loss with 0 points.
【Group B】Poland 2-0 with 6 points (qualifying), Brazil with 1-0 with 3 points, Japan with 0 wins and 1 loss, Kenya with 0 points from 0 wins and 2 losses.
【Group C】Italy 1-0 with 3 points, Turkey with 1-0 with 2 points, Netherlands with 0 wins and 1 loss with 1 point, Dominica with 0 wins and 1 loss with 0 points.
According to the current standings, the Chinese women's volleyball team in Group A will face France at 3 a.m. on August 2, 3-0 can secure 3 points, a total of 5 points.
In another case, when the Chinese women's volleyball team plays Serbia, winning can fully ensure qualification, and losing is best to lose 2-3 to gain 1 point, if this is the case, then the three teams in Group A, the final probability of points is 6 points for United States (assuming 3-0 after winning France), Serbia 6 points (assuming 3-2 after winning China), China 6 points (assuming 3-0 win over France, 2-3 loss to Serbia).
If China wins Serbia directly, the above situation will not occur, China will be a complete victory record, Group A, known as the ancestor of death, each game is related to the final result, down to the final score (the last two places are the third place with the best results), looking at the 12 teams of the Olympic women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team will not have a problem qualifying this time, depending on the subsequent impact of the points on the quarterfinals.