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The women's volleyball team at the Paris 2024 Olympics has already played two rounds of competition, and it has been confirmed that 6 teams have locked up the quarterfinals, namely China women's volleyball, Serbia women's volleyball, Brazil women's volleyball, Poland women's volleyball, Italy women's volleyball and Turkey women's volleyball, so who will spend the remaining two qualifying places?
The Chinese team's road to qualification has been smooth sailing, but the situation in other groups is intriguing.
Tokyo Olympics women's volleyball group standings.
After the end of the first round of the group stage, the points of each group also revealed the performance of the women's volleyball teams of various countries.
In Group A, the Chinese women's volleyball team leads the group with a record of 5 points with 2 wins, followed by the Japan women's volleyball team, with a record of 0 wins and 2 losses and 0 points, obviously the performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team is impressive, while the Japan women's volleyball team is facing serious challenges.
However, winning or losing is not the main motivation for the Japan women's volleyball team's efforts, they value more the opportunity to host at home.
The goal of the Japan women's volleyball team is to make themselves as good as possible on the host stage.
In Group B, the Brazil women's volleyball team and the Poland women's volleyball team also performed well, both winning 2 games and accumulating 6 points.
Among them, the Brazil women's volleyball team defeated the Dominican women's volleyball team 3-2 for the first time, and then defeated the Ivory Coast women's volleyball team 3-1, accumulating 6 points.
The Poland women's volleyball team defeated the United States women's volleyball team and the Ivory Coast women's volleyball team 3-1, also accumulating 6 points.
The quality of these two teams should not be underestimated, but whether they can continue their good form and progress to the last four will be the focus of the group stage ahead.
In Group C, the Italy women's volleyball team and the Turkey women's volleyball team also performed strongly.
The Italy women's volleyball team defeated the Korea women's volleyball team 3-0, and then defeated the Colombia women's volleyball team 3-0, accumulating 6 points.
Not to be outdone, the Turkey women's volleyball team defeated Korea women's volleyball team and Colombia women's volleyball team 3-0, accumulating 6 points.
The competition between the two groups is on the verge of a fierce battle, and the next group stage will be a crucial moment for them to advance to the last four.
However, as the host country, the Japan women's volleyball team is facing a severe test.
They have lost two games in a row in the first two rounds of the group stage and are currently bottom of the group with 0 points.
Despite this, the Japan women's volleyball team still has a glimmer of hope for advancement, as their fate is in the hands of Netherlands and Dominica.
The Japan women's volleyball team hopes that the Netherlands can beat the Dominican Republic to improve their chances of qualifying.
For the Chinese women's volleyball team, the next game will be crucial.
Not only will they be looking to continue their unbeaten run, but they will also have to build a solid foundation for advancing to the last four.
For the likes of Brazil, Poland, Italy and Turkey, they will need to maintain their form and cope with the challenges of a tight schedule to reach the last four.
Six teams locked in the quarterfinals.
At present, there are 6 teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals, namely China women's volleyball, Serbia women's volleyball, Brazil women's volleyball, Poland women's volleyball, Italy women's volleyball and Turkey women's volleyball.
The remaining two promotion spots will be contested by the United States women's volleyball team, the Netherlands women's volleyball team and the Dominican women's volleyball team, of which the United States women's volleyball team has performed well and locked up the promotion spot.
The battle between the Netherlands women's volleyball team and the Dominican women's volleyball team will determine the last qualifying spot.
It is worth mentioning that the Japan women's volleyball team's hopes of qualifying are almost slim, and even if the results of Netherlands and Dominica meet their expectations, they will only be able to sit at home and watch the teams from other countries compete for the last promotion spot.
The competition in the group stage has entered a white-hot stage, and the teams are going all out to make a splash at the Olympics.
However, for some of the traditionally strong teams, reaching the quarter-finals seems to be a matter of the moment, while some of the weaker teams have been unable to break through to being locked out of the group stage despite their best efforts.
For the Japan women's volleyball team, they may also have to count on the next match with the United States women's volleyball team to qualify through a broken performance in the group stage.
According to the current format, the direct competition between the United States women's volleyball team and the Japan women's volleyball team will be the last chance for the Japan women's volleyball team, although the Japan women's volleyball team has no hope of qualifying, they still need to go all out in the next games in order to lay a good foundation for future competitions.
After the group stage, the knockout stage will be reached, and the teams that advance will face stronger opponents and more competition.
However, this is also a stage for the women's volleyball teams of various countries to show their strength and compete for honor, and every game is full of suspense and highlights.
Who will go to the last two seats?
The teams that have already secured a place in the quarterfinals are China, Serbia, Brazil, Poland, Italy and Turkey.
The last two spots will be contested between United States, Netherlands and Dominica.
Among them, the United States women's volleyball team has accumulated 5 points and locked the promotion spot.
The matchup between Netherlands and Dominica will directly affect the last qualifying spot.
For this matchup, Netherlands only need to win the match to advance, while Dominica will need to win at least two games or be eliminated.
The Japan women's volleyball team has very little hope of qualifying, and they need the Netherlands to beat the Dominican team.
As a result, all Asian teams will qualify, while others will be eliminated.
In this Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team performed well and has now accumulated 5 points to top Group A.
Their opponent is the Japan women's volleyball team, which now has 0 points.
Even if the Japan women's volleyball team is held at home, the current state is not good and cannot be compared with the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Therefore, the Chinese women's volleyball team has a great chance to advance in this group of competitions.
In Group B, Brazil and Poland also performed well, both with 6 points.
These two teams have very strong strength, and the Brazil women's volleyball team was once the Olympic hegemon.
However, it will be interesting to see if they can continue to do so and progress to the last four.
The Italy women's volleyball team and the Turkey women's volleyball team in Group C also performed well, both with 6 points.
These two teams have performed well at this Tokyo Olympics and have a good chance of progressing to the last four.
However, they still need to stay in good form in order to win their next matches.
To sum up, the teams that have already advanced to the quarterfinals are China, Serbia, Brazil, Poland, Italy and Turkey.
The last two spots will be contested between United States, Netherlands and Dominica.
If Japan women's volleyball hopes to advance to the final four, they need to hope that Netherlands will beat Dominica or be eliminated.
epilogue
In this Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team performed well and had a good chance of advancing to the semifinals.
However, the competition between the strong teams is also very fierce, and the teams will need to continue their good form in the upcoming matches to win and advance to the last four.
Finally, I hope that the women's volleyball competition of this Tokyo Olympics will be exciting, and all teams can show their best form and compete for honors.