[Asian Games] Women’s volleyball, quarterfinal round complete… First match against ‘strongest’ China on the 4th
North Korea must defeat Vietnam on the same day for South Korea to have a chance of advancing to the semifinals.
Volleyball Team
The first opponent of the women’s volleyball team (ranked 40th in the world)
in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games has been decided. 카지노사이트킹
China is the strongest country in Asia (6th place).
In the Group A match against North Korea held at the Changqian Campus Gymnasium of Hangzhou Normal University, China on the 3rd,
China showed an overwhelming power difference and won with a set score of 3-0 (25-13 25-15 25-8).
As a result, China ranked first in Group A and North Korea advanced to the quarterfinals as second place in Group A.
South Korea, ranked second in Group C, will compete against Vietnam, China, and North Korea,
ranked first in Group C, in Group E of the quarterfinal round.
South Korea will play against China on the 4th at 8pm (Korean time)
against North Korea on the 5th at 3:30pm.
Quarterfinals
Korea, which was caught by Vietnam in Group C of the group stage,
enters the quarterfinals with one loss.
There is no match against Vietnam.
In order for Korea to advance to the semifinals, it must rank in the top two in Group E.
Assuming that China, the strongest team in Asia, takes first place with a previous win,
it would be more advantageous for South Korea to advance to the semifinals if Vietnam lost to North Korea.
If Vietnam wins against North Korea, South Korea must defeat China and calculate the number of cases in the remaining games.
The women’s volleyball team has failed to win a medal at the Asian Games only once
since the 1962 Jakarta Games when volleyball was adopted as an official sport (Doha, 2006, 5th place).
Meanwhile, in Group B, Thailand ranked first and Chinese Taipei advanced to the quarterfinals,
in Group D, Japan ranked first and Kazakhstan ranked second and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Afghanistan, a team made up of exiled players from Group D, was eliminated with three losses.