In the early morning of July 10, the third week of the 2025 World Women’s volleyball league officially started. The Chinese women’s volleyball team came to Arlington, the United States, to welcome the first opponent of the Dominican women’s volleyball team in the third week. This match has attracted the attention of many fans, here are the details.
After eight games in the first two weeks, the Chinese women’s volleyball team won 5-3(Belgium 3-0 in the opening game; Poland 1-3 in the second game; France 3-0 in the third game; Turkey 2-3 in the fourth game; Czech Republic 3-1 in the fifth game; Bulgaria 3-2 in the sixth game; Japan 3-1 in the seventh game; Italy 0-3 in the eighth game) , accumulated 15 points and placed sixth in the standings, such a result for the new Chinese women’s volleyball team, is completely acceptable.
Because after all, this is a brand-new Chinese women’s volleyball team. After Zhao Yong, 49, took over as the coach of the Chinese women’s volleyball team in April this year, he has recruited a group of young players. In the original 24-person training list, as many as 8 players under the age of 20, including Dong Yuhan (19) , Huang Yuexin (16) , Shan Linqian (19) , Chen Houyu (19) , Wang Aoqian (17) ; He met Fan Boyu (18) , Yang Shuming (16) , and setter Zhang Zixuan (16) .
And in the World Women’s Volleyball League began, a new Chinese women’s volleyball team in the young players began to emerge! Setter Zhang Zixuan, 16-year-old, 17-year-old assistant Wang Aoqian, 19-year-old assistant Chen Houyu, 19-year-old main Dong Yu Han have outstanding performance, so that many fans of the Chinese women’s volleyball team’s future is full of expectations.
The Dominican women’s volleyball team is a traditional strong team. After eight matches in the first two weeks, 4-4(Serbia 3-2 in Game 1; Bulgaria 1-3 in Game 2; Holland 3-2 in Game 3; Japan 0-3 in Game 4; Turkey 0-3 in Game 5; Belgium 3-0 in Game 6; Brazil 0-3 in Game 7; South Korea 3-2 in Game 8) , ranked 10th in the standings.
The Chinese women’s volleyball team will start with Wu Mengjie and Zhuang Yushan, Wang Yuanyuan and Chen Houyu, Captain Gong Xiangyu, 16-year-old setter Zhang Zixuan and free agent ni Feifei. One of them, Wu Mengjie, who was injured in the second week of the Chinese Hong Kong race, is now ready to play. It should be said that the injury is no longer serious, which is a good thing for the Chinese women’s volleyball team.
The Dominican women’s volleyball team started with B-martínez and Penne as the main strikers and J-martínez and G-gonzález as the secondary strikers With l-González, setter a-Cristian Rodríguez and free agent y-Cristian Rodríguez, here are the details of the game.
First round
The two sides fought to 2-2, Dominican women’s volleyball team even 3 points, 5-2 to take the lead. Chinese women’s volleyball team chase to 4-5, but the Chinese women’s volleyball team itself ups and downs, Dominican women’s volleyball team 13-7 to take a 6-point lead!
In the middle, with Wu Mengjie’s 4-point smash, the Chinese women’s volleyball team was only 1 point behind at 15-16. After that, the Dominican women’s volleyball team scored 2 points in a row, and 18-15 again opened the gap to 3 points. Chinese women’s volleyball team 19-year-old vice attack Chen Hou badminton 2 points in a row, to help the Chinese women’s volleyball team score back to 18-18 flat!
After the two teams have been fighting to 20-20 draw, then the Chinese women’s volleyball team Zhuang Yushan 4 violent smash success, so the Chinese women’s volleyball team 21-20 over the Dominican team, stop the opponent!
After the break, the Dominican women’s volleyball team tied at 21-21, and then the two teams tied at 22-22. The Chinese women’s volleyball team first scored a smash by Gong Xiangyu, then Chen Houyu blocked the ball to score, and Zhuang Yushan fought for another point at the net, the Chinese women’s volleyball team came back to win the first set 25-21! Throughout the first game, Zhuang Yushan scored a team-high seven points, Wu Mengjie Six, Chen Houyu four, Gong Xiangyu two and Wang Yuanyuan one.
Round Two
The first half of the score bite very tight, the middle with Zhuang Yushan hanging ball out of bounds, Dominican women’s volleyball 13-10 ahead of the Chinese team by 3 points, Zhao Yong decisively requested a timeout. After the break, Dominica scored one more point and took the lead 14-10. The Chinese women’s volleyball team later caught up with 12-14, but the Dominican team continued to expand its lead 17-12 by using service to score consecutive points, zhao again asked for a time-out.
After the Chinese women’s volleyball team in this game did not save the defeat, the Dominican team 25-17 to win the second set, two sets before the two sides after the game to 1-1 draw!
Round three
The Chinese women’s volleyball team had a bad start, and the Dominican women’s volleyball team took a 5-0 lead, but then the Chinese women’s volleyball team continued to chase points, and Zhuang Yushan continued to attack successfully in the back row, helping the Chinese women’s volleyball team chase the score to 8-9! In the middle of the match, the Dominican team players hit the net, the Chinese women’s volleyball team to catch up with the score 14-14 draw!
However, after the Dominican women’s volleyball or 19-15 lead, the Chinese women’s volleyball team to catch up to 17-19, the opponent decisively requested a time-out. Suspended back, the Chinese women’s volleyball defense from Heavy Buckles, Zhuang Yushan after three buckles kill, 18-19 only one point short!
Dominican 21-18 lead to stabilize the situation, after the Dominican players serve mistakes, offensive spiking mistakes, the Chinese women’s volleyball team will be back to the score 20-21. At the end of the set, the Dominican women’s volleyball team won three set points in the third set 24-21, while the Chinese women’s volleyball team saved one set point. As a result, the Dominicans still seized the opportunity and won the third set 25-22, the big score was 2-1 over China.
Round Four
Zhao Yong will be 19-year-old main attack Dong Yu Han sent to play, after the debut for the Chinese women’s volleyball team won the first point, followed by Dong Yu Han’s offensive score to help the Chinese women’s volleyball team 4-2 lead!
The Dominican team caught up to 4-4, and then the two sides were very close, fighting all the way to 7-7. With Dong Yu’s dunk, the Chinese women’s volleyball team started a continuous scoring pattern, taking a 12-7 lead, it can be said that Dong Yu containing after the debut, to the team has brought great help.
The Chinese women’s volleyball team 19-13 in the latter part of the difference opened to 6 points, the Dominican team to catch up to 15-19, Zhao Yong safely requested a time-out. Timeout back, Dominican players serve mistakes, but then the Chinese women’s volleyball team did not score, but also a number of mistakes, the Dominican team strong Chase 5 points, the two sides fought to 20-20 draw!
The two sides drew 21-21 again. After Wu Mengjie’s smash, the Chinese women’s volleyball team scored two consecutive blocks and won three set points in the fourth set 24-21. The Dominican team saved one set point, chinese women’s volleyball team or seize the opportunity, 25-22 to win the fourth set, the two sides big score to 2-2, into the deciding game! Throughout this bureau, the substitute on stage with Dong Yu Outstanding Performance, a single game won the highest 8 points!
The deciding round
Dominica 3-1 in the lead, Zhou Gongxiangyu Spike success, Chen Houyu play probe success, the Chinese women’s volleyball team will chase the score to 3-3 draw. After the two sides bite the score is very tight, in the latter part of the Chinese women’s volleyball team was first Wu Mengjie 4-point smash success, then Zhang Zixuan serve direct score, 9-7 Chinese women’s volleyball team made a 2-point lead! Stopped the Dominican women’s volleyball team.
Gong Xiangyu comes back with a 2-pointer to take a 10-7 lead! At the end of the stage, the Dominican team will chase the score to 13-13, the key moment, Chinese women’s Volleyball Zhangzixuan block score, 14-13 to get the match point!
Chen Houyu of the Chinese women’s volleyball team then blocked the ball and won the final set 15-13, thus defeating Dominica 3-2 by a large margin, making a good start to the third week of the 2025 World Women’s volleyball tournament in Arlington! Congratulations to the Chinese women’s volleyball team!
Throughout the match, the stability of the Chinese women’s volleyball team still needed to be improved, but the young players of the Chinese women’s volleyball team showed a certain resilience in the final victory over the Dominican team.
In particular, the 19-year-old who started the fourth game, attacking Dong Yuhan, dared to play and fight, and made his own contribution to the Chinese women’s volleyball team’s victory in the case of a large 1-2 deficit, have to say Dong Yu Han became the Chinese women’s volleyball team in this game of the Raiders!