Korean Women's Volleyball Must Defeat Thailand and Australia

Korean Women's Volleyball Must Defeat Thailand and Australia to Advance to the Semifinals of the Asian Championships

The Korean women's volleyball team must defeat Thailand and Australia in succession to advance to the semifinals, which is their goal at the 22nd Asian Championships.

Korea advanced to the quarterfinals in second place after Vietnam, which had won all three matches, with two wins and one loss in the 2023 Asian Championship Group C match that ended in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on the 1st. 온라인카지노

Korea, which lost 2-3 to Vietnam, will play Group A's 1st and 2nd place Thailand and Australia in the Group E quarterfinals on the 3rd and 4th.

Thailand, which defeated Vietnam and Australia in the group stage of Group A, each starts with one win, while Korea and Australia each maintain one loss and face off against the first and second places in the other group.

Korea needs to defeat Thailand on the 3rd and Australia on the 4th to advance to the semifinals with 2 wins and 1 loss, with the 1st and 2nd place in Group E advancing.

There is no team that can guarantee victory for Korean women's volleyball, which has fallen to 35th in the world rankings of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB).

They have already suffered a blow to Vietnam, ranked 44th in the group stage, and even against Taiwan, ranked 51st, they have to fight for the fifth set after winning two sets first, so even the team they considered to be one step below seems to be struggling.

Korea fell behind China (6th in the world) and Japan (8th), falling behind Thailand (15th), which has recently grown rapidly, and sank to 4th place in Asia.

The team has been reorganized for more than two years after the national team generation change, but the results are not encouraging, so a struggle is expected in the match against Thailand on the 3rd, which has a superior organizational ability.

Based on the assumption that Thailand will defeat Vietnam based on their current skills, Korea must beat Australia (52nd) to finish second in Group E and advance to the semifinals.

Since Korea first participated in the Asian Championships in 1975, it has placed in the top four 20 times in a row, excluding the 2021 competition, in which it did not participate.

However, this year, as they were defeated by Vietnam in the first game of the group stage, their record of finishing in the top 4 in consecutive competitions was in danger of being broken.

Korean women's national team coach Cesar Hernández González, who failed to score a single point in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) for two consecutive years and suffered the humiliation of losing all 12 matches, said he would show a different side at this Asian Championship and set his sights on advancing to the semifinals.

We are in a position to continue our challenge only if we overcome the wall of Thailand.

In another quarterfinal round, Group F, where the 1st and 2nd places in Group B and 1st and 2nd places in Group D will compete, Japan and China are expected to easily advance to the semifinals, beating Kazakhstan and India.