The Asians toggled the best team in the Preliminary Phase and will play for their first gold on Sunday – watch live on VBTV
China’s captain Yuan played a major role in the team’s semifinal win over Poland
Asian powerhouse China are set to make their first trip to the Volleyball Nations League gold medal match on Sunday, when they will decide the title of the fifth edition of the tournament in Arlington, the United States.
After falling in the semifinals in 2018 and 2019, the Chinese finally overcame that stage of the tournament on Saturday, when they had a dominant performance against Poland at the College Park Center, securing an emphatic 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-23) victory in the first semifinal of the tournament.
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The composition of the medal matches in Arlington will be determined after the conclusion of the second semifinal, between the United States and Türkiye, which is set to begin on Saturday at 19:30 local time (00:30 UTC, Sunday). The winners will play China for gold on Sunday at 17:30 local time (22:30 UTC), while the losers will meet Poland for bronze at 14:00 local time (19:00 UTC).
China became just the third side to take Poland down in the VNL 2023 as the Europeans were the best team in the Preliminary Phase with ten wins in 12 matches and eliminated Germany in the quarterfinals – the Netherlands and the United States were the other teams to defeat the Poles.
The Asians, who were fifth in the Preliminary Phase and knocked Brazil out in the quarterfinals, have already secured their best-ever finish in the VNL, improving from the bronze medals they won in 2018 and 2019. They will now look to become the third different national team to lift the trophy on the women’s side.
The Chinese counted on several standout individual performances to sweep the Polish, but their main star was once again 23-year-old outside hitter Li Yingying. The left-handed attacker had a slow start, registering only two points in set one, but improved her production throughout the match to leave the court with 14 (13 kills, one block), including the…
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