In the quarterfinal match of the women's World Volleyball Championship, the players of the national teams of Italy and China will come face to face. Which of the rivals will get the victory in this confrontation? Our sports portal evaluates the opponents' chances of success.
Italy (w)The Italian national team confidently performed in two group stages at the Volleyball World Championship, managing to win both of them.
As a result of successful performances, the Italians received a more profitable opponent in the quarterfinals – the Chinese national team. The thing is that the opponents have already met each other in the group stage, and then Italy confidently beat the Asian women with a score of 3:0. In total, the Italians lost one meeting. It was in a duel against Brazil, which "squadra azzurra" lost only in a tie-break (2:3). The Italians are determined to go further.China (w)
The Chinese national team jumped into the playoffs at the very last moment, managing to beat Belgium 3-0 at the decisive moment.
It should be noted that the Asian team lost twice at the volleyball World Championship. The team lost during the group stages to China (1:3) and Italy (0:3). At the same time, in recent matches, Puerto Rico (3-0), Holland (3-0) and Belgium (3-0) were outplayed in head-to-head matches. In the match with Italy, the Asian team is considered a clear outsider.Statistics and figures:
- Italy is a clear favorite of the meeting;
- Italy lost once in 10 games;
- China has lost twice in 5 games;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of China.
Forecast Assuming that in this meeting the teams will be able to break the total of 179.5 points.
This time, the opponents will show a more or less equal game, which will help them break through the very upper threshold that the bookmakers set.
Italy W
China W
