Volleyball News: China moved up one position to the top of the current Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2023 standings with a win-loss record of 5-0 and 14 points after winning with a score of 3-0 ( 25-14, 25-18, 29-27) on Canada in Hong Kong.
For Canada, this result keeps them ninth in the standings. Former leader Poland also started their Pool 3 game with a win, but lost by a set against the Dominican Republic, dropping them to first place in terms of set ratio. .
China star Li Yingying was the match’s top scorer with 14 points, while captain Yuan Xinyue led with three blocks.
Canada’s Alexa Gray finished with 13 points. Hilary Howe and Kiera Van Ryk had 12 and 10 points respectively for Canada.
“Canada are a very good team and especially in the third set I enjoyed playing against them,” setter Diao Linyu said after the game. “Team spirit plays an important role on the pitch and I’m very happy with the game we played.”
Canada’s next match will be against Bulgaria on Thursday (6/15) at 1:30pm local time. China will be back in action on Friday (15/06) at 8:30 p.m. local time, also against the team from southern Europe.
Victory in the next match is very important for Yuan Xinyue cs to maintain their position at the top of the VNL 2023 leaderboard.
Article Tags: VNL 2023, China, Canada
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