The World Championships are sad and happy! The 1/8 final match is settled, the world s third escapes from death, Chinese women s volleyball team PK France

On August 27, the last eight games of the third round of the 2025 Women's Volleyball World Championship group stage ended. Some people were happy and some were sad and happy, and it was another night of sadness and joy. After these 8 games, the 1/8 final matches were all settled, and there were basically no unpopularity. The stronger teams performed more stably, especially the Polish team, which staged a good show of escaping from death. After saving multiple match points, they narrowly defeated the German team 3-2, avoiding meeting the Italian team early.

1/8 final matches: Netherlands VS Serbia, Japan VS Thailand, United States VS Canada, Turkey VS Slovenia, Brazil VS Dominican, China VS France, Poland VS Belgium, Germany VS Italy

Let's review these games - the two games in Group E. Turkey defeated Canada 3-0. The two teams had won consecutive victories before. This match will determine the ownership of the top spot in the group. Therefore, in terms of the process of the game, it is obvious that the Turkey team is still more stable, winning three consecutive games 25-21, 27-25 and 25-13, qualifying with a record of complete victories, and Canada advances in the second place in the group.

Bulgaria, which also lost in a row, faced Spain. The Spanish team became stronger in the first two games. After narrowly winning 25-22 in the first game, it was even easier to win 25-14 in the second game. Although Bulgaria won the game 25-22, Spain still won the fourth game 25-18 and laughed to the end.

In this way, the group ushered in a finale, with Turkey and Canada qualifying for the top two, Spain qualifying for 1 win and 2 losses, and Bulgaria ranks at the bottom. In two games in Group F, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Dominican team 3-0. In the previous two rounds, both teams won completely. This strong dialogue will also determine the title of the group! In the first game, the Chinese team quickly opened the gap and started well 25-15 easily. The Dominican team failed to win the game afterwards. The Chinese team won 25-21 and 25-17 in a row, swept 3-0, and advanced to the top 16 with all wins and 2 losses. The Dominican team ranked second in qualifying. In this game, the Chinese team played in a relatively three-dimensional way, and Wu Mengjie and Zhuang Yushan were also very stable on the offensive end! It is particularly worth mentioning that the Chinese team did a good job of blocking this game, which is also an important part of winning.

A duel that has nothing to do with qualifying but is related to honor. Mexico defeated Colombia 3-2 in five games. Mexico led twice and Colombia equalized twice. However, in the decisive game, Mexico still successfully won 15-12, ranking third in the group with 1 win and 2 losses, and Colombia was completely defeated. In two games in Group G, Kenya defeated Vietnam 3-0, with the scores in the three games: 25-23, 25-22 and 25-18. Kenya ranked third in the group with 1 win and 2 losses, and Vietnam lost to the bottom in all three games, and they were eliminated together.

A strong dialogue is also a European derby. Poland team played against Germany. Previously, both teams won two consecutive victories and qualified in one round ahead of schedule. Judging from the rankings of the two teams, Poland team ranks third in the world and 10th in the German team! The Polish team played poorly in the first game, and the German team won 25-21 without any danger. However, the Polish team was in excellent condition in the second game, with a lot of offensive firepower, easily won 25-15, and equalized 1-1 with a big score. In the third game, the German team played very strongly again, winning 25-19 and leading 2-1 again. In the fourth game, the German team started 9-6, and Poland overtook 18-17 in the middle game, and the German team scored 2 points in a row to stop the Polish team. After the timeout, the German team maintained suppression and got the match point 24-22. The Polish team scored three points in a row to overtake. The German team saved several innings, but the Polish team still made a thrilling comeback 28-26.

Decisive game, the German team scored three points in a row after 9-11, but the Polish team scored 14-12 and got the match point. The German team overtook and the Polish team tied again, and the playing was too fierce! Poland won 19-17 and narrowly won 3-2, while Germany failed. In two games in Group H, the Japanese team 3-1 Serbia team advanced to the top 16 with three consecutive victories; while the Serbia team ranked second with 2 wins and 1 loss. In this game, Serbian team star Boskovic was absent. Serbia caught up from behind in the first game, but made consecutive mistakes in key points. The Japanese team won 25-23. Serbia was also a pity in the second game and lost 28-30. Although Serbia won the game 25-23 in the third game, the Japanese team still successfully won the fourth game 25-18.

Ukrainian team defeated Cameroon 3-0. There was no big surprise in this game. Ukrainian team is stronger. You must know that they almost defeated the Japanese team in an upset manner before.