How To Watch Brazil vs China VNL 2022 Live Today 28 Jun 2022
China secured their first victory of the men's 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on Sunday by overcoming hosts and defending champions Brazil 25-23, 31-29, 25-23.
Outside hitter Zhang Jingyin led the scoring with 25 points, including 22 kills, two aces and one block, while Zhang Guanhua contributed nine points and Li Yongzhen seven points.
"This is a big victory for our team, it's very encouraging," outside hitter Yuan Dangyi said. "We entered the match determined to do our best but we knew Brazil were the No. 1 team in the world and very strong opponents."
He added: "I think today we played better and that's why we won. Each of us was focused on our own roles and that was very important. We'd love to play Brazil again because they're so strong."
Brazil's top scorer was Alan Souza with 19 points, followed by Flavio Resende (13 points) and Lucas Staatkamp (12 points).
The result at the Nilson Nelson Arena in Brazil's capital marked China's first win in the competition since 2019 and saw Poland displace Brazil at the top of the world rankings.
China's opponents in the next cluster of matches -- from June 22 to 26 -- will be France, Germany, Argentina and Italy while Brazil will face Poland, Serbia, Iran and Bulgaria.
In Sunday's other fixtures, Poland beat France 3-1, Japan routed Iran 3-0, Italy overcame Argentina 3-1, the Netherlands thrashed Australia 3-0 and Canada defeated Bulgaria 3-2.
The games form part of the VNL preliminary round. The top seven teams will contest the finals in Bologna, Italy, from July 20 to 24
Good morning, voleifan! Sunday morning (12) is another game of the men’s volleyball team for League of Nations (VNL). Brazil and China face each other from 10 am in the Nilson Nelson gym, in Brasília. Follow the match in real time here on Olympics Every Day.
After two victories at the beginning of the Nations League, Brazil lost to the United States on Saturday (11) by 3 sets to 1 (25-21, 25-27, 20-25, 20-25). The Brazilians started with a good volume of play in the first set and lost the second in the details. But from the third set, Brazil started to make several mistakes giving space for the USA turnaround.
League of Nations
The Nations League brings together the 16 best volleyball teams on the planet. In 2022, the competition will be held in two phases. The first has three steps. In each, teams are divided into two groups and each plays four times. The groups and matches for each week are defined by drawing lots. The best eight of this phase advance to the final phase, which takes place from July 20 to 23, in Bologna (Italy).
After the stage in Brasília, the men’s team leaves for Sofia (Bulgaria), where they face Poland, Serbia, Iran and Bulgaria, between the 21st and 26th. Then they face Germany, Canada, France and Japan in the third stage, which takes place between July 5th and 10th, in Osaka (Japan).
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