On August 11, Beijing time, the Olympic women's volleyball team ended the final competition, and the final rankings are as follows. Italy swept United States 3-0 to win the Olympic gold medal for the first time in team history, United States was runner-up, Brazil defeated Turkey to win the bronze medal, and China missed the top four and only ranked fifth.
Italy won its first Olympic gold medal
This final between Italy and United States has attracted much attention, United States wants to defend the title, Italy is the number one in the world, to make history, to hit the first Olympic gold medal in team history. From the beginning of the game, the Italy players were very excited and active, completely crushing the United States team in the links such as hair blocking, and after three rounds of competition, Italy easily won 25-18, 25-20, 25-17, becoming the seventh team to win the Olympic gold medal after Japan, the Soviet Union, Cuba, China, Brazil and United States.
United States Silver Medal
The United States women's volleyball team reached the final for the fifth time, but unfortunately won the silver medal for the fourth time, and they are also the team with the most silver medals. In the bronze medal match, the Brazil women's volleyball team defeated Turkey 3-1 (25-21, 27-25, 22-25, 25-15) to win a precious bronze medal, which is also the third time in the history of the team to win the third Olympic medal. Turkey missed out on the podium, but fourth place also set the best result in team history.
Brazil 3rd
The Chinese women's volleyball team won three consecutive victories in the group stage, but unfortunately lost to Turkey 2-3 in the 1/4 finals and missed the top four, and finally only ranked 5th. The Chinese women's volleyball team has brilliant results in the history of the Olympic Games, 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, it is a pity that the last two Olympic Games have missed the medals, Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Ding Xia, a group of golden generation players ushered in the Olympic curtain call, we hope that the women's volleyball team will emerge with fresh blood and return to the top.
China missed out on the top four
Poland finished 6th, Serbia 7th, Dominica 8th, Japan 9th, Netherlands 10th, France 11th and Kenya 12th.