The Women's Volleyball Team was Defeated 0-3 by Italy in the First Match

The Women's Volleyball Team was Defeated 0-3 by Italy in the First Match of the Paris Olympics Qualifiers


The women's volleyball team (36th in the world rankings) was completely defeated by Italy (5th) in its first match of the 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers. 스포츠토토

Korea, led by coach Cesar Hernández González, lost to Italy with a set score of 0-3 (11-25 20-25 17-25) in the first match of Group C of the preliminaries held in Łódź, Poland on the 17th (Korean time).

The national team was dragged down by 4 points at the start of the first set, and after that, they lost the first set by a large margin without being able to come back even once.

In the second set, the opposing team's attack, Min-ji Kwon (GS Caltex)'s open attack, and Joo-ah Lee (Heungkuk Life Insurance)'s blocking helped set the tone by taking a 3-0 lead.

However, at 8-5, mistakes were made one after another and the chase was allowed.

At 9-8, they lost the second set due to Jeong-ah Park's (Pepper Savings Bank) poor serve and Jeong-won Moon (Korea Expressway Corporation) poor reception.

The Korean national team, backed into a corner, was dragged by a large score in the third set and ended the match.

Kang So-hwi (GS Caltex) was the only member of the Korean national team to score double-digit scores (10 points).

Captain Park Jeong-ah scored 6 points.

Korea will play the second match of the group stage against the home team, Poland (7th place), on the 18th.

Poland won against Slovenia (27th) with a set score of 3-0 on this day.

In Group C of the preliminary round, a team must place in second place out of eight teams to advance to the finals of the Paris Olympics.

Korea competes with Italy, Poland, Germany, the United States, Colombia, Thailand and Slovenia.