China faced Italy in the final round of the group stage of the 2022 World Men's Volleyball Championship. The Chinese team lost three sets in a row and was swept by a total score of 0-3, with scores of 14-25, 10-25 and 14-25. In this way, the Chinese team was eliminated from the group with three consecutive losses, and was directly eliminated without a single set of victory.
The Chinese team did not perform well in the first two group matches, losing 0-3 to Turkey and Canada successively, and ranked at the bottom of the two teams. In the last game of the group stage, the Chinese team's opponent was Italy, which had won the previous two consecutive games. The starting lineup of the Chinese team in this game, the main attack is Zhang Jingyin, Yu Yuantai, the auxiliary attack Peng Shikun, Li Yongzhen, Zhang Guanhua, the second pass Yu Yaochen, the free man Yang Yiming.
In the first game, the Chinese team suffered from the opponent's serve, and they were caught and counterattacked by Italy. At the beginning, they fell behind by a big score of 2-8. Entering the mid-game, the Chinese team continued to make mistakes, playing very messy, and the score was pulled to 5-14. Although the offense has improved slightly since then, the Chinese team was unable to narrow the point difference and lost a game 14-25.
In the second game, the Chinese team adjusted their lineup and enabled Wang Bin and Yu Yuantai to play the main attack. They started passively and quickly fell behind 0-5. After replacing Liu Meng, the second pass, the Chinese team's offensive organization did not show any improvement, and fell behind 3-13 after the middle game. In the second half of the game, the Chinese team relied on Zhang Guanhua's strong attack and the opponent's mistakes to reluctantly score.
In the third game, the Chinese team continued to dispatch troops, with Zhang Zhejia and Peng Shikun partnering in the attack, but the team's self-confidence suffered a heavy blow, and they fell behind 0-6. After Peng Shikun's fast break, the Chinese team once again replaced the main attack Zhang Jingyin to strengthen the attack. Since then, Zhang Zhejia's fast break and Zhang Jingyin's back attack have scored points one after another. The Chinese team's performance on the offensive end has improved, and they once chased 7-11. Unfortunately, the mistakes have remained high since then, and it was difficult to resist the Italian attack. The difference was widened again. , and finally lost another game 14-25, with a total score of 0-3 lost to Italy.
In this way, the Chinese team has an embarrassing record of three consecutive losses without winning the game, and was eliminated from the bottom of the group.
