Japan vs China Epic Volleyball Battle Highlights

but quickly turned it around. Tallest player on the team at 184. Oh my goodness went after Wang Yun-lu again and that's back-to-back errors in the passing game for Wang. Against Brazil on their opening match a five-setter. That's a nice pass from Wang. Japan in fact nobody else is going to defend that. These Chinese blockers having a bit of trouble early with the Japan hitters. Liu will send that one all the way across and it's another huge rip from Li Yingying. Li Yingying the lethal left. Kiyosaki. Wang has settled down after that slow start in the passing game. He's absolutely nailed that with that off the timeout as well. Trying to get some work to do here. Kiyosaki will send that back side. Hayashi can't get the better of the block. Wang she can't get the better of the block. Great contain work here for Japan defensively. Li Yingying has been able to do a lot there. Not sure that was the right direction to take the offense. China just so out of system in giving it. Kiyosaki staying there. Decent pass this time. But Wu can't get a winner. There's no winner on the other side either. Lovely mix up of the point of attack and the right. He can't get it. It's going to be a real tough take here for Wu. Oh get out of here. Oh my goodness. That wasn't easy. An absolute sizzling cross-court winner from Wu. So Li, the lefty. Sending it wide again. Got underneath this one as well and here comes Wu. That's not going to be an easy one. Bullied at the net. Bullied Japan at the net. That was a really good work there from Wu. I mean that is some cut shot from Gong Zhangyu. That is Kiyosaki on serve once again. This is the back side. Brilliant bit of rescue work there from Koga. Hayashi can't get through the block. Koga will come in and just let rip. Straight down main street at Li Yingying who's got no chance. And that's set point. China will get themselves up ahead of steam here. There's point on the board. No it's not. Good rescue. Can't get a winner there. Chikara can't get a winner with the push deep. Wu's back there. That's a sweet cross-court there. Lovely pass. He's setting up the quick set inside to the middles who take it early. Going at the slumps like you do with some teams. Gong sends that one in again. It's a lovely pass. Called off on a service game a little bit Yamada there. That was just too easy. Love that. Li puts a bit more on that one. Chikara picks it up as Chikara goes cross-court. Wang's there to meet it. Wu catches hands. This is gonna end up back side for a while. Sends that back. Kiyosaki the setter goes down the line. Wu with a pass. And Gong says see you later. Taking that so high. She can drop that inside the three meter line and that might have been the hardest snap we've seen this entire day. Look where this ball land. And a short one comes in. Araki's alert to it. Koga. Come on. What an arm swing from Koga. She is so fluid in her approach and China's block. Miyabe. It's caused a bit of a problem as well Great dig from Miyabe. Koga with a bump set. A bunch of net call there for Hayashi. That's not catch hands on the way through yet. Japan trying to fight their way back into this. Koga with a dig to deny the Li cross-court. There might be a bit more work for Japan to do defensively here. Li Yingying beaten once but not twice. No one can pump her teammates up like Li Yingying. She is so dominant at the front and when she doesn't get the attack. Move on. Lovely pass. Flying through. It's amazing how many gaps that she finds on the floor. Gong with the serve again. A lovely pickup Koga this time but that's just going to get contained and there's a very good chance that Gong can find somewhere. No she can't. Kojima picking that one up and then same story on the other side and the finishes from Li Yingying. Just a great pass. They're going to get away with it. There's a chance here for Inoue. Nice dig from Dio. Now Wu can try and attack through. Mixed it up nicely. Araki's just about kept it alive and pancake there from Li and then there's the block anyway from Araki. Well they all seem to have control of that. Misaki. Serving really well. How many times we see that from Koga already. Inoue can't get through and Hayashi can't get through this time. Fukudome is there again scrambling around. Inoue goes for the little one. That doesn't work. I think doesn't work. Wu will just wind up and attack it again. Outstanding work defensively. Inoue this time. Can't get an angle on that roll but it's almost a busted play there. Japan will now attack it with Koga and that's absolutely outstanding defense from Japan and their transition game red hot. It was a great hit from Koga. That time doesn't work. Koga's way with the rescue. Inoue with a tough one. With the block having all night long to get set for that and Inoue way off net you knew this was trouble. China's block couldn't be more in system. The chemistry is perfect. Up off the floor. Setting up a back row attack from Koga. You can hear this Chinese crowd. Almost stings even more. You just cancelled it out for yourself. It's a bad one as well. Hayashi with serve. Dio tries to take it on second contact. That's not going to work and driving in and blasting it out of the back row is Inoue who is now in double figures. Wu is in the right spot to receive that attack. Her black form drops. That's a problem. Watch right here. Black form. It moves. Hayashi looking to pour on the misery. Actually had no choice there Dio Inoue but to take it but it's still how you execute and she couldn't have done it better. It's all reaction for Lin Yu taking matters. As Dio has to try and eat into this six point deficit here and Koga's like yeah okay you're calling me out for the error. Call me out for this one as well. Hung up there. Iwasaki sends it back side. No winner for Hayashi. Here comes Xu Ting. No that's going to get caught. Nice pick off there. Koga that's going to get picked up as well and it'll come near side to Gong. Brilliant rescue off the floor. My goodness me. How did Hayashi get that? Still can't get through. Outstanding defense again. Koga no. Great defense on the other side. Gong no. Japan's defense will not forgive and then Koga says right let's put it away. Gong will pick that up. Nice pass. Oh my goodness me. Li Yingying denied by Fukudome and Inoue runs into the block. Nice rescue there from Yamada. Back row attack denied by Xu Ting. Brilliant stuff. Gong finishes it off. What another just fabulous high quality rally. Xu Ting with the pass. It'll come over there. Araki this time says no. Not happening and now Gong is getting blocked out of it. Down the line doesn't work for Li. Koga off net. Yeah he's in a bit of trouble there. He'll get a second bite of it though as Dio will send it back side and Yuan. A whiff on that one. Koga catches the hands. Can they win it this time? Li says finally. That's been a fabulous performance. Does it end here? Yes it does. Hayashi into the block and down and Japan have stunned a near silence.