The panthers They have already signed a historic performance at the Women’s Volleyball World Championships in the Netherlands and Poland, passing the initial phase for the first time. But the Argentine women’s team is not satisfied and this Tuesday will start in the second phase of the race.
After playing the five matches of Group D in the city of Arnhem, the team gives Hernan Ferraro moved to Rotterdamwhere they will face the Dutch team, one of the hosts, in a duel for Group E. The match will be played at 15:15 in our country and can be seen on ESPN and Star +.
The Argentines will face a tough challenge against one of the organizers, who, in addition to the home advantage, finished third in Group A with three wins and two losses, and is ranked 10th in the world rankings.
The national team, 18th in the ranking of the International Volleyball Federation, ended the first phase with a defeat against Japan for 3 to 0 (split 25-17, 25-19 and 25-17), but before this match they had already secured the ranking, after the victories on Czech Republic (3-1) and Colombia (3-2).
In that first case, the albicelesti also added defeats against China (3-0 at the debut) e Brazil (also in two sets in his second presentation). Thus, they finished fourth in Group D, with two wins and three defeats.
In the first stage, the actions of Yas Nizetichwho was the best receiver of the tournament at that stage, and San Juan Candelaria Herrera, which was second in the block statistic. While, Erika Marketwith 70 points, he was the top scorer of Ferraro’s team.
Argentina and the Netherlands met in the group stage of the last World Cup, in Japan in 2018, in a match that ended with the victory of the European Championships 3-0 (25-17, 25-17 and 25-22).
In the Montreux masters 2017, traditional international match used by the teams selected for the preparation for the official season, the white and blue won a good victory against the Dutch for 3 to 2 (25-22, 27-25, 14-25, 23-25 and 15-9 ).
Argentina’s Group E journey will continue against Wednesday Belgium (11th in the world), also in our country at 15:15; then Friday first Italy (2nd), at 12.15pm; and it will end on Sunday ahead Puerto Rico (17th), at 13.30.
China, Japan and Brazil will also play in that area, the other qualifiers in group D, with which the national team will no longer play.
As the regulation requires the teams to carry the points obtained in the first phase to the second phase, Argentina will start last in the group with 5 units. Italy, with 15, and China, Belgium and Japan, with 12 each, occupy the top positions.
The top four of each round of the second stage will advance to the quarter-finals, which will mark the start of the knockout matches from Tuesday 11.
The semifinals will be played on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th; while the third place and the final will be played on Saturday 15 in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn.
Source: Clarin
