There were no upsets. South Korea, ranked 36th in the world, was crushed by Italy, ranked 5th in the world. Both the offense and defense were dominated in the shutout loss.

South Korea faced off against Italy on Sunday (July 17) in Łódź, Poland, in the first match of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Group C qualifying tournament. The Koreans struggled throughout the match against the stronger Italian team and lost the set score 0-3.

The match started off poorly. They were stopped by a high Italian blocking wall and completely lost the initiative. After starting the game without a point, the team lost the next four points. They continued to lose momentum, falling behind 3-9 and 4-12. He regrouped and fought back to 9-16, but couldn’t keep up and lost the first set 11-25.

The second set started off well for him. However, in the middle of the set, back-to-back errors gave us a 9-10 lead, and while we managed to stay within 1-2 points, three consecutive errors at 16-17 broke our resolve. They eventually lost 20-25.

In the third set, we started off shaky again. Their offense was blocked and they committed errors to go 2-8, and they couldn’t overcome the 6-7 point deficit. Kang So-hwi fought back with back-to-back points, but he was unable to stop the even performance of the Italians and fell behind 17-25.

They were outplayed in every aspect. They were out-hit 30-52, out-blocked 3-10, and out-served 0-2. They also had fewer digs, 37-50, and committed 15 errors to Italy’s 11. Kang So-hwi scored 10 points and Park Jung-ah added six, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the team from losing.카지노

They were overwhelmed by Italy’s high-scoring offense and blocking. Apojit Ekaterina Antropova had 12 kills and outside hitter duo Elena Pietrini and Miriam Fatimescilla had 12 apiece. Middle blocker Anna Danesi (10 points) was held to six blocks alone.

South Korea, who won the first game, will play the second game against home team Poland on Nov. 18.