Beijing time, September 13, the second match day of the 2025 Men's Volleyball World Championship ended. On this match day, there are still many highlights: there were 40-38 "big points" in a single game, and there were two unpopular games: the Japanese team lost a crushing defeat and the Cuban team also lost. In the next step, the Chinese team will usher in a big test, and the first match will be against the Brazil team, which is extremely difficult to win.
The United States defeated Colombia 3-0. Although the current strength of the United States has declined, their strength is still far stronger than that of Colombia. The scores in the three games are: 25-20, 25-21 and 25-14 respectively. In this game: Chaplin 17 points, Garcia 12 points, Avote 11 points, and Amaranto 11 points.
Canadian defeated Libya 3-1. Libya performed better in the first game, winning 25-22, but Canada won three consecutive games and reversed 3-1 to get a good start, with a narrow victory in the fourth game 29-27. This result was a little unexpected. I didn’t expect that it would be so difficult for Canada to win against Libya.
Cuba lost to Portugal 1-3, while Cuba ranked 10th in the world and Portugal ranked 29th in the world, which is quite different. However, after winning the first game in this game, Cuba lost 1-3 in three consecutive games. The loss in this game caused Cuba to deduct 17.1 points, and the real-time world ranking declined by 1 place, while Portugal rose 5 places in a row.
The Japanese team that played later also made a big unpopularity. They ranked fifth in the world, actually lost 0-3 in three consecutive games to the 16th-ranked Turkey team. This battle caused the Japanese team to lose 20.99 points and the ranking fell to 7th place. Among them, the Japanese team did not score 20 points in the first and third games, which was even more surprising. Kento Miyaura scored 13 points, Yuki Ishikawa scored 10 points; Mandyrazi scored 17 points, and Ragumsia scored 15 points.
Bulgaria defeated Germany 3-0 and had a good start. In the first game of the game, the two teams played very fiercely. Bulgaria won 40-38, and then won two consecutive games 25-22 and 25-20, winning 3-0.
The Netherlands defeated Qatar 3-1, and this result was not too surprising. The Dutch team's strength is still significantly stronger than Qatar. In this game: Ai scored 20 points, Kups scored 17 points, Tuinstella scored 15 points, Plak scored 13 points; Ograf scored 17 points, Renan and Nicola scored 11 points each.
Slovenia did not go through too much test, and defeated Chile 3-0, and also had a good start. The scores of the three innings were: 25-19, 25-20, 25-16. In this game: Stern scored 15 points, Muyanovic scored 13 points, Kozamornick scored 11 points; Paraguayre scored 12 points, and Alavena scored 11 points.
In the last game, the world's No. 1 Polish team 3-0 Romanian team. Although it was a straight-down three games, the Polish team encountered a great test in the first game: it won 34-32! In the next two games, the Polish team had to go much smoother, and it still needed to adapt.
From this match day, some teams with low rankings can still get below the bottom. The competition among men's volleyball teams is now fierce! The Chinese team will face its first opponent, Brazil, on the evening of the 14th. I wonder if it will be a big upset.
