original title:World Women’s Volleyball League: Serbia swept Turkey to win third place
The 2022 World Women’s Volleyball League held a bronze medal match at the Ankara Stadium in Turkey on the 17th. Serbia, who reached the semi-finals for the first time, defeated last season’s bronze medalist Turkey 3-0 and won the third place.
The first game was a stalemate. The Serbian team took the lead in getting the game point. In the end, the setter Zivkovic scored directly and won the first game with 27:25.
In the second game, Serbia started with an 8:4 lead. Turkey requested a timeout and scored 4 consecutive points in response to Karakurt’s serving round, narrowing the point difference. Then the Serbian team responded with a 4:0 offensive and won another victory with 25:17.
After the third game was tied at 5:5, the Serbian team played a 6:1 offensive, and the Turkish team failed to reverse the situation after requesting a timeout. When Serbia took a 13-9 lead, Turkey’s Erdem scored 3 points in a row, including a direct serve. Edem also contributed 4 blocks to score with teammate Gunes, but failed to stop the Serbian team from winning. Serbia finally sealed the victory with 26:24 and won the bronze medal.
The championship this season will be between Italy and Brazil. (Reporters Liu Yang and Xiong Sihao)