If you’re a fan of Serbia, Italy and China, the good news is that these teams have already qualified for the Final 6 of the Women’s World Championship regardless of the results tonight.
If you’re a fan of The Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, Russia and defending World Champions USA, you’d have to wait after tonight’s matches to know if they will join the 3 aforementioned teams.
POOL E SCENARIO: To make the long story short, Netherlands and Japan must win at least a set in their matches tonight. The Dutch will face Boskovic and Serbia while the hosts Japan will be up against the Brazilians. If they end up winning a set, then Brazil is out of the Final 6.
POOL E PREDICTION:
Serbia
Japan
Brazil
I think Serbia will play in full force to defeat The Netherlands and remain in 1st place. With this result, they will avoid being in the same pool in the Final 6 with the very strong Italian team.
As for Brazil, there’s no one else to blame but themselves. Losing to Germany in 5 sets really put them in a very difficult spot. On a positive note, Tandara and Brazil are known for their fighting spirits and will for sure put their hearts out against Sarina Koga and Japan.
POOL F SCENARIO: I call this pool the Pool Of Death mainly because of the teams that are in it. Italy will remain first in this pool regardless how they’ll do tonight against Jordan Larson & USA. Speaking of USA, they need to the beat the Italians to make it to the Final 6. If USA wins then the match later in the day between China and Russia will not mean anything at all. China has qualified already so we have a feeling they will rest their starters against Russia who is feeling the absence of star player Nataliya Goncharova.
POOL E PREDICTION:
Italy
China
USA
The USA vs Italy match is a must see!
After this round, there will be 2 pools. Each pool will have the 1st ranked team (Pool E and F) while the 2nd and 3rd ranked teams will be drawn.
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