Did Tianjin Women’s Volleyball Team win the Women’s Volleyball Super League?

The 2017-2018 Chinese Women’s Volleyball Super League came to an end on April 3. The Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team and the Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team played for 5 games, and in the deciding game, they defeated the Shanghai team 16-14 in a thrilling manner, thus winning the league championship this season. This is the first championship born after the Chinese Women's Volleyball League was upgraded to the Super League, and it is also the 11th league championship won by the Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team.

The Women’s Super Volleyball League adopts a best-of-seven game system, with the two sides drawing 3-3 in the first six rounds. Since the Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team had the advantage in the regular season, it won 4 home games in the finals, and the 7th round was held at the Shanghai Women's Volleyball Team's home court.

In the first game of the game that day, the scores of both sides rose steadily. The first 20 points of the game progressed smoothly, and there were no major fluctuations between the two sides. However, in grasping the final key points, the Tianjin team made mistakes one after another, while the experienced Shanghai team seized the opportunity and went to the next game 25-21.

At the beginning of the second game, the two sides continued the momentum of the first game. After the tie was tied at 17, the Tianjin Women’s Volleyball Team scored consecutive blocks and scores, while the Shanghai team made consecutive spiking and serving errors. The Tianjin Women’s Volleyball Team won the third game 25-22. In the second game, the two sides tied 1-1.

After regaining one set, the Tianjin team continued its good momentum at the beginning of the third set and maintained the lead for a time; however, the Shanghai team quickly adjusted its state after the timeout, and the whole team performed well in blocking and defense, quickly taking the lead. The score went ahead. After the middle game, the Shanghai team gradually widened the score, and finally won the key game with a score of 25 to 18.

The Tianjin team played well in the beginning of the fourth game, leading 15-10 with fast breaks and blocks; then the Shanghai team Yang Zhou and Zeng Chunlei and others counterattacked and scored, chasing the score to 21; at the end of the game, the Shanghai team There was a mistake in the first pass, and the Tianjin team won the fourth game 25-22. The two sides fought to a 2-2 draw.

The Tianjin team had strong momentum at the beginning of the deciding game, leading 8-4; after the exchange of venues, the Shanghai team gradually overtook the lead under the leadership of Jin Ruanjing, but the Tianjin team made consecutive foul errors and the two sides tied at 13. Then Tianjin team Wang Yuanyuan and Shanghai team Jin Ruanjing scored successively, and the two sides tied at 14.

At the critical moment, Li Yingying scored another 1 point from behind, and Jin Ruanjing's spike went out of bounds, allowing the Tianjin team to score another 1 point. The Tianjin team won the deciding game 16-14, with a total score of 3-2. Winning the seventh game.

In this game, Li Yingying of Tianjin team scored 43 points and became the best player of the game. Li Yingying, who has performed well in the Super League this season, is regarded as the future star of the Chinese women's volleyball team and has been selected for the training list of the Chinese women's volleyball national team.