CAIRO, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — China received the ladies’s title on the 2023 World Paravolley (WPV) Sitting Volleyball World Cup with a dramatic 3-1 win (25-23, 25-16, 17-25, 25-20) over Canada right here on Saturday night.
China narrowly claimed the primary set however confirmed dominance within the second, whereas Canada staged a formidable comeback and received the third.
Although the Canadians have been within the lead within the fourth set, the Chinese step by step turned the tide and ended it of their favor to deservedly earn the trophy.
Chinese head coach Xu Huimin and a number of other gamers have been moved to tears of pleasure after the final whistle.
Xu described the match as “tough” and “fierce,” including that “claiming the World Cup title gives us strong confidence and faith in the Chinese women’s volleyball skills and spirit.”
The match in Cairo gives one ticket to the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games for the winner or the highest-placed non-qualified crew. As the Chinese girls’s crew has already secured qualification earlier this yr, the quota goes to Canada.
“It’s been a very good experience for us to compete in Cairo. Our most important goal is to prepare for the Paralympic Games in Paris next year, so we will hold a training camp after we go back home,” Xu advised Xinhua.
For her half, Chinese participant Lyu Hongqin mentioned that staying calm and assured is among the strengths of China’s girls’s sitting volleyball crew.
“The match was a bit difficult. I think the Canadian team has improved a lot since our confrontation with them in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games,” Lyu identified.
China’s Xu Yixiao was named the Best Attacker and her teammate Su Limei was named the Best Receiver, whereas Canada’s Heidi Peters was awarded each Best Server and Most Valuable Player.
Despite Canada’s first loss in all seven matches, the Canadians are going residence not solely with silver however with the one girls’s ticket to the Paris Paralympics provided by the World Cup in Cairo.
Canada’s head coach Nicole Ban mentioned she was very happy with the efficiency of her squad in opposition to the world’s greatest groups, particularly China.
“It is our second time in a final at a major championship. China has the experience over us but we hope that we can come back stronger,” Ban advised Xinhua.
Ban defined that the energy of her crew was primarily serving and receiving. “We need to work on our block defense as well as our attacking.”
“I think the Chinese team has always played very good defense; it’s really hard to score against them. They move very well on the court and they are fast,” the Canadian coach added.
Basic Mirza, a world referee who officiated on the gold medal sport, mentioned “it was really good volleyball played at this match. It’s worth being the final.”
The bronze medal was received by Brazil after its 3-0 overcome Germany earlier within the day.
Held in Cairo from Nov. 11 to 18, the 2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Cup featured 23 groups – 13 groups within the males’s competitors and ten within the girls’s.