Japan Team and Serbia Team No Spirit

  • On the last day, there were 2 matches that would decide the fate of the Thai team. However, only one match was under the control of Thai team. Regardless of how best the Thai ladies performed, they still needed help from either Japan or Serbia. Unfortunately, both teams decided to help each other.


    In the first match, Thai team managed to secure 3 points from Cuba by winning 3-1. Now, they had to wait for the result of the second match between Japan and Serbia. However, Thai ladies had a very good reason to be optimistic.


    If Japan won by 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2, Serbia would fail to make the top 3 and Thailand would make it as the best Asian team.


    If Serbia won by 3-0 or 3-1, Japan would drop out with 1 point less than Thailand, so Thailand would be the best Asia team.


    Out of all the 6 possible scores, only the case where Japan lost to Serbia by a score 2-3, would kill Thailand’s chance. This is because Japan would add 1 more point from losing 2-3 and replaced Thailand as the best Asia on the better set ratio.