China was last in their Pool in Rio, and look how they finished.
THAT Chinese team was an EXCEPTIONAL even fortunate back then… "once upon a time" phenomenon! How defeated the SUPERIOR HOST team, Brazil, was really beyond the expectation of the Chinese team (but once they did, it's an apparent turning point that gave the team the boldness to deal with any other!), no one within the team really had such confidence though they needed to fight back as the only choice!
And how many teams had successfully attained such outcome in Olympics or its qualification after being at the bottom of the qualified group stage at the history of the modern volleyball? 😄 🙄🤔