Why are we comparing Wang Yi Mei with opposite hitters? Hasn't she always been a non-receiving outside hitter in the national team?
I always had the impression that Wang Yi Mei's undoing was her low stamina. I remember she made too many errors in drawn out matches.
He has flunked in his pronunciation of "Araki" though. And "Ishii" and "Yurie" too. Still very forgivable.
Clayton Lucas likes to call out players for admiring their last shot, which often prevents them from being ready for the next one.
This tournament has been a gas for me. More games with reasonably intelligent commentary in a language I understand than the rest of my entire volleyball watching history.
Any lineups? 
My bad. I thought it was already the knockout stage already.
Philippines won't be playing Korea since they are in the same pool. If they finish 3rd or 4th, will likely play Thailand or Japan in quarterfinals.
Yeah, China will certainly avoid Korea. It is the Philippines that Korea will play in the quarters.
Didn't know Australia is this bad. Must be a B team or less. Now China has a chance to go to semis as long as they avoid Korea in quarterfinals.
^ I'm not surprised by Australia's loss, though. They have a weak floor defense and they are not (yet) used to the scrappy volleyball of East Asia. Their patience will be (and has been) severely tested. I hope they will be able to send representatives to the next Asian Club Championships so that they can improve.
Incidentally, the FIBA Asia Cup (men's basketball) is being played in Beirut, Lebanon consecutively now. I wonder if anyone here is watching. 
The third set is already half-finished and it is only now that I realized that Erika Araki is playing. This Chinese team seems to be playing the conventional Asian style game of really varied up attack patterns. Kind of hoping to see some double slide attacks a la-Zhou Su Hong and Liu Ya Nan, but the Chinese opp is a lefty. The ghost of Yuan X Y is upon this team--I hear some screeching, but I understand she's in China.
You don't believe the game took place? As of now, only an article is available: http://asianvolleyball.net/201…ismantling-australia-3-0/
Their next match will be against China, and they'll play at the main stadium. I think we can expect more photos, stats and even livestream videos of it.
The Japan game didn't make the cut anywhere. Is there somewhere that will have stats and lineup or something to give me the impression that the game actually took place?
I'm not sure if this will work in other areas, but the local Philippine TV coverer is ABS CBN Sports and Action. You can look their channel up on Youtube. Also, there are quite a number of Facebook pages that play volleyball matches live. Most of them are Thai and Vietnamese. I can't provide links here because I'm at work (LOL). Maybe you can look them up too under keywords like "volleyball live."
Congrats to Brazil! Can't say how much I'm relieved see them win (and Italy get second place) because I feared that women's volleyball has gone the way of the giants.
When Tandara is on, she's on, but I can't count how many times I got frustrated with her in the entire GP. I was hoping that she'd be moved from opposite to outside, so that small compromise by Coach Ze during the semis to make her the left-side hitter when she rotated front was satisfying. (BTW, I'd like to segue a bit to my observation that Mara looks a bit like Fofao).
And yes, the commentator did a very good job not just in REALLY explaining volleyball, but also in pronouncing many of the names right.
The on-court DJ in Nanjing is playing the "monster block" song after some offensive kills by China. Enjoyable exchanges of really power attacking so far though.
Just curious. Is all the thermal gear worn by the.teams provided by the organizers?
Any of you guys familiar with the Japanese animé, Slam Dunk? Doesn't Russia's coach remind you of a certain character there?
I think it was nice of Benjamin Toniutti to wish the Belgians well ahead of the World Championships qualifications.
^ I have the same thoughts about Kim Yo Han too.
Any thoughts on Japan's 178-cm OH, Asano? I only got to see him play one set, and that was in the match against Australia. He hit so fast and I don't remember him seeing any tentative swing from him at all. Coach Philippe Blain says he has introduced a new system so I wonder if Asano will have a more permanent place in the starting lineup.
Those Brazilian jerseys. I bet they reflect light at night.
Hi, guys! Could you please enlighten me what Leal was complaining about against the second referee in the semis match against Sesi? The replays clearly showed he touched the net, but he couldn't seem to get over the call against him.
