World League: France 3-1 Bulgaria, 5 teams advance to the finals, China, the United States and Germany are only one win, and Han Tai is at the bottom

The 2025 World Women's Volleyball League ended its third round of competition this morning. Brazil defeated France 3-2, Japan defeated South Korea 3-0, Italy defeated Serbia 3-0, and the Netherlands defeated Belgium 3-1, Germany defeated Thailand 3-0, the United States defeated Dominican 3-1, and the Chinese women's volleyball team just rested, and will face the second opponent of the US at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

The 11th round will be held one after another starting this afternoon, and some teams will start the tenth round due to bye. In the first game, France ranked 3-1 Bulgaria (25-22, 21-25, 25-17, 25-22). The remaining games will be played tonight to tomorrow morning, including Poland vs Brazil, Belgium vs Serbia, Czech Republic vs Türkiye, Thailand vs Dominican, China vs Canada.

At present, the number of games in the 18 teams is inconsistent. Except for France who ended 11 games first, the other teams have only played 9-10 games. In the standings, the Italian women's volleyball team achieved ten consecutive victories, ranking first with 28 points; Brazil followed closely with 9 wins and 1 loss, with 25 points, Poland scored 24 points, Japan scored 24 points, and Turkey scored 22 points. The three teams all won 8 games, and all exceeded 22 points. After that, Germany won 6 wins with 19 points, China scored 17 points, and the United States scored 17 points, ranking 6-8th. These eight teams are likely to be qualified for the Finals, including Poland, Turkey and China.

The Netherlands, which is ranked ninth, has 4 wins and 6 losses, has 13 points, the Czech Republic, which is ranked 10th, has 4 wins and 5 losses, has 10 points, and the Dominican Republic, which is ranked 11th, has 4 wins and 6 losses, has 10 points. The three teams are 2-3 wins away from the United States, which is ranked eighth. The Netherlands and the Dominican Republic have only 2 games left, and the Netherlands has 3 games left, and there are very little hope for a counterattack. After all, even if the number of winnings tied, it is difficult to catch up with the top eight. France, which ranked 12th, only scored 4 wins and 7 losses after 11 games, has been confirmed to miss the top eight due to its disadvantage in the number of wins. Bulgaria, 13th place (3 wins, 7 losses, 9 points) missed the finals with Belgium, 14th place, 3 wins, 7 losses, 8 points, after losing this afternoon's game.

The teams at the bottom of this event will be relegated. After losing to Japan, South Korea's record will become 1 win, 9 losses and 4 points, and will face France and Bulgaria in the future. It is impossible to be sure to relegate if they win two consecutive games. Thailand and Serbia, the second to third place, both 1 win and 9 points, and Thailand will face Dominican and Canada in 5 points; Serbia will face 8 points in 8 points; these three teams will do their best to relegate. Canada, ranked 15th, had 2 wins, 7 losses and 7 points, and he could basically relegate if he got one victory in the last three games.

Overall, there will be basically no surprises in the finals. The five teams of Italy, Brazil, Poland, Japan and Turkey have already locked their seats with their number of wins. Germany, China and the United States only need to win another game due to their number of wins and points advantages. In the relegation zone, South Korea, Thailand, Serbia and Canada are all fighting for relegation. Belgium, Bulgaria and France have at least three wins in hand, so they have no worries about relegation. Among them, Canada has the advantage of winning games (2 games, 3 rounds of games), and Serbia also has the advantage of point (8 points). South Korea with 4 points and Thailand with 5 points will not only win in the next two games, but also need to get 3 points, otherwise the probability of relegation is very high.