Winning 4 matches, Vietnam U21 women's volleyball team enters the round of 16 of the world tournament

Before entering this match, Vietnam U21 women ranked second in Group A with 9 points, while Puerto Rico U21 women ranked fourth with 5 points.

Being sure of a place in the round of 16 helped the coaching staff of the Vietnam U21 women's team use team B, in which captain Dang Thi Hong and Phuong Quynh were not registered to compete.

Despite playing with a team lacking key players, U21 Vietnam still played extremely enthusiastically, winning 25-17 in set 1.

In set 2, although at times the opponent led 16-21, the Vietnam U21 women's team unexpectedly played brilliantly, scoring 9 consecutive points to win 25-21.

In set 3, the U21 Vietnamese women's team continued to let their opponents take the lead. Despite their efforts, at the end, the attackers were closely blocked and made a mistake in the first step, causing the team to regrettably lose 23-25.

In the fourth set, the U21 women's team of Vietnam was the team that continuously led, the U21 women's team of Puerto Rico could not create any surprises against the defense of the U21 women's team of Vietnam, thereby the U21 women's team of Vietnam won 25-22.

Winning 3-1 (25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 25-22), the Vietnam U21 women's team had their fourth victory at the tournament after doing the same against Indonesia, Serbia and Canada (besides the 1-3 loss to Argentina).

This result helped coach Nguyen Trong Linh and his team finish the group stage with 12 points after 4 wins and 1 loss, ranking second after Argentina and winning the right to enter the round of 16 strongest teams.

According to the round of 16, U21 Vietnam (second place in group A) will meet the third place team in group C (most likely the Czech Republic or Türkiye), taking place at 10:00 am tomorrow morning, August 13.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/thang-4-tran-tuyen-bong-chuyen-u21-nu-viet-nam-vao-vong-16-doi-giai-the-gioi-160493.html