Women's Volleyball World Championships, China lost to Italy and stopped in the quarter-finals.

(European News Agency)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] In the top 8 of the World Women's Volleyball Championship held in the Netherlands, China, ranked No. 5 in the world, lost to Italy, ranked No. 1 in the world, by 1:3. Missed the top 4 for the first time in years.

In this campaign, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost two games first, 16:25 and 22:25 respectively. Although the third game was 25:13, they were defeated by 17:25 in the fourth game and failed to advance.

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Italy's Paola Ogechi Egonu scored a game-high 29 points.

Only Li Yingying and Wang Yunwei scored in double figures for the Chinese team, scoring 14 and 11 points respectively.

The Chinese women's volleyball team was the runner-up of the World Championships in 2014, and won the third place in 2018. This year's top 8 stopped, and it was the first time that the Chinese women's volleyball team missed the top 4 in the past three tournaments.

After Italy advance, the top four will meet Brazil, and Serbia will face the United States in the other top four.

World Championships 5 to 8 rankings have also been determined, followed by Japan, China, Poland and Turkey.

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