Original title: China Women's Volleyball Team's Paris Olympic Group Unveiled

Beijing Daily (Reporter Zhuo Ran) Last night, Beijing time, the women's volleyball team of the Paris Olympic Games drew lots in groups in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 12 women's volleyball teams in the Paris Olympic Games were divided into three groups, four teams in each group. After drawing lots, the Chinese women's volleyball team was divided into Group A with France, the United States and Serbia. Among them, the United States is the defending champion of the Olympic women's volleyball project, and Serbia is the champion of the 2022 women's volleyball world championship. France is currently ranked 19th in the world and is a relatively weak team in Group A.

In addition, Group B includes Brazil, Poland, Japan and Kenya. Group C includes Italy, Turkey, the Netherlands and Dominica.

The women's volleyball team of the Paris Olympic Games adopts a round robin competition system, with the top two of the three teams and the best two third places going through to the knockout stage. In the knockout stage, two teams will be ranked according to the results of the group competition. In the top eight knockout stages, the first team will play against the eighth team and the fourth team will play against the fifth team; In the lower half, the second place is against the seventh place, and the third place is against the sixth place. The winner will advance to the next round until the winner is determined.

The volleyball match of the Paris Olympic Games will be held in the South Paris Arena from July 27 to August 11.