The Japanese women's volleyball team won 4 consecutive victories in the first stop of the 2025VNL, and the Korean media lamented that "the gap between Japan and South Korea is getting bigger and bigger"

The 2025 Women's Volleyball World League (VNL) ended the first week of the first tournament. Among them, the Japanese women's volleyball team has won 4 consecutive victories in Group 1 of the qualifiers held in Canada and will enter the second week. On the other hand, the South Korean team suffered 4 consecutive defeats in Group 2 of the qualifiers held in Brazil. The South Korean newspaper "Sports Jingxiang" published an original article entitled "The Growing Gap Between Japan and South Korea in the Women's Volleyball Team", expressing a sigh for the current situation of the Korean women's volleyball team.

The Japanese women's national team has won four consecutive victories in the first leg of the 2025 Women's Volleyball World League qualifiers

The report of "Sports Jingxiang" began with shocking language. "On the day that the Korean women's volleyball team lost four in a row, Japan galloped with four consecutive wins. The gap between the two countries, once rivals in Asia, has widened on the world stage. On the 9th local time, the South Korean women's volleyball team lost 0-3 (13-25, 26-28, 17-25) to the United States team in the second group of the qualifiers held in Brazil. In the first week, they also lost to Germany, Italy, and the Czech Republic, and suffered four consecutive defeats. At present, the world ranking of the Korean women's volleyball team has also dropped from 35th to 37th.

"Sports Jingxiang" reported that "the South Korean team scored '1' points in the deciding game against the Czech team, which is all the points of this station, ranking at the bottom of the 18 participating countries." In this competition, the goal of the Korean women's volleyball team is to escape the bottom and stay in the VNL. It would take at least 2 wins to get that. However, judging from the current state, it is not easy for the Korean women's volleyball team to achieve this goal.

The Korean women's volleyball team fought hard to finish fourth at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics (the Japanese women's volleyball team finished 10th at the time). The report sighed at the current situation after that: "Led by ace player Kim Ruanjing, Kim Suzy, Liang Hyojin and others retired after the Korean women's volleyball team declined. "Sports Kyogo" also sternly reported the content of the match against the United States team, "Showing an absolute disadvantage in height, the result can only be a complete defeat." ”

On the other hand, for the Japanese team, which ended with four consecutive wins in the first week of the 2025 World Women's Volleyball League in Canada, "Sports Kyogo" praised, "The Japanese team has also recently retired several representative players, and it is in the process of changing generations, but its combat effectiveness has not changed much, and it has maintained a world-class level." ”