In the third week of the men's qualifying round of the Volleyball Nations League 2025 (Chiba, Japan), the Japanese national team faced Germany on Wednesday, July 16th (local time) and won 3-1 (21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-20).
Japan lost the first set 21-25 due to their own mistakes, but in the second set they scored points mainly through spikes from Ishikawa Yuki and Miyaura Kento, who returned to the national team for this match, and took the set 25-20.
In the third set, Japan struggled with the spikes of Germany's opposite John, but with a service ace from Japan's opposite Miyaura, they came back in the final minutes and took the set 25-23.
In the fourth set, Takahashi Ai and Ishikawa Yuki scored points, and in the end, relief server Kai Yuto scored an ace to make it 25-20, and Japan won the set 3-1 against Germany.
With this, Japan's overall record in the qualifying round is 6 wins, 3 losses, and 18 points, keeping them in third place.
The next match will be against Argentina on Thursday the 17th at 7:20pm.
Participants and scores
Starting lineup: OP Miyaura (20), OH Takahashi Ai (19), MB Onodera (7), S Nagatsuyu (1), OH Ishikawa (22), MB Larry (7), L Ogawa
Substitutes: OH Tomita, OP Nishiyama (2), S Oya, OH Kai (1)
Match stats (English)▼
https://vnlm.volleystation.com/en/matches/2227674/
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