Sloetjes
The first match in Group B of the Rio women’s volleyball tournament was just spectacular! The Netherlands and China played a fantastic match, which was eventually decided in a thrilling tie-break!
China were in a much better position in the middle of the key set, as the Red crew were in the lead by 7:4. However, the Orange side refused to surrender. Bit by bit, the Netherlands were melting the lead of their opponents, while the girls coached by Giovanni Guidetti managed to take the lead at 13:12!
The Netherlands needed 2 more points to seize the win… Lonneke Sloetjes scored both of them! Dutch star made two great spikes and brought her team a huge win – 15:13!
Sloetjes was the top scorer in the Dutch squad with 26 points, while on the other side Zhu Ting scored 24 points for China.
MAIN ROUND / POOL B
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 1st game | 06. 08. 2016 11:35 | China ( W ) | vs | The Netherlands ( W ) | 2:3 | 23:25, 25:21, 25:18, 22:25, 13:15 | ||
| 2nd game | 06. 08. 2016 17:05 | USA ( W ) | vs | Puerto Rico ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 3rd game | 06. 08. 2016 22:35 | Serbia ( W ) | vs | Italy ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 4th game | 08. 08. 2016 09:30 | China ( W ) | vs | Italy ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 5th game | 08. 08. 2016 15:00 | USA ( W ) | vs | The Netherlands ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 6th game | 08. 08. 2016 17:05 | Serbia ( W ) | vs | Puerto Rico ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 7th game | 10. 08. 2016 09:30 | China ( W ) | vs | Puerto Rico ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 8th game | 10. 08. 2016 11:35 | Italy ( W ) | vs | The Netherlands ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 9th game | 10. 08. 2016 15:00 | USA ( W ) | vs | Serbia ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 10th game | 12. 08. 2016 09:30 | China ( W ) | vs | Serbia ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 11th game | 12. 08. 2016 15:00 | USA ( W ) | vs | Italy ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 12th game | 12. 08. 2016 17:05 | The Netherlands ( W ) | vs | Puerto Rico ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 13th game | 14. 08. 2016 09:30 | Serbia ( W ) | vs | The Netherlands ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 14th game | 14. 08. 2016 15:00 | Italy ( W ) | vs | Puerto Rico ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
| 15th game | 14. 08. 2016 17:05 | USA ( W ) | vs | China ( W ) | 0:0 | |||
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