Japan Girls celebrate the victory against Egypt and the qualification to the semifinal
Japan qualified to play for the top 8 positions, while Egypt now plays for 9 to 16 positions.
After a good start from the Egyptian players who ended the first technical timeout to their side 8-7, but afterwards, the Japanese team put the match momentum to their side using the quick attacks that disturbed the Egyptian till the end of the match.
Japan’s big gun Mizuki Yanagita led her team scorers with 14 points including 3 Ace services followed by captain Miku Benoki (11 points).
From the Egyptian side middle blocker Aya Ahmed scored only 5 points as her team best scorer.
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