As I said in one of my previous posts,the pool composition for men and women’s volleyball has been confirmed.
So far, I have purchased tickets for two sessions for each men’s and women’s preliminary stage. Each session has two games, and tournament schedule was unknown yet.
Let me link to Mr. Barrezapo who covers the entire schedule. (Japanese only)
According to the web site, here are the matches of the preliminary round tickets I got:
Men’s Volleyball：
- Canada（7th) vs. Iran（8th）
- USA（2nd）vs. Tunisia（22nd）
Women’s Volleyball：
- Russia（5th）vs. Argentina（11th）
- China（1st）vs. USA（2nd）
（The figures in parentheses are the world rankings as of October last year by Barezapo）
Although the sessions do not include games against Japan, both of them include ones for USA! It’s kind of nice (or not) to go see games of USA. If tickets purchased at CoSport are assigned to each country on a seat block basis, I think it will be interesting because I will be sitting probably next to many Americans or Japanese living in the United States. I may be excited enough to wave US flag in the audience.
Canada games are also good. Seattle is close to the US/Canada border. Many of my colleagues also work in Vancouver.
Above all, I am glad to know that I can watch one of the best cards in Volleyball preliminary round. China, which ranked first in the world ranking, and USA, which ranked second in the world, clash in Women’s Volleyball preliminary round! I don’t know much about how they play these days, but as Roping and Zhang Yingfeng from China was best players in my generation, I’m so excited to hear news about women’s volleyball in China.
Currently, Roping is leading the China national team. It seems that she once served as director of USA national team too. Her English name is “Jenny” and I think it suits her so well. 🙂
