The World League final match is out! Brazilian women s volleyball team eliminates Japan, Gabi, Bergman United scores 101 goals

In the early morning of July 27, the second semi-finals of the 2025 VNL World Women's Volleyball League Finals were staged passionately in Luz, Poland. After a thrilling five-inning battle, the Brazilian women's volleyball team narrowly defeated the Japanese women's volleyball team 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 25-18, 19-25, 15-8), and returned to the VNL gold medal battle after three years!

Brazilian women's volleyball team had a slight advantage in the offense of 69-62, serving 2-3, and both sides lost 23-22, but on the blocking side, Brazil completed 14 successful blocks, 5 more than Japan, which became the key watershed of the victory and loss.

In this game, the Brazilian women's volleyball team was in double digits, and the two main attackers were fully fired, and they worked together to make great contributions to the team's victory. Captain Gabi scored a game-high 25 points (1 block for 51 dunks), demonstrating the key abilities of a big heart player. Another main attacker, Julia Bergman, followed closely behind, scoring 24 points (1 blocked 23 for 50 deductions), becoming a scoring point that cannot be ignored on the court.

In addition to the outstanding performance of the main attack line, the World League's blocking leader Kudis scored 13 points (8 of 8 blocks and 1 of 13 deductions), Diana scored 12 points (6 of 9 deductions and 5 of 1 of 1 of 9 deductions), Rosa Maria scored 9 points (1 of 8 blocks and 8 of 30 deductions), and

Although the Japanese women's volleyball team lost, they also played style and tenaciousness. Yukiko Wada scored 20 points (19 of 19 deductions), captain Ishikawa Masuki contributed 19 points (17 of 48 deductions), Shuno Sato scored 14 points (11 of 11 of 11 of 1), and Harue Shimamura scored 10 points (2 of 8 of 18 deductions).

Japanese women's volleyball team libero Mishima Kojima said after the game: "We regret the way we lost, but every match with Brazil will bring new experience and growth. In the next bronze medal battle, we will strive to play the best performance."

Brazilian women's volleyball captain Gabi frankly: "The Japanese team has brought us great physical and psychological challenges. I am proud of the team's resilience and stress resistance. Although this is not the best game we played, we have never given up, especially after losing in the fourth game, we can still play momentum at the start of the decisive game. This is our growth."

According to the record, this is the Brazilian women's volleyball team again entering the VNL finals since 2022. Interestingly, they will face the same opponent again, defending champion Italian women's volleyball team. In addition, this is also the fourth time in the history of Brazil's women's volleyball team to advance to the VNL finals. The first three times were in 2019, 2021 and 2022, but they all missed the final championship. Now, this regrouping South American powerhouse will once again attack the championship and challenge the world's number one Italian women's volleyball team.

According to the schedule, the final will start at 2 a.m. on July 28, and a peak showdown will be held, while the Japanese women's volleyball team will compete for the bronze medal at 22:00 on July 27.