Players of China celebrate victory after the women's Pool B match between China and Turkey at the 2019 FIVB Tokyo Volleyball Qualification in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 4, 2019.
China claimed the ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games following their 3-0 triumph over Turkey in the Tokyo Volleyball Qualification women's Pool B tournament here on Sunday.
Zhu Ting had 15 kills in 27 attempts to score a team-high 20 points while Zhang Changning contributed 16 points in China's 25-18, 25-12, 25-18 victory in only one hour and 15 minutes.
Ebrar Karakurt had 15 points for Turkey, but she couldn't get much help from teammates, as no other Turkish players scored double-digit points. Turkey committed 19 errors while China had only eight.
Prior to the match, both sides had two straight wins in the four-team round-robin pool, with the winner taking the ticket for the Tokyo Games.
It was China that took the initiative in the decisive match and led 14-9 on a spike by star spiker Zhu Ting in the opening set. After Turkey managed to claw it back at 14-16, China again extended the lead to 22-16 starting with a spike from setter Ding Xia, and took the set 25-18 as Cansu Ozbay's spike flied outside.
The following set was much easier for the Chinese team, as they led as many as 13 points and cruised to a comfortable win 25-12.
Turkey came back strongly in the third set and entered the first technical timeout at 7-8, only one point behind. China then enlarged the margin to 18-13 and took the set 25-18 after Zhu Ting served for an ace.
Earlier on Sunday, Germany stormed to a convincing three-set win over the Czech Republic, taking the match 25-18, 25-22 and 25-16.
