Japan vs China Epic Volleyball Highlights | Men's VNL 2026

In the white and black shorts receiving for this quarterfinal match of the men's volleyball nation's league here in Ningbo, China. Side-out start from the team that Liam Sketcher has gone on record as saying are better at side-out than playing defense. I will stand by. Good ball. Nishida can't get a full swing that's a great up and a break point for China. Fantastic stuff. Nice cover. Well played. Ram finds the fringe of the block. Nice serve. The cats are in the block. Oh that's a hit but tell you what that is almost a fantastic dig. Free swing through the middle. Maybe it sticks to plan. Nishikawa out of the attack. Nishida not. Another good touch in the block and there's a real opportunity not taken by China. We all got sucked in on that play. So used to expecting this adjustment to end up in a set towards one of the outside attackers. Has disappeared for China. Oh what a dig. That's in the hitting zone. That's in the hitting zone. Oh yes. The complexion of which has changed and changes again. Great chance to do it. Oh good save by Fukatsu. Is Ishikawa at his absolute best. Ishikawa. Someone will have a swing which might be going to have to happen here. Oh no. Such a good play. He caught Japan by surprise and they've got a set point. Absolutely how he intended. Good serve. Really good serve. Oh dear that's bordering on a double touch. Better chance now for China. Oh they force the middle and what a time to force the middle. China take the set. Number two. Fukatsu serving. China leading Japan by one set to nothing. Very tidy hype attack from Liu Ye. Floating in. Delays the angle for just long enough. Let's the block go. That's so good. Both Ishikawa and Onodera were thinking middle first. Nice ball. Good up. Four attacking options and the block well and truly split by Japan's movement. Onodera not running straight at the setter. No problem with that swing from Longbin. Longbin to get back into. Mishida's got the whole court to himself. Shoma Tomita says okay. Easy one and dispatched accordingly. Walk to be done here for China. Nice play by Aero. Better chance here for China. That's some block. Good cover. Can only go on the angle cross. Tomita waiting for it. Oh Ran has absolutely battered that one into Longbin and it's ended up in Rosehead. It's a good ball. Oh I say that is a monster block. Longbin back off of the bonds of Mishida. Longbin to serve. Good ball. Plenty of options and Mishida gets it done. 25-23. Japan take the set. We're set number three. It's one set all here in this all-important quarterfinal of the Men's Volleyball Nations League here in Ningbo, China. And a side-out start for Japan in volleyball. But actually if the ball was never coming back it doesn't matter. That one's not coming back. Mishida. Ace of Mishida. 9-3. Perfect pass. Split block. Tomita scores. Takatsu does a great job of disguising where this ball is going. He doesn't show through his Oh yes. Ace serve. Takahashi Ran. Both he and Ishikawa are masters of disguising that. There's almost no clue. It's dealt with and then dealt with. Ace serve. Yes it is for China. That's giving the crowd something to cheer about. Nice pass. Oh that's glorious. Looks so cool. Beautiful image of. All challenges, all timeouts, all subs. But it's eight now not six. Yes well played. Rises, twists and turns. There's Nishimoto to give Japan another time. Nishimoto with the serve. It's a monster block from Lowry. Japan take the set. 25-16. And they lead China by two sets to one. Set number four. Japan leading two to one. And they lead by one to nothing. Great point start for them. And it's a Fukatsu serving run. Fukatsu serves again. That worked. But Lee Yong Jin was going to get it again Make that three. Ace serve. Takahashi Ran. Wong being moved off to his left. This creates the space. Nicely trying to make a block on Ran. And they're two in one. Easy one to Yamamoto. Easy side out for Japan. Right play here. Fukatsu never lost sight of it. Japan haven't lost sight of it. This is unbelievable. Oh yes. I'm gonna find the middle. And you're gonna get the point. This is one of those things that coaches love. Great serve. Plenty of movement. What a pickup from Ran. Tomita does well to get the recycle. Couldn't have a full swing. Ran can. And Japan take the lead. Yeah there is. Nice shuffle. They're weighing towards a good pass. And a very good side out. It's exactly the idea of moving the receivers there to free up Wong Bin who is the weakest receiver. Tomita with the serve. It's a great serve. It's an ace serve. It's all over. Japan have beaten China.