Thailand 🇹🇭 vs. China 🇨🇳 - Gold Match | AVC Women's Continental Championship 2026 - Final Highlights

Serving. Thailand in the dark red receiving. It is the gold medal match of the ABC Women's Volleyball Continental Tianjin 2026. Wu Guoshan serves. Wu wants to get back into the front row. That's great. Thailand have got combinations of their own. Best response is to win the next point. Two-point advantage still for Thailand. They've got three. Good ball in. Oh yes. Tat Tao says, yeah I know where it's coming in. Huge front row for China. Passed. And that is a good break point for China. Some of that needed to bring up set point. Good up. Huang Wenqi had just about got to it. A little bit of a stretch. And it will be Thailand's point. And they do have a set point opportunity. There's a swing chance for the set. Oh yes. Sassy Papon has hammered that one away. And Thailand take the opener. Away we go. Set number two. Thailand are leading China by one set to nothing in this gold medal match. Looking for a break point start. Oh yes. Goodness me. That is some hit from Miss Bai Bai. That has definitely gone. Into the front row. That stayed in play. Huang Wenqi getting her hands in the right spot. Three ball Thailand all. If that have landed it in a really clever play. Huang Wenqi a magnificent. But it's Thailand who eventually take the point. And looking for the side out. It's not coming easy. But at last it comes. That was close to catch ball. Not quite working. Trying to run the combination play themselves. Thailand. So China just take the point. 23-9. Xia Xiongyu with the serve. That's D'Erlin Hughes come on to make the serve. They meant a double change again China. Because there's no cross court. That's it. Monster block. Brings up set point now for China. 24-11. Wu Mengjie with the serve. It's not landed in. China with the serve. It's one set all in this gold medal match. Well played. Yang Shiming. Break point start China. Zhuang Yishan. Back to business Fantastic set. D'Erlin Hughes. What a block. No it's not landed in. That's a great ball in. We're gonna run the middle Thailand every time now. Because it's working. It really is working well. Nerves of steel. Jiang Xu. Zenith steel. Side out achieved. What can Pimpichaya do? Not much. Zhuang Yishan. Challenge for reaching across the net here. Away we go. Set number four. Thailand with the serve. China leading by two sets to one. And yes Thailand leading by one point to nothing. Number 11. China you feel getting ready for a fifth set. And Thailand they're going to have to go there. Let that ball travel over the block. Very nice. Well played. Li Chenxuan. Does Wu Mengjie come back on the court? That will bring up set point. There's a swing for the set. Kind of. Another good swing from Li Chenxuan to keep China in this set for the moment. Just around the corner. Oh what a pickup from Gong Xiangyu. This set still not over. And it's another point for Li Chenxuan. 19 years of age. One pass. One set. One hit. There's the pass. There's the set. There's the hit. And Chenxuan comes good. And look at this. 25-18. Thailand take the set. No changes for Thailand. Away we go. This is it. The fifth set of this ABC Women's Volleyball Continental Final. The first of 15 for the title. And the ticket to LA 2028. And it is the first. Finds a way to work the gap in the block. Decent ball in. Well that'll work. Lovely combination play. That's a touch. To go in front. To go in front. Very very different indeed. Who's going to handle it best? Chance. Magnificent. Tapped out with yet another block. And Sassi Pappon into the front row. China looking for side out. They've ran away from the middle here. That's a really good swing from Wu Mengjie. But was it going in? Sassi Pappon with the serve now. Goes big. That's too tight. Good cover. Wu Mengjie is over the top. But that's a great touch from Chachouan. Well played to get a swing on that. Free ball Thailand. Three attacking options. Pimperchai. Yes has put it on the floor. 12-9. But it's not over yet. Don't get overexcited. Wu Mengjie with the serve to try and keep China in this match. The pass is good. The set's good. The swing is amazing. And Thailand have done it.