Japan 🇯🇵 vs. Taipei - Quarter Finals | AVC Women's Continental Championship 2026 | Highlights

It is Japan in red receiving quarter-final action from the ABC Women's Volleyball Continental. Cianci in 2026. Careful, the LEDs don't mind getting hit but it does hurt if you're not careful. Ishikawa serve. Domi scrambling but not going to get that one. Nice side out for Chinese Taipei. Coming in from Taiyo Chun. That's good work. I mean yeah if you can split the block that's... Well played Wada. Five looking to go to the other corner. Oh yes, great scramble. Advantage for Japan and it will be a point for them. Shimomura puts it down but all off the back of that horses. Wada looking to continue with that. Good ball in. That's touched lovely by the block. Plenty of time to come in and get the ball and then get the transition play. Placing number three. Changes nothing. It's an ace for Japan. Wada pass from Xuanyun. Hard enough with the swing. Didn't find a gap in the defenders and Wada after serving gets in a great position to finish things off. Just 17 years of age. That's well played. That was tricky for Taiyo Chun. And that's an excellent swing from Chen Chieh. Shimomura just... Sato. Free ball then for Chinese Taipei. Another swing chance. Taiyo Chun and that will do nicely. Great swing and a great set as well. Played nice and fast. Shimomura is doing a really good job. There is Wu Zihuo. Second serving. Great save. Chinese Taipei have done everything they can to keep the ball in play but Japan have just been too good and Yamaguchi puts the ball on the floor and Japan take the set. 25-14. They lead by one set to nothing. Japan with the serve. Chinese Taipei receiving. Japan are leading one nothing in this quarterfinal. They could have a break point here. Golly. Gargan have a break point. He's got a self-cover. It's too good. He's so disciplined. Effective in attack. It is and it is. Yamaguchi with the serve. Too good. He just has a little moment of stillness with that one. Chen Chieh going after Sato. That's incredible isn't it? Chen Chieh. Too tight. Nobody reaching over. Everything's good and Chinese Taipei will have the point. Kitamoto and there are three places on offer here to that world cup for the top three teams at the end of this competition. That's great again from Shimomura. That's a good ball in. Nice ball in for Chinese Taipei. Superb. Right back at you. Good up. Really good take but there wasn't any way. Good ball in. Just love the speed. Here we go. That's a good platform set that allows Chen Chieh to see everything in front of her. Excellent from Shimomura. She has been ruthlessly efficient through the middle. It is set point for Japan. Wada serving. Swing chance. Oh it's not hit the floor. Free ball now for Japan. Seki barking out the orders. That one doesn't hit the floor from Kitamoto. Chinese Taipei staying in the rally. Wada's now out of the attack but it's okay. Here comes Kitamoto and she's done it and Japan take the set. 25-21. It is Chinese Taipei serving. Japan are leading by two sets to nothing. Off the net setting so it can only go wider. That's from the floor. Straight up. Good play. Really good dig there for Chinese Taipei but it's still Japan. Another good piece of defense. Chen Chieh. Oh flip it don't hate but no one can get onto it and Chinese Taipei will have the point. Yamada playing for the NEC Red Rockets. Has done since 2017. That's a great platform set. You bounce something. That's a good ball. Not the chance for Chinese Taipei. Oh clever but Wada gets the okonomiyaki. A super Japanese pancake but it is Chinese Taipei who had a little bit more control in that rally able to finish it off. Has that made it? Oh it has. That is really really good. Very good response from Lin Yangtai but far from it. With Fuhar Akbash taking over. Things have changed. A little steep that one. Chen Chieh is having a great game and Chinese Taipei will take another point. That's nice. Lin Shihe. That's a nice pass. Well played. Staying on your own side of the net waiting for the ball across the line. Rotation five for Japan. Sakai just can step into position pretty quickly. Three attacking options available. This is good for Chinese Taipei. The changes for Japan. That will be it.