Ningbo, China, August 10, 2019 - Hosts China showed their fighting spirit but failed to upset the higher-ranked Canada as they went down 2-3 (26-24, 21-25, 17-25, 25-23, 15-17) in Pool F of FIVB Tokyo Men’s Volleyball Qualification 2019 at Beilun Sports and Arts Centre Saturday night.
Raul Lozano, China head coach: "I am satisfied with my team's performance today. They did what they could do already and they kept fighting till the end. However, Canada had more experienced players, they controlled the game better especially in the key moments. However, do not forget that no one has been confirmed to get the ticket for the Olympics at this moment. If we beat Argentina tomorrow, we still have a chance to book the ticket to Tokyo. Let's see what will happen tomorrow."
Glenn Hoag, Canada head coach: "Like my captain Perrin said, I am a little bit disappointed that we can't move on to qualify to the Olympics from this tournament. However, I was happy with the reaction of my guys today following our loss to Argentina yesterday. We struggled in the first and fourth sets, as we were troubled by the service of Zhang Zhejia in the first set and we committed too many errors in the fourth set. We failed to win the game with 3 points. Now we want to finish the tournament with Finland and get ready for the next step."
Ji Daoshuai, China captain: "Canada are one of the top ten teams in the world. They are much stronger than us. So, I am so proud that we could fight them for five sets till the end. Anyway, forgetting the result, I am satisfied with what we did today."
John Gordon Perrin, Canada captain: "We had thought that we could book the ticket to Olympics, but we are very disappointed with the result. Now we would focus on the next opportunity."