On Sunday at the 2006 women's volleyball world championship
Olympic winners China dropped their second match in a row in
Japan's Sapporo where they lost to Germany 1-3 in a Group B
match.
Germany snatched their fourth victory at the world championship
by defeating the Chinese 20-25, 25-18, 25-21 and 25-23. Captain
Angelina Grun made 20 'kills' to lead Germany with 25 points while
Cornelia Dumler added 15. Yang Hao converted on 15 of his 35
attacking opportunities to lead China with 20 points, Wang Yimei
had 19 and Xu Yunli scored 16.
Losing the last match of the group, China, now ranked third,
will play the country in second place in Group C in the second
round of the group stage in the following days.
(Xinhua News Agency November 6, 2006)