Brazil will look to regroup quickly after a crushing semifinals loss, targeting a podium finish in the 2025 FIVB Women's World Championship.
Brazil aims to salvage its campaign with a podium finish when it faces Japan in the bronze-medal match of the 2025 FIVB Women’s World Championship Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in Bangkok.
The Brazilians are coming off a crushing five-set loss to Italy in the semifinals, where they squandered a 2-1 set lead and dropped the last two frames by a combined five points.
Despite the narrow defeat, captain Gabriela “Gabi” Guimaraes was spectacular, finishing with 29 points on 27 attacks.
Rosamaria supported with 20 points, while middle blockers Diana Alecrim and Julia Kudiess chipped in 15 and 14 markers, respectively.
Brazil even out-blocked Italy with 22 rejections, but costly errors proved their undoing as they committed 27 miscues that shifted the momentum in the final sets.
The result denied Brazil a return to the gold-medal match after winning silver in the 2022 edition.
Now, with pride on the line, the South Americans turn their attention to Hinotori Nippon as they try to regroup quickly and secure their fifth podium finish in the last six World Championships.
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