Japan's national team achieved a convincing 3:0 (27:25, 25:15, 25:16) victory over Slovenia in their last match of Group 4 of the Nations League, played in Arena Burgas. This was the fifth success for Laurent Tillie's team, which now has 15 points (5 wins, 3 losses) and temporarily holds 3rd place in the standings. Slovenia remained with 4 wins and 4 losses, and with 11 points is ninth.

Japan dominated in all elements:

• 🏐 Attack: 48 successful attacks against 33 for Slovenia – the Japanese demonstrated higher speed and variability in offense.

• 🧱 Block: Slovenia was slightly more successful with 7 blocks against 4 for Japan, but this did not significantly affect the result.

• 💣 Serve: The Japanese were again more effective with 6 aces against 3.

• 🎁 Points from opponent's errors: Japan gained 19 points from Slovenian errors, while they themselves gave away only 13.

📉 Total points:

• Japan: 77

• Slovenia: 56

Although saved balls in defense were equal (55:55), the Japanese showed better attack structuring after defense and excellent reception.

🔥 Top scorers:

Japan:

• Miyaura (#4) – 17 points

• Otsuka (#5) – 15 points

Slovenia:

• Mujnanovic (#20) – 16 points

• Mojžič (#19) – 7 points

The Japanese concluded their participation in Burgas with two strong victories and a bid for a place among the favorites, with the last tournament to be held in Tokyo. Slovenia, on the other hand, will have to seek consolidation in their remaining matches on home soil in Ljubljana if they want to stay in the top 8.