What is the competition system of the World Women's Volleyball Championship? Is there any hope of winning the women's volleyball championship?

Take the latest World Women's Volleyball Championship, namely 20 14 World Women's Volleyball Championship, as an example to explain the competition system. Generally speaking, after three stages of group competition, the top four are decided, and finally the champion is decided after two rounds of elimination.

20 14 World Women's Volleyball Championships, ***24 teams participated. The specific competition system is as follows:

The first stage of the group match: 24 teams are divided into four groups: A, B, C and D, with 6 teams in each group. First, the group round robin was held. The top four in each group advanced to the second stage of the semi-finals. The top four teams in four groups *** 16 teams entered the second stage.

The second stage group match: The 16 teams advanced in the first stage are divided into two groups, E and F, among which the top four in Group A and D are in Group E, while the top four in Group B and C are in Group F, and the two groups play a single round robin. Teams that have participated in the first stage of the group stage will no longer participate in the competition, and the results will be directly brought into the second stage. Each team will only compete with opponents who have not played in the first stage, and the results will be ranked together with the results brought by the first stage. The top three in Group E and Group F advanced to the third stage group stage.

Stage III Group Match: Stage III is still divided into Group G and Group H, in which the first place in Group E and the first place in Group F enter Group G and Group H respectively, and the second and third places in Group E and Group F need to draw lots to enter Group G and Group H, and 3 teams in each group will conduct a single round. The top two in the two groups advanced to the semi-finals of this World Championships.

The fourth stage of elimination: In the third stage, the first two teams of G and H have a cross semi-final, and the loser of the semi-final competes for the third place, and the winner of the semi-final enters the championship and runner-up finals.

20 14 Women's Volleyball World Championships, China defeated the Italian team 3-/kloc-0 in the semi-final, and lost to the American team 3-/-3 in the final, and finally won the runner-up.

The following are all the results of the 20 14 Women's Volleyball World Championships and China Women's Volleyball Team: