MATCH INFO

China coach - Zhou Jianan:

"I'm happy with the performance of our players. Our pyschological and technical performance was much better than in our loss to Serbia yesterday. The team recovered well from that."

"We were mentally strong today. I believe this victory will be an asset for our players going far into the future."

Japan coach - Tatsuya Ueta:

"We could not get our fast break attack going. Tatsuya Fukuzawa did not play well today. Our combination passed did not function and this affected his play."

"Daisuke Usami is at the hospital for an eye examination after getting injured in the pre-match warmup."

China captain - Cui Jianjun:

"We are really happy to win. We were psyched up and were able to deploy our style of volleyball."

"We will review any weak points from tonight and try to improved on them for the next game.

China player - Li Runming:

"I'm happy about tonight's victory. Our serves, blocks and receptions were the key. Our flow was good."

"We were depressed after yesterday's loss to Serbia. We are looking forward to the next game.

Japan player - Shigeru Kondoh:

"I substituted for Daisuke Usami. I was ready and my spirits were high. My start was unstable, however, and this impacted the team. I regret this."

"I will try to focus on the next match."

Japan player - Kunihiro Shimizu:

"Our serves and double toss did not work well. We could not stop No. 4 (Zhang Chen). We could not use our fast attack."

"We must review our weak points and rebuild for the next match."