在第三阶段的比赛开打前，郎平也表示荷、塞两队都不好对付 ： “ 大阪的比赛将非常艰难，我们还是要一如既往，认真准备 。 ”
Before the matches at the third stage started, Lang Ping noted that neither the Dutch team nor the Serbian team was easy to handle, “The matches in Osaka will be very tough, so we should still prepare properly as usual. ”