Zhu Ting leads the 25-man roster, the Chinese women's volleyball team gets a good draw, the Paris Olympics women's volleyball group draw is released
On the evening of June 19th, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the women's volleyball group of the Paris Olympics was held in Bangkok, Thailand. According to the results of the group draw, the Chinese women's volleyball team was placed in Group A with the French, Serbian and American women's volleyball teams.
There are 12 teams participating in the women's volleyball event at the Paris Olympics, divided into three groups of four teams each. As the host, France automatically occupies the No. 1 spot in Group A, and the No. 1 spot in Group B and the No. 1 spot in Group C belong to the top two teams in the world, Brazil and Italy. The remaining nine teams are divided into three tiers according to the world rankings. The Chinese women's volleyball team is currently ranked sixth in the world and is in the third tier. The principle of different groups for teams in the same tier is followed when drawing lots.
Group B: Brazilian women's volleyball team, Polish women's volleyball team, Japanese women's volleyball team, and Kenyan women's volleyball team.
Group C: Italian women's volleyball team, Turkish women's volleyball team, Dutch women's volleyball team, Dominican women's volleyball team.
According to the draw results, the Chinese women's volleyball team has a very good draw. The opponents in the same group, the United States, Serbia, and France, are currently ranked fifth, ninth, and nineteenth in the world, respectively. It is not difficult for the Chinese women's volleyball team to qualify from the group. Except for the Dominican Republic, the other three teams in Group C are all ranked in the top ten in the world, which can be called the "group of death."
According to the Olympic women's volleyball competition system, a group round-robin tournament will be held first, and the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams will advance to the quarterfinals.
The Paris Olympics will be the 11th consecutive appearance by the Chinese women's volleyball team, which has won three gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals since its Olympic debut in 1984.
On the same day, the FIVB announced the 25-man squad for the Paris Olympics, with Zhu Ting leading the Chinese women's volleyball team, and Li Yingying and other main players all on the list. The final number of players on the Olympic roster is 121.
Main attackers: Zhu Ting, Li Yingying, Zhang Changning, Wang Yunhui, Wu Mengjie, Zhuang Yushan, Zhong Hui, Wang Yizhu
Reception: Gong Xiangyu, Zheng Yixin, Zhou Yetong, Sun Jie
Off-spinners: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gao Yi, Yang Hanyu, Zeng Jieya, Wan Ziyue
Setters: Diao Linyu, Xu Xiaoting, Ding Xia, Xie Shengyu
Free agents: Wang Mengjie, Ni Feifan, Xu Jianan