33 year old Ding Xia has been selected, and the roster for the Chinese women's volleyball Olympic preliminaries has been released
On September 2nd, the official website of the International Volleyball Federation announced the list of participating teams in the Paris Olympic women's volleyball qualifying tournament. In the 23 player roster of the Chinese women's volleyball team, all seven players who previously competed in the World Championships and the World Women's Volleyball League as starting lineups are included. In addition, 33 year old Ding Xia and four new talents born in 2005 have joined the list. The Chinese team will face the Ukrainian team in their first qualifying match for the Paris Olympics.
There are seven fairies on the list, but not Zhu Ting
Fans have always been hoping that Zhu Ting can return to the national team jersey. On August 29th, Zhu Ting revealed that she had recently visited the Chinese women's volleyball team in Ningbo for training, and also reported her recovery situation to head coach Cai Bin. Next, Zhu Ting will go to Spain to start a new round of rehabilitation training. This also means that Zhu Ting will miss the Olympic qualifying rounds and the Asian Games.
With the official website of the International Volleyball Federation announcing the list of qualifying teams for the Paris Olympics women's volleyball, the starting lineup of seven Chinese women's volleyball players is also about to be released. Previously, when the ticket for the Paris Olympic qualification tournament in the Beilun division was issued, the Chinese women's volleyball team had already released an official team poster. The players on the poster include main attacker Li Yingying and Wang Yunlu, secondary attackers Yuan Xinyue and Wang Yuanyuan, receiver Gong Xiangyu, setter Diao Linyu, and free agent Wang Mengjie. This is the main lineup for the Chinese women's volleyball team to participate in the World Championships and the World Women's Volleyball League.
In the previous Olympic cycle, Lang Ping led the Chinese women's volleyball team to start with seven players, mainly including Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yan Ni, Yuan Xinyue, Ding Xia, Gong Xiangyu, and Wang Mengjie. During the Paris Olympic cycle, Cai Bin's new seven man starting lineup has also been fixed. This also indicates that the Chinese women's volleyball team has implemented the playing style of head coach Cai Bin and formed a unified competition strategy.
In order for the Chinese women's volleyball team to make a comeback in the Paris Olympic cycle, in addition to waiting for Zhu Ting's return, they still need to explore and cultivate new strength. From the list of 23 players in this year's Olympic qualification tournament, Cai Bin not only recalled 33 year old Olympic champion Ding Xia, but also recruited four new players from the post-05 generation for the first time to train in the team.
As the main setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team during the Tokyo Olympics, 33 year old Ding Xia was absent from this year's World Women's Volleyball League due to injury issues. Recently, Ding Xia has returned to the training camp of the Chinese women's volleyball team. According to the new list of women's volleyball teams, Ding Xia is expected to become a powerful substitute for Diao Linyu, the main setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In addition, four new talents born in 2005 were selected for the 23 person squad. They are the secondary attacker Zeng Jieya, the main attacker Wang Yifan, Duan Mengke, and Chen Xiyue. Among them, the main attacker Wang Yifan and the secondary attacker Zeng Jieya just participated in the U21 Women's Volleyball World Championships and helped the Chinese team regain the championship. The main attackers Duan Mengke and Chen Xiyue have been following the second team of the Chinese women's volleyball team to compete. The selection of several new talents is a signal that the Chinese women's volleyball team is actively absorbing fresh blood. In the Paris Olympic cycle, the world's top teams are cultivating young players and also making brilliant appearances in the women's volleyball world league. The Chinese women's volleyball team needs to catch up with the footsteps of the world volleyball industry, not only to strive for current achievements, but also to strive for future talent reserves.
The Paris Olympic women's volleyball qualifying tournament will be held from September 16th to 24th at the home stadium of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Ningbo Beilun. The Chinese women's volleyball team is divided into Group A, with opponents in the same group being the Dominican Republic, Serbia, Netherlands, Canada, Czech Republic, Mexico, and Ukraine. Previously, Chinese head coach Cai Bin stated that the Chinese women's volleyball team will strive for the top two and directly win tickets to the Paris Olympics.
The Olympic qualification tournament adopts a single round robin format, and the top two teams in each group will receive admission tickets to the Paris Olympics. Due to the fact that the top two teams in the group stage will directly secure a spot at the Paris Olympics, the competition will be very intense. The Chinese women's volleyball team will play 7 games in 8 days. From the strength of the first few opponents of the Chinese women's volleyball team, it can be seen that the Chinese team has the ability to win against Ukraine, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Canada, the Netherlands, and the Dominican Republic. The biggest suspense for the Chinese women's volleyball team in this competition is whether they can defeat Serbia and win the top spot in the group.
List of Chinese women's volleyball teams:
Main attackers: Wang Yunlu, Zhong Hui, Li Yingying, Duan Fang, Wang Yifan, Duan Mengke, Wu Mengjie, Chen Xiyue, Du Qingqing
Vice attackers: Yuan Xinyue, Yang Hanyu, Gao Yi, Wang Yuanyuan, Zeng Jieya
Correspondents: Gong Xiangyu, Zheng Yixin, Miao Yiwen
Biography 2: Diao Linyu, Xu Xiaoting, Ding Xia
Free agents: Xu Jianan, Ni Feifan, Wang Mengjie
Chinese women's volleyball schedule:
September 16th at 19:30: China vs Ukraine
September 17th at 19:30: China vs Mexico
September 19th at 19:30: China vs Czech Republic
September 20th at 19:30: China vs Canada
September 22nd at 19:30: China vs Netherlands
September 23rd at 19:30: China vs Dominican Republic
September 24th at 19:30: China vs Serbia