Finally ranked in the Volleyball Nations League 2023, the Chinese male volleyball team had to attend the FIVB Challenger Cup in Qatar with the goal of winning the championship and the ticket back to the VNL arena next year.
However, this goal was quickly broken when this team had to receive a shocking defeat at the day of the FIVB Challenger Cup 2023 against the Ukrainian opponent that had just ended a few hours ago.
Encountering European opponents but China is much more appreciated than its opponent. Many people predict will be a gentle victory for boys from Asia.
However, contrary to the expectations and predictions, the male volleyball team competes quite weakly in the first two sets. It is impossible to confirm the strength of the team that is evaluated on the door, China is also overwhelmed by the opponent.
It is not too difficult for Ukraine to get themselves two sets quite easily. At this time, the new Chinese male volleyball team woke up to play more and more to get a win to shorten the score.
Having a psychological advantage, China took the lead in the first half of set 4 but sagged in a puzzling way so that the opponent overcome and won the final victory with a score of 3-1.
Receiving a 1-3 shock defeat in the first match at FIVB Challenger Cup 2023, Zhang Jingyin and his teammates were officially eliminated from this tournament as well as being eliminated from the race to win tickets to play at VNL 2024.
Thus, after many years of participation, the Chinese men's volleyball team officially broke up with VNL arena.
The results of Chinese men's volleyball 3-1 Ukraine (19-25, 22-25, 25-23, 19-25)