Immediately after announcing the Cai Bin became the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the list of focused athletes was also announced by this coach and experts shortly thereafter.
This year, the Chinese volleyball federation called to focus up to 71 athletes. This is a record number of women's volleyball villages around the world. From this list, the last names participating in international tournaments will be selected.
Looking at this year's list, in addition to familiar names such as Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Li Yingying, Ding Xia, Yaodi, Yuan Xinyue, Zheng Yixin … there are many young faces first called.
The names can be mentioned such as Che Wenhan, We Mengjie, Cai Yaquian, Xue Yizhi … One thing worth noting is that veteran Libero Lin Li has no name on this list. Ni Feifan – the most promising Libero in China is called Liu Yifei Backup that is expected to be the main name in this cycle of Chinese women's volleyball.
Two top owners Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning, although not playing in the last league, still has the name on the list. However, the world's No. 1 female volleyball player has not surgery can make her miss the tournaments this year.
According to the Chinese Volleyball Federation, the athletes of China National Women's Volleyball team since 2022 will have to overcome the mandatory indicators and tests such as height, physical strength, weight, resilience …
This is to avoid the “home chicken” favor or athletes from the strong clubs of the league. Athletes from the original list will have to compete fiercely to win a position in the final list to participate in international tournaments.
This year, the two most important tournaments of Chinese women's volleyball will be the world championship in the Netherlands and Poland as well as Asiad Hangzhou in their home country. In addition, the Asian Championship Volleyball Championship and the launch of the season is the Volleyball Nations League started in May.