From June 18th to 22nd, Beijing time, Group 5 of the second leg of the 2025 World Women's Volleyball League will be held in Hong Kong, China. The Chinese women's volleyball team will face the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Japan and the Olympic champion Italy. The following is the important information you need to know about the new season of the Women's Volleyball World League Hong Kong.
Chinese women's volleyball players celebrate scoring
Stepping into the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic cycle,Zhao YongCoach officially took charge of the Chinese women's volleyball team and led the team to start anew. Focusing on the overall goal of the new preparation cycle, Zhao Yong has recruited a large number of fresh blood, intending to accelerate the process of replacing the old and the new.
In the just-concluded Women's Volleyball World League Beijing Station, the overall performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team, with the "post-00s" as the main force and an average age of less than 22 years old, met expectations, achieving 2 wins and 2 losses, defeating Belgium and France, and unfortunately losing to Turkey and Poland.
Head coach Zhao Yong summed up after the Beijing race: "We have surprises, but we also need to summarize and improve. Overall, the young players have gone through this kind of test of the game and have improved and I think that's the most important thing. At this stage, I think the most important thing for our team, including some young players, is to be tempered and improved in terms of technique and mentality through the tempering of the game. The basic level of the whole team can be reflected in the game, which is the most important thing. ”
The Chinese women's volleyball team is tested by a strong team
In the Beijing match held at the beginning of the month, the Chinese women's volleyball team underwent a major change, and the performance of the new team with young players as the team is worthy of recognition, but there are more things worth summarizing and improving.
After high-intensity training and competitions, the young players of the Chinese women's volleyball team have made progress to varying degrees under the full play of the role of the veteran players. Wang Aoqian, Zhang Zixuan, Tang Xin, Chen Houyu, Zhuang Yushan, Wu Mengjie and other players showed excellent skills, dared to fight on the field, and constantly brought surprises to fans. Overall, they successfully passed the test and got a full range of training during the event. They showed the spirit of unity and hard work to the fullest, fully demonstrating the unique vigor and vigor of the young team, and basically achieved the expected goals.
Through the two defeats against Poland and Turkey, at the technical and tactical level, the Chinese women's volleyball team lacked adaptability in blocking the net, sending and extending hair, and the ability to grasp the key points was not good. At the psychological level, the young girls have little experience in competitions, their mentality fluctuates greatly, and they still need more competition experience.
Judging from the schedule, the Chinese women's volleyball team in Hong Kong was easy and then difficult, and the match against the Japanese women's volleyball team became the highlight. The world rankings of the first two opponents, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, are far from the Chinese team, and the past encounters have won more and lost less, and the Chinese women's volleyball team can win smoothly as long as they play normally.
In Asia, China and Japan have always been direct rivals to each other. Whether it's a battle for honour at the next Asian Games or a fierce competition for a place at the Olympic Games, this competition carries a decisive significance. It is worth mentioning that the Japanese women's volleyball team is in hot form this season, defeating the Netherlands, Serbia, Canada and Dominica 3-0 in the first week with 4 consecutive games, and the strength is strong.
China's final opponent is Italy, the women's volleyball champion at Paris 2024, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world. In recent years, the Italian women's volleyball team has been the bitter master of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and the Chinese women's volleyball team has lost three consecutive games to its opponent in the World League. In this competition, Italy continued the framework of the Olympic championship, and the world-class receiver Egnu will bring a strong impact to the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Regarding the goals and expectations of the Hong Kong station, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team said at a press conference: "Our four opponents in this stop are very strong. We take every opponent very seriously and we do our best to prepare for every game. I look forward to our performance better than Beijing in the competition, and I also look forward to giving more exciting performances in every game and performing better than Beijing. ”
In the Hong Kong competition, the Chinese women's volleyball team continued to fight at home, and the games were arranged in prime time, and the opponents were also from weak to strong. The following is the important information you need to know about the new season of the Women's Volleyball World League Hong Kong.