{"id":58726,"date":"2021-04-26T04:13:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T04:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=58726"},"modified":"2021-04-26T04:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T04:13:38","slug":"china-in-quest-for-their-first-vnl-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/china-in-quest-for-their-first-vnl-final\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA: IN QUEST FOR THEIR FIRST VNL FINAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Women&#8217;s team looking to rise above bronze<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite hosting the first two editions of the FIVB Women&#8217;s Volleyball Nations League Finals in Nanjing, China never got a shot at a title, losing in the semifinals to USA both in 2018 and 2019 &#8211; so this time the reigning Olympic champions are out to rectify this when the VNL returns next month at Italy&#8217;s Adriatic resort of Rimini.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58727\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/111.jpg 650w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/111-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/111-600x886.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Will the world&#8217;s number one team finally add VNL gold to their list of achievements? See if superstar Zhu Ting and her teammates can bring China back to the very top of world volleyball when they take to the courts again in May and June.<\/p>\n<p>Watch all China&#8217;s 2018 and 2019 VNL matches on Volleyball TV for free! <a href=\"https:\/\/welcome.volleyballworld.tv\/\">https:\/\/welcome.volleyballworld.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58729\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BB.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BB-300x106.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BB-1024x361.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BB-768x271.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BB-600x212.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women&#8217;s team looking to rise above bronze Despite hosting the first two editions of the FIVB Women&#8217;s Volleyball Nations League Finals in Nanjing, China never got a shot at a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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