{"id":59365,"date":"2021-05-23T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=59365"},"modified":"2021-05-23T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T10:31:00","slug":"china-womens-volleyball-team-depart-for-vnl-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/china-womens-volleyball-team-depart-for-vnl-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA WOMEN\u2019S VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEPART FOR VNL IN ITALY"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Credit: xinhuanet.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beijing, China, May 23, 2021- China national women&#8217;s volleyball team departed Shanghai on Friday for the upcoming Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2021 in Rimini, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Led by iconic head coach Lang Ping, the Chinese delegation featured 22 members including 13 players, but superstar Zhu Ting and Yuan Xinyue did not join the team.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 16 teams including Rio Games champions China, defending and consecutive two-times champions the USA, former successive two-time Olympic winners Brazil, Italy, Russia, Netherlands and reigning and consecutive two-time Asian champions Japan, will compete in the women&#8217;s competition, which takes place from May 25 to June 25.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s atypical this year that I have to pay close attention to players&#8217; training and competitions,&#8221; said Lang. &#8220;We will be in a &#8216;bubble&#8217; for five weeks and I&#8217;m well-prepared for that, both training and competition, and living.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the 2021 VNL is being held in a secure bubble, the surging COVID-19 situation has still raised grave concerns. After withdrawing from the competition earlier this month due to more than 20 positive COVID-19 cases in their team, Thailand had been allowed to make changes to their roster, and the revised team left for Italy as all members tested negative.<\/p>\n<p>According to the competition schedule, China is due to face Korea, Japan and Thailand in the all-Asians first-week battle. China will take on Korea on May 25 to next challenge Japan the following day and Thailand on May 27.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China\u2019s full roster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Setters:<\/strong> Diao Linyu, Yao Di<\/p>\n<p><strong>Middle blockers:<\/strong> Yang Hanyu, Gao Yi, Wang Yuanyuan, Zheng Yixin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wing spikers:<\/strong> Li Yao, Zhang Changning, Liu Xiaotong, Liu Yanhan, Duan Fang<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liberos:<\/strong> Lin Li, Wang Mengjie<\/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>Credit: xinhuanet.com Beijing, China, May 23, 2021- China national women&#8217;s volleyball team departed Shanghai on Friday for the upcoming Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2021 in Rimini, Italy. 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