At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, various judging activities have been staged. The FIVB announced on its official social platform the 12 best performing men's and women's volleyball players of 2021. At present, in addition to the first place has not yet been announced, 2-12 have been released, which is regrettable that as of now, the Chinese women's volleyball team has not been shortlisted.
According to the ranking order, the 2-12 places are the American women's volleyball free man Orantes Huang, italy received Egnu, Serbia received Boskovic, Brazil's deputy attack Caroline, the United States main attack Larsson, Brazil's main attack Gabi, Russia's main attack Fedorovtseva, the United States second pass Port, Brazil's second pass Makris, Turkey's deputy attack Ida and Sweden received Haqq.
Among these 11 people, the Tokyo Olympic champion U.S. women's volleyball team occupies 3 seats, the runner-up winner Brazil also has 3 people selected, and Serbia, Italy, Turkey and Russia all have 1 finalist. Although Haq did not participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games, her performance in the Champions League and the Turkish Super League was quite eye-catching, and it was reasonable to rank twelfth. So, why hasn't a Chinese women's volleyball player been shortlisted so far?
The author believes that the lack of participation and poor results are the main reasons. The FIVB selects the best of 2021, which means that the results of 2021 are used as a benchmark, not the results of previous years. Although the Chinese women's volleyball team won the World Cup gold medal, these did not happen in 2021. In the two major competitions in 2021, the results of the Chinese women's volleyball team were not ideal, the top four of the World League did not enter, and the top eight of the Olympic Games did not enter.
In addition, in addition to participating in these two international competitions, the members of the Chinese women's volleyball team only participated in one invitational tournament and did not compete in the Champions League like other European and American players. Moreover, the first stage of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the World League used substitute players, and the second stage was the main force to play; the same is true for the Olympic Games. After Zhu Ting and Yan Ni were injured, in the case of determining that they could not qualify, the team used a substitute lineup in the last two games, which also caused the players to have less playing time.
Although Zhu Ting, Yuan Xinyue and Gong Xiangyu often appear on the posters of the FIVB, and even some fans jokingly call them the girlfriends of the FIVB, in the face of poor results and little playing time, it is difficult for the FIVB to list Chinese players in the best of the year. So who will win the first place in the FIVB's Best of the Year? Many fans speculate that it is Kim Soft-gyeong, the first sister of the South Korean women's volleyball team.
Kim Soft-kyung single-handedly brought the Korean women's volleyball team to the final four again at the Olympic Games, and also set a record of 30+ points in 4 Olympic games. It should be known that the lineup of the South Korean women's volleyball team at the Tokyo Olympic Games is not strong, the main second pass Li Duoying and the main attack Li Zaiying are not eligible for the Olympic Games due to the ban, so they can use the residual team to break into the top four, showing the strength of Jin Softjing. In addition, Jin Softjing also has a good performance in the European arena, so being elected as the first should not attract too much criticism.