The new cycle has begun, and all teams are actively preparing for the battle. The young men of the Chinese men's volleyball team are no exception, they have assembled in Beijing to start a training camp for about 1 month. Like the women's volleyball training camp, the purpose of the men's volleyball training camp is also to prepare for the Asian Games, the World Championships and the Olympic Games.
Compared with the women's volleyball team, which has the opportunity to participate in the World League and train for the Asian Games and the World Championships, the men's volleyball team can only parachute in. Because the Volleyball Association gave up the opportunity to participate in the Men's Volleyball World League last year, resulting in the quota being replaced by the Dutch men's volleyball team, the 2022 Men's Volleyball World League also did not have the opportunity to participate. After being unable to participate in the men's volleyball world league, the Chinese team had to face an embarrassing situation with no international competition to play.
Just as the team and fans were worried about it, a piece of good news came. According to South Korean media reports, the Korean Volleyball Association plans to hold the "2022 Korea Cup International Men's Volleyball Tournament" in July this year, held in Busan, and has issued invitations to Mexico, Romania, Egypt, Qatar and China. The main reason why the Korean Volleyball Association will hold this competition is to provide competition opportunities for the men's volleyball team that has not participated in international competitions for a long time.
The Korean men's volleyball team, like the Chinese men's volleyball team, has no chance to participate in the World League, so they also urgently need competitions to train the team and inspect the team members. The invited teams are all teams that did not participate in this year's Men's Volleyball World League and Challenger Cup, and in addition to Romania, which ranked 41st, and South Korea, which ranked 33rd, other teams ranked higher than the Chinese men's volleyball team, with Mexico, Egypt and Qatar ranking 17th, 19th and 20th respectively.
This competition is a very good training and mapping opportunity for the Chinese men's volleyball team. South Korea and Qatar are among the main opponents of the Chinese men's volleyball team at the Asian Games. In the Asian Championship, the Chinese team had a fight with the Qatari team, although it finally defeated the other side, but the game was still very fierce; the new Chinese men's volleyball team and the South Korean men's volleyball team have not met once so far, if you can participate in this competition, you can fully explore the Korean men's volleyball team.
In addition, the Mexican, Egyptian and Qatari men's volleyball teams have all been shortlisted for the 2022 Men's Volleyball World Championships. Although everyone is not in the same group, at least the group stage will not meet, but if you are lucky enough to break into the second stage of the game, it is possible that the two sides will have a direct dialogue. However, if the Chinese men's volleyball team wants to participate in the competition held in South Korea in July, it also needs to see the attitude of the volleyball association. As far as the Volleyball Association is concerned about the initiative to abandon the men's volleyball world league, the Chinese men's volleyball team may have to face more tests if it wants to participate. Hopefully, the volleyball association can cherish this opportunity so that the men's volleyball boys can play a dozen international matches.