The Chinese men's volleyball team is currently conducting training in Beijing. For the men's volleyball boys, the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and the 2022 World Championships are the two most important events of the year. Compared with the stability of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the 2022 Men's Volleyball World Championships can be described as experiencing ups and downs.
First, the FIVB stressed that it would not cancel Russia's hosting rights, but only a day later, the FIVB not only cancelled Russia's participation rights, but even the right to host the Men's Volleyball World Championship was also cancelled. With the cancellation of the World Championships, in order to successfully find a new host country, the FIVB had no choice but to fine-tune the format.
The adjusted format is that the first stage still divides 24 teams into 6 groups, each group of 4 teams, the top two in each group and the best four third places in the second stage of the round of 16, from the round of 16 onwards, all of them adopt a single-elimination format, and up to two hosts can host the quarter-finals and the quarter-finals. In addition, fivest also stipulates that the semi-finals and finals are held in the same host country.
If you follow the previous format, after the round of 16, there will still be a group of groups and a round robin tournament within the group. The change in the format has also made the men's volleyball world championship more exciting, and the chances of each team to tolerate mistakes will become smaller, and the probability of upset will become greater. Previously, there were media reports that Poland, Italy and France intended to jointly host the Men's Volleyball World Championship. I wonder if the last three countries can reach an agreement on joint hosting?
The adjustment of the format is good news for the Chinese men's volleyball team, which increases the probability of their upset promotion. According to the previous grouping, the Chinese men's volleyball team has opponents in Italy, Canada and Turkey. It is still quite difficult for the Chinese men's volleyball team to break into the round of 16, and the Italian men's volleyball team and the Canadian men's volleyball team are both strong teams in the traditional sense. However, compared with the losing streak of the Italian men's volleyball team, the Chinese men's volleyball team has played 5 rounds with Canada in the Tokyo Olympic Qualification Tournament, and the fifth set has reached 15-17. Therefore, if the team can show its full strength, it is not impossible to defeat the opponent.
The Turkish men's volleyball team should be the most important opponent for the Chinese men's volleyball team to qualify from the group. The two teams do not play each other much, and both have won and lost each other, the most recent of which dates back to 17 years. Now the Turkey and Chinese men's volleyball teams have fully used young players, so the World Championship can be described as an encounter. After entering the round of 16, because it is a single-game elimination, as long as you fight hard, it is possible to advance to the top 8. Under the leadership of the new coach Wu Sheng, the new Chinese men's volleyball team broke out with strong ability and broke into the World Championships with its own efforts. Although the change of venue and format of the World Championships has affected the overall preparation of the team, we can still look forward to this Chinese men's volleyball team.
After the training, Jiang Chuan shared the results of their training on the social platform. He wrote: "The preparation for the new year has begun, and we will always be down-to-earth in training and do our best when we play. At the same time, we are also very grateful for everyone's concern, support and help for our men's volleyball team, and we will certainly live up to expectations in the future! "I hope that the Chinese men's volleyball team can achieve good results in the new year."