Beijing time on February 10, 2023, the FIVB released the competition schedule of the 2023 National Women's Volleyball League, the first international official match of the Chinese women's volleyball team this year is against the Brazilian women's volleyball team at 17 o'clock on May 31, following the women's volleyball world championship, Cai Bin once again led the team to face the world champion Brazil. In addition, the Chinese women's volleyball team will also play against the Japanese women's volleyball team in the first week and the Italian women's volleyball team in the second week, when Zhu Ting is expected to return to the national team.
The Chinese women's volleyball team started the journey of the new season in Beilun, Ningbo, and after a short period of training, it entered military training, and the whole team was in high spirits. Cai Bin has long made clear her goals, and the Chinese women's volleyball team will participate in three major competitions in 2023, namely the National Women's Volleyball League, the Asian Games volleyball competition, and the Paris Olympic Women's Volleyball Qualification Tournament. Obviously, the National Women's Volleyball League is a good opportunity to warm up and determine the squad, of course, but also to strive for good results, the other two competitions are the top priority, the Asian Games to win the championship, but also to strive to qualify for the Olympic Games as soon as possible.
It can be said that the Chinese women's volleyball team faces great challenges in 2023, but Cai Bin and the players are very confident, and there is enough time for Cai Bin to inspect the newcomers and build the main lineup. According to the information released by the FIVB, the Chinese women's volleyball team will start the official competition of the new season from Japan, the first week of the World Women's Volleyball League is Nagoya, Japan, and the debut of the Chinese women's volleyball team is at 17 o'clock Beijing time on May 31, 2023, and the opponent is the Brazilian women's volleyball team.
The Chinese women's volleyball team and the Brazilian women's volleyball team are old rivals, the Chinese women's volleyball team changed coaches in the Paris Olympic cycle, Cai Bin replaced Lang Ping whose contract expired, Brazil is still led by Guimarães, both teams are facing the replacement of new and old, the previous World Championships have used young players, still have good competitiveness. In the World Championships, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 1-3 to Brazil, and I believe that some progress will be made against Brazil next time.
In addition to playing against Brazil, the Chinese women's volleyball team will also play against Germany, the Netherlands and Japan in Nagoya, Japan. In the second week, the venue of the Chinese women's volleyball team was Hong Kong, and the four opponents were Canada, Bulgaria, Poland and Italy. The third week is Suwon, South Korea, and the exact schedule has not yet been announced.
The Chinese women's volleyball team also has two suspense that attract particular attention, the first is which new talents Cai Bin will use, and the second is when Zhu Ting will return to the national team. In this training list, Cai Bin promoted some of the middle-generation players and new-generation players, and these players will be comprehensively examined in the next few months, just like Wang Yunbi and Jin Ye at the beginning, they have to undergo many tests to stay in the national team. As for when Zhu Ting will return, although there is no clear schedule, the European League has also entered the second half of the stage, and when the league ends, Zhu Ting has hope to return.
In the long run, the Chinese women's volleyball team still needs Zhu Ting in several major competitions, and the most suitable time should be to run in with the whole team in the national women's volleyball league. If nothing else, Zhu Ting is expected to return before the opening of the National Women's Volleyball League, so let's look forward to this day coming soon!