On July 11, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team announced the numbers of the 23-player list for the World Cup, of which Wang Shanshan wore No. 11 and Zhang Rui wore No. 10. According to domestic media reports, Wang Shanshan and Zhang Rui will serve as the captain and second captain of the Chinese women's football team and lead the team to the World Cup.
The Chinese women's football team had announced the list of 23-man players before the departure, except for Wang Shuang, the rest of the players flew from Guangzhou to Adelaide, Australia. Wang Shuang also joined the Chinese women's soccer team after ending her journey in the United States Women's Major League Soccer. At present, all 23 international players of the Chinese women's football team have arrived in the team to prepare for the two warm-up matches before the start of the World Cup.
According to the list and numbers released by FIFA, the main goalkeeper position of the Chinese women's football team belongs to Zhu Yu, while Wang Shuang continues to wear his traditional No. 7, Shen Mengyu gets the No. 9 symbolizing the main striker, Zhang Rui wears No. 10, Wang Shanshan wears No. 11, No. 18 is with Tang Jiali, and Zhang Linyan wears No. 19.
After the World Cup number of the Chinese women's football team was confirmed, the captain and vice captain of the team were also officially confirmed, as the team's three dynasty elders, Wang Shanshan and Zhang Rui will serve as the team's captain and second captain. It is worth mentioning that in addition to Wang Shanshan and Zhang Rui, players such as Wang Shuang and Wu Haiyan of the Chinese women's football team are also participating in the World Cup for the third time.
The Chinese women's football team will next play a closed warm-up match against Brazil and Colombia in Australia, in order to prevent the opponents in the same group from spying on the military situation. This will be followed by three matches of the group stage.