On August 30, 2023, Beijing time, the first day of the Women's Volleyball Asian Championship, the Chinese women's volleyball team in Group D swept the Hong Kong women's volleyball team 3-0 and easily won the opener. Next, the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the Philippines women's volleyball team and the Kazakhstan women's volleyball team in turn, and the first goal was to get the first place in the group.
The 22nd Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Thailand from August 30 to September 6, with 14 teams competing in four groups, starting with a group round-robin tournament, with the top two from each group advancing to the quarterfinals. The semi-finals are also divided into two groups, and the results of the first stage are carried into the quarterfinals, and the top two of the group advance to the semi-finals, followed by the semi-finals and the final to determine the champion.
The Chinese women's volleyball team is in Group D, and the opponents in the same group include Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and the Philippines, although the Chinese women's volleyball team participates in the Asian Championship by the second team, but the opponents in the group stage are weak, and the difficulty of the Chinese women's volleyball team to advance to the quarterfinals is not too great. The Chinese women have ruled out competing for the championship and also to qualify for the 2025 World Championships, as long as they finish in the top three of the Asian Championships, they can lock up their place in the World Championships as soon as possible.
From the registration of each team, the main opponents of the Chinese women's volleyball team are Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the Thai women's volleyball team playing at home basically sent the strongest team, the Korean women's volleyball team is also basically played by the first team of players, the Japanese women's volleyball team is the same as the Chinese women's volleyball team, sent the second team. The 14-member list of the Chinese women's volleyball team includes Zhonghui, Wu Mengjie, Duan Fang, Wang Yizhu, Yang Hanyu, Wang Wenhan, Cao Tingting, Liu Yu, Miao Yiwen, Zhou Pagetong, Xu Xiaoting, Yu Jiarui, Xu Jianan, Wu Xinyu. Among them, Zhonghui, Yang Hanyu, Xu Xiaoting and others all participated in the previous World Women's Volleyball League, and this is the second women's volleyball team with the Universiade winning lineup as the team, but it is a pity that Zhuang Yushan, who won the most valuable player in the World Youth Championship, was not selected.
In the first round against Hong Kong, China, the starting lineup sent by coach Zhao Yong is mainly Wu Mengjie, Zhonghui, deputy Yang Hanyu, Cao Tingting, receiver Zhou Pagetong, second setter Xu Xiaoting, and libero Xu Jianan. In the first game of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team made more mistakes after the opening, and the players were a little unable to let go, but the opponent's strength was too weak, and the Chinese women's volleyball team still won the first game 25-12. In the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team led 16-11 into a technical timeout, the opponent could not keep up with the rhythm of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team served, smashed, blocked the net all-round, and won another game 25-15.
In the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team played an 8-0 start, the game completely lost suspense, Xu Xiaoting, Yang Hanyu, Zhonghui are all Cai Bin's favorite players in the first team, focusing on polishing, and indeed played a central role in the second team, helping the team win the first victory. In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the third game 25-6, and won the Asian Championship with a big score of 3-0!