The final of the 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship has just ended in Korat, Thailand, facing the Thai women's volleyball team, which is the main player, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 2-3 to the host and missed the championship. The scores of the five sets were: 21-25, 27-25, 19-25, 25-20, 14-16. The Chinese team was deducted 6 points and fell to 6th in the world!
Hong Kong women's volleyball team, won the 11th place.
The last time the Chinese women's volleyball team won the Asian Championship was in 2015. That year's Women's Volleyball Asian Championship was held in Tianjin, and the players of the Chinese team included Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Hui Ruoqi, deputy Yan Ni, Yuan Xinyue, Yang Junqi, Yang Fangxu, Zeng Chunlei, second setter Ding Xia, Shen Jingsi, libero Lin Li and Shan Danna.
So far, the Chinese team has won a total of 13 championships, 4 runners-up and 1 third place. In addition, the Japanese women's volleyball team and the Thai women's volleyball team have won 5 and 2 championships respectively.
List of achievements of the Chinese women's volleyball Asian Championships:
- 1975 — Third place
- 1979 — Champion
- 1983 — Runner-up
- 1987 — Champion
- 1989 — Champion
- 1991 — Champion
- 1993 — Champion
- 1995 — Champion
- 1997 — Champion
- 1999 — Champion
- 2001 — Champion
- 2003 — Champion
- 2005 — Champion
- 2007 — Runner-up
- 2009 — Runner-up
- 2011 — Champion
- 2013 — 4th place
- 2015 — Champion
- 2017 — 4th place
- 2019 — 4th place
- 2023 — Runner-up
In addition, the Japanese women's volleyball team narrowly defeated the Vietnamese women's volleyball team 3-2 (21-25, 25-14, 25-22, 20-25, 15-11) and won the third place. The Vietnamese women's volleyball team won the 4th place in history. The South Korean women's volleyball team lost 0-3 to Kazakhstan and finished 6th, creating the worst result since the establishment of the Asian Championship in 1975.
China, Thailand and Japan have all qualified for the 2025 Women's Volleyball World Championship.
China today continued the starting line-up of the semi-finals: Wu Mengjie and Zhonghui, Yang Hanyu and Cao Yu, followed by Zhou Pagetong, setter Xu Xiaoting and libero Xu Jianan.
Game 1: 21-25
Thailand opened 2-0, China tied the score 2-2 with Zhou Pagetong's heavy dunk in the No. 2 position and Zhonghui's strong attack, and then, Zhonghui once smashed out of bounds and a hanging ball was blocked, Thailand served straight, 5-8 into the first technical timeout. Timeout back, the Thai team continued to chase Wu Mengjie, the Chinese team's serve was not threatening, the Thai team passed in place 2, 3, 4 and the back attack frequently scored, continued to lead, the Chinese team blocked the net can not keep up with the rhythm, 8-12, Zhao Yong called a stop. In the middle game, the Chinese team's attack remained unchanged, and the No. 3 position was not worthy, and it could only chase points through the heavy dunks of Wu Mengjie and Zhou Pagetong, and the Chinese team trailed by 2 points at 11-16 and entered the second timeout.
The Chinese team fell behind by a big score, 2 for 3, Yu Jiarui and Miao Yiwen came on, Wang Yizhu also replaced Zhonghui who could not score, 11-18, Zhao Yong called a timeout again. Subsequently, Wang Yizhu chased Cha Chuang to cause the opponent's jam, Miao Yiwen strong attack + Thai team hanging ball but + Liu Yu blocked, chased 3 points in a row, 14-18 to stop Thailand. Subsequently, Wang Yizhu's probe was too pity to go out of bounds, and was immediately replaced, Yang Hanyu scored fastball + Zhou Pagetong No. 2 bomber, 20-22 only 2 points away Thailand timed out again. At the end of the game, Thailand served and pressed the line, and the Chinese team lost a game 21-25.
Game 2: Save 5 points to win 27-25
In the opening stage, the scores of the two teams alternately rose, but unfortunately, Liu Yu missed a grab + probe, and the score was pulled away 3-5, 6-8, the first timeout. Subsequently, the Chinese team and the Thai team played a wave of extreme defense, because the game was too tense, the Thai team even took the ball that was obviously out of bounds, but unfortunately, Zhonghui did not score points or block the net, 7-10 Zhao Yong called a stop. Subsequently, Zhonghui fell into the dilemma of not daring to make a move, and the push attack was also directly sent to the opponent's hands, coupled with the Chinese team's defense and tandem low-energy "hand flying", 11-16, the Chinese team lagged behind the second technical timeout.
The timeout came back, the Chinese team's blocking net was useless, and the Thai team's attack was how to play. The score continued to be pulled apart, Miao Yiwen and Duan Fang appeared in turn, and Zhonghui, who played badly, was replaced. However, with the support of the home crowd, the crazy Thai team is still full of firepower. At the end of the game, Duan Fang's attack on the field was very clear, Xu Xiaoting's 2 blocks were very morale-boosting, and then Wu Mengjie attacked + probed, saved 5 game points and staged a magical 5-game combo, the Chinese team overtook 25-24, Miao Yiwen won the No. 2 position, and tenaciously bit the victory of the second game.
Miao Yiwen's play, although not as powerful as Zhou Pagetong's smash, but she liberated Wu Mengjie to stabilize a pass, and performed well at both ends of the defense and tandem, helping the Chinese team stabilize the attack. I have to say that this time the substitution, Zhao Yong is very brave!
Third Game: Defeated by Thailand 19-25 at the end of the game
The Chinese team started with a change of formation, Duan Fang replaced Zhonghui who had an unstable pass and a weak smash, Miao Yiwen continued to stay on the field, and the second pass was also played by Yu Jiarui. The second game was reversed, and the morale of the Thai team was seriously damaged, and the Chinese team Liu Yu and Duan Fang scored consecutive blocks to score 8-4, leading in a technical timeout for the first time. Timeout back, the blocking power of the Chinese women's volleyball team is not reduced, 10-15 continues to expand the point difference, but unfortunately, Xu Jianan and Miao Yiwen grab the position, the offensive end is suddenly muted, the blocking net is also said to be gone, the Thai team has strengthened the aggressiveness of the serve and played speed and momentum again, 11-12, the Thai team overtook it, and the Thai team served out of bounds + smashed the ball to send 2 points in a row, 16-15, China led into the second technical timeout. After a timeout, Wu Mengjie continued to score no points, Xu Xiaoting returned to the field, and the Thai team successfully challenged four times in a row, not only overtaking the score, but finally 19-25 China lost another game.
In the first game, the Chinese team scored only 7 points on offense, and the Thai team scored 21 points!
Game 4: 25-20
Zhonghui started again, and Miao Yiwen was also on the field. The competition between the two sides was fierce, the Chinese team blocked the net, Wu Mengjie attacked, 8-6, the first technical timeout. Timeout came back, Wu Mengjie attacked strongly, Yang Hanyu probed, and the Chinese team took a second technical timeout 16-12. Subsequently, Miao Yiwen's attack was blocked Zhou Pagetong came on again, Zhonghui No. 4 fired + Liu Yu No. 3 soft ball, and the Thai team chased the score to 19-17. At the end of the game, the Chinese team only had Wu Mengjie's attack, but fortunately it worked frequently, 25-20, and the two sides entered a tiebreaker.
Tiebreaker:
In the opening stage, Zhonghui's diagonal line played crazy + Liu Yu was good to block, and the Chinese team stopped Thailand 6-4. Coming back from a timeout, Zhonghui smashed but the net + Thailand team re-dunked to tie the score 6-6. At the 10-8 lead, Wu Mengjie was chased again, and the Thai team hit a probe, 10-10. At the end of the game, the game was very glued, the score alternately rose, Yang Hanyu blocked the net and scored 12-11, and Thailand missed 13-12 on serve. The Chinese team changed 2 points to 3 points, Wu Mengjie conceded the ball, and the Thai team served to score 13-14, and the opponent's match point, the Chinese team asked for a timeout. After a timeout, Wu Mengjie once again rushed to the net, Yu Jiarui desperately jumped to pass Zhonghui to score, 14-14. In the final moments, Wu Mengjie smashed the net, 14-16. Lose.
Remember the names of the Chinese women's volleyball players:
- Main attack: Zhonghui, Wu Mengjie, Duan Fang, Wang Yizhu
- Secondary attack: Yang Hanyu, Wang Wenhan, Cao Tingting, Liu Yu
- Received: Miao Yiwen, Zhou Pagetong
- Second setter: Xu Xiaoting, Yu Jiarui
- Free people: Xu Jianan, Wu Xinyu
- Head coach: Zhao Yong
Next, it's time to see how the Olympians play! Come on!
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