Zhu Ting's return is undoubtedly a bombshell to the international volleyball world, not only our Chinese women's volleyball fans who have attracted attention, but also the entire international volleyball world is very concerned about Zhu Ting's return, the reason is very simple, everyone is very clear about Zhu Ting's strength and fame, especially her performance in the Serie A league in the past two seasons, which proves that she is still the same year. At present, Zhu Ting is also the most famous player among the active players of the Chinese volleyball team, and even she is the representative of the Chinese women's volleyball team, so her return will naturally cause a major shock in the international volleyball world.
Zhu Ting's return will have a very important impact on the current World Women's Volleyball League and the Paris Olympic Games finals this summer. Of course, the premise is that the Chinese women's volleyball team can successfully enter the finals of the Paris Olympic Games, and at present, this hope is still very big. The next women's volleyball league is the first arena to start fighting after Zhu Ting's return. Because of Zhu Ting's return, the fans of the Chinese women's volleyball team are undoubtedly full of confidence in the next event, but they still have to pour a basin of cold water on everyone here. So after Zhu Ting's return, it is both a good thing and a bad thing for us, and the challenges and pressures we face are the same as our opportunities.
Just 48 hours before Zhu Ting announced her return, the Dutch team, as the main competitor of the Chinese women's volleyball team and one of the main opponents of the World Women's Volleyball League, also made a very important decision. Buigis opted out of the Dutch national team last year, which also affected their results. In the women's volleyball Olympic qualifying tournament held in Hangzhou, the Dutch team ranked even lower than the Canadian team in the group stage, and did not directly qualify for the Paris Olympics. Therefore, Buigis chose to return at this time, undoubtedly hoping to help the Dutch women's volleyball team qualify for the Olympic Games, while the Chinese women's volleyball team also did not qualify for the finals of the Paris Olympics. So the two teams are not only competing in the Women's Volleyball World League right now, but they are also the main rivals for Olympic qualification.
Of course, for the Chinese women's volleyball team, the road to qualifying for the Paris Olympics will definitely be smoother than that of the Dutch team, and there will hardly even be any challenges. There are five more places left, and after deducting the one place that must be given to African teams, there are four more. There are two ways for the Chinese team to directly enter the Paris Olympics, and the Chinese team has taken the lead in both ways.
The first is that we only need to be the highest-ranked team in Asia. You can go straight to the Olympics. At present, the Chinese team has only one opponent in Asia, that is, the Japanese team, China ranks sixth, Japan ranks eighth, the points gap between the two sides is relatively small, we do have the possibility of being overtaken by Japan, but even if it is overtaken by the Japanese team, there are still three places, among the three teams with the highest ranking, the Chinese team is just in front of the Dutch team, and the advantage is relatively large, so the probability of the Chinese team entering the Olympic Games is relatively high.
The Netherlands, on the other hand, will face the challenge of Canada and Germany. Of the remaining four places for African teams, China and Japan have almost already booked two places, and the Netherlands, Canada and Germany will fight for the last two places, so the return of Bouygis is very necessary. At the same time, after Zhu Ting came back, everyone's confidence and expectations for the Chinese women's volleyball team became higher. It may be that in the past, the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Paris Olympics, as long as they reached the group qualification, and reached the quarterfinals, it was considered to be basically completed, and if they could reach the semifinals, standing on the podium, it would be considered a good performance. After Zhu Ting comes back, everyone will definitely further improve the results of Cai Bin and the Chinese women's volleyball team, which is also the huge pressure that Cai Bin is facing.