The Chinese women's volleyball team, under the leadership of Cai Bin, started the 2024 FIVB schedule. Zhang Changning has recovered and helped Zhu Ting to return after adjustment, and the team will appear in Rio, Macau and Hong Kong of the World League from May 15 to compete for a ticket to the Paris Olympics. The first stop in Rio de Janeiro, the matchup between the Chinese team and Canada was crucial.
At the airport to the game, the women's volleyball team unexpectedly met Hong Kong actor Cai Shaofen and enjoyed the fun of chasing stars. Zhang Changning smiled brightly, and Wang Mengjie and Wang Yizhu posed scissor hands.
The list of the top 12 women's volleyball teams at the Paris Olympics has been announced in advance, including Dominica, Serbia, Turkey, Brazil, the United States and Poland, as well as the host country, France. The remaining five spots will be decided based on the final world rankings of the 2024 World League, with priority given to the highest ranked teams in Asia and other high-ranked teams that have not made the cut.
The Chinese women's volleyball team is currently ranked sixth in the world with a score of 329.65, behind Turkey, the United States, Brazil, Serbia and Italy. In order to qualify for the Olympics, it will need to compete with teams such as Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany and Thailand, with Japan leading by 24.56 points.
Zhu Ting joined the Italian club Scandicci in the 2023-2024 season and finished runner-up in the Italian Super League final, and is about to return to Zhengzhou for a short rest before returning to Beijing on the 15th to prepare for the game. Zhang Changning, as a student of Lang Ping, also returned to the national team under the guidance of Cai Bin, and strengthened the training of the main squad with Li Yingying.
According to the schedule, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against South Korea, the United States, Canada and Serbia in the first week of the World League Rio. After losing 3-2 to Canada in last year's Olympic qualifiers, this time we must win the opening week. At the airport in Rio de Janeiro, the women's volleyball players met TVB's Cai Shaofen by chance, Zhang Changning smiled, and Li Yingying politely declined the request to take off her mask and take a group photo.