The 2021 National Men's Volleyball Championship officially kicked off at the Qinhuangdao National Training Base. Unlike the women's volleyball competition, only 12 teams participated, because of the addition of the Shaanxi men's volleyball team, a total of 13 teams participated in the men's volleyball competition. In the first round, the Beijing men's volleyball team bye, and the rest of the teams played against each other.
In the opening match, the third place zhejiang men's volleyball team of the National Games faced the Liaoning men's volleyball team. In this battle, the Zhejiang team hid a number of main players, sent the main attack Li Chengkang and Wang Bin, the deputy attack Wang Jiayi and Wang Legend, the second pass Chen Leijiao, and received the starting of Liu Haonan and the free man Gong Yujie. In the end, he defeated Liaoning led by Wang Shaobo with a greater advantage. The score was 25-22/25-17/25-20 in three sets. Wu Hao, the son of national team coach Wu Sheng, became the assistant coach of the team and played for his father.
The Jiangsu men's volleyball team also sent a number of young players when facing the promoted Ma Shaanxi men's volleyball team, and finally swept the opponent 3-0, with a score of 25-17/25-20/25-23. In this competition, The Jiangsu men's volleyball team Yu Yaochen, Liu Xiangdong and Yu Yuantai did not register to participate, and Zhang Chen participated in the competition as an assistant coach. It is worth noting that The Jiangsu men's volleyball team substitute Huang Cao did not enter the 18-man list and is suspected of retiring.
The Guangdong men's volleyball team defeated the Yunnan men's volleyball team 3-0, with a score of 25-19/25-17/25-13 in three sets. In the whole game, the strong Guangdong men's volleyball team firmly grasped the initiative on the field, and the Yunnan men's volleyball team was a newly formed team, which was also their second participation in the National Men's Volleyball Championship. Whether it is in height or in competition experience, there is a big gap with the Guangdong men's volleyball team.
The Shandong men's volleyball team swept the Tianjin men's volleyball team in three straight sets, and the three sets were 25-23/25-19/25-13. Many veterans of the Shandong men's volleyball team were absent from this competition, such as Geng Xin and Ji Daoshuai, and the captain was Liu Zhihao. In the face of the Tianjin men's volleyball team led by Yuan Dangyi, Shandong is still a skilled player. In terms of the Tianjin men's volleyball team, there were no more than 18 people, and head coach Jiang Jie did not participate with the team.
The Fujian men's volleyball team swept Henan 3-0 and won the opening of the championship, scoring 25-18/25-20/25-15 in three sets. The Henan men's volleyball team hid Jiang Zhengyang, who was still in the isolator, and the team led by veteran Li Rui went out. The Fujian men's volleyball team is strong and strong, and their famous foreigner Rao Shuhan returned to the team, increasing the overall strength, so the victory over Henan is also reasonable.
The Shanghai men's volleyball team defeated the Sichuan men's volleyball team 3-0, with a score of 25-22/25-18/27-25 in three sets. The Shanghai men's volleyball team was led by the former national player Fang Yingchao, Guo Cheng was the captain of the team, and famous players such as Wu Yizhi, Qu Zongshuai and Xiu Chengcheng all signed up to participate. In the Sichuan men's volleyball team, Du Haixiang, a veteran in the team, failed to participate, with Jiang Zhiyuan as the captain and Chen Xilong and other famous generals playing.