2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

  • Japan's roster for Week 1.
    Wing Spikers: Kimura, Ishii, Nagaoka, Koga, Nabeya, Uchiseto and Ebata
    Middle Blockers: Araki, Yamaguchi and Otake
    Setters: Miyashita and Tashiro
    Liberos: Sato(Arisa) and Maruyama


    No Sakoda, Shimamura and Zayasu


    *EDIT* Saori Kimura will not play too, and she'll be replaced by Zayasu.


  • Rotation error. People who watched this game contirmed that. Puerto Rico made a mistake.

    It was stricly about libero who should change with MB but was still on court ;) According to Polish commentators.

  • The Chinese players who participated in Montreux 2016 will have a rest. Only Liu Xiao-tong will play for Week 1.


    The roster of Chinese NT in Week 1:
    S - Shen Jing-si, Ding Xia
    OP - Zeng Chun-lei (also OH), Yang Fang-xu (also OH), Gong Xiang-yu (also S)
    OH - Zhu Ting (also OP), Zhang Chang-ning (also OP), Liu Yan-han (also OP), Liu Xiao-tong (also OP)
    MB - Yuan Xin-yue, Yan Ni, Xu Yun-li
    L - Lin Li, Chen Zhan


    EDIT: Gong Xiang-yu will also play for Week 1.

    My favourite roster of Chinese (in 2022)
    male NT:
    S - Yu Yao-chen, Chen Lei-yang
    OP - Jiang Chuan, Dai Qing-yao
    OH - Zhang Jing-yin, Yu Yuan-tai, Liu Li-bin, Fu Hou-wen
    MB - Zhang Zhe-jia, Peng Shi-kun, Li Yong-zhen, Jiang Zhen-yang
    L - Yang Yi-ming, Yang Tian-yuan


    female NT:
    S - Yao Di, Diao Lin-yu
    OP - Gong Xiang-yu, Sun Xiao-xuan
    OH - Li Ying-ying, Wang Yi-fan, Wu Meng-jie, Zhuang Yu-shan
    MB - Yuan Xin-yue, Wang Yuan-yuan, Zheng Yi-xin, Liu Yu
    L - Ni Fei-fan, Xu Jia-nan

    Edited once, last by tomen ().

  • Marichev has 15 players for the 1st weekend, one has yet to be cut. Voronkova is out, so only 3 OHs including Kosheleva who was supposed to still rest ?(



    Setter
    Marina Babeshina (Uralochka-NTMK)
    Ekaterina Kosyanenko (Dinamo Moscow)
    Evgeniya Startseva (Dinamo Kazan)


    Opposite hitter
    Natalia Goncharova (Dinamo Moscow)
    Daria Malygina (Zarechie-Odintsovo)
    Natalia Malykh (Dinamo Krasnodar)


    Middle Blocker
    Irina Zaryazhko (Uralochka-NTMK)
    Ekaterina Lyubushkina (Dinamo Moscow)
    Anastasia Samoilenko (Dinamo Krasnodar)
    Irina Fetisova (Dinamo Moscow)


    Outside hitter
    Ksenia Ilchenko (Uralochka-NTMK)
    Tatiana Kosheleva (Dinamo Krasnodar)
    Yana Shcherban (Dinamo Moscow)


    Libero
    Elena Ezhova (Dinamo Krasnodar)
    Anna Malova (Dinamo Moscow)

  • Kosheleva may not play at all in the first leg in Kaliningrad but IMO Marichev will still include her. My bet is on Samoilenko if she's not ready to play (again) or Malygina will be cut from the final roster. Re the lack of OHs, maybe we can see Goncharova again playing as OH?

  • USA roster for Week 1


    S: Alisha Glass, Carli Lloyd, Courtney Thompson
    OP: Karsta Lowe, Kelly Murphy
    OH: Kim Hill, Jordan Larson, Kelsey Robinson
    MD: Rachael Adams, Foluke Akinradewo, Alexis Crimes, Christa Dietzen
    L: Kayla Banwarth, Natalie Hagglund


  • I'm very pleased to learn that Gong Xiang-yu will play in WGP as of the 1st leg; very eager to watch her performance in this much tougher tournament (cf. Montreux). If she really shines in WGP, she can eventually be one of the CHN NT in Rio despite her young age (19 yo) and relatively lack of int'l experiences at the senior NT level.


    “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”

  • First match of the 1st group just started.


    Italy is playing with all of the young girls
    Malinov/Egonu
    Guerra/Sylla
    Danesi/Chirichella

  • Brazil:
    Dani Lins/Sheilla
    Fe Garay/Natália
    Fabiana/Juciely

  • No Jaqueline. :white:

    She's recovering from an injury and is on the stands.
    She did not play the friendly matches against DR.