Display MoreThe 14-player roster of 2018 Asian Games:
S - Li Run-ming, Zhan Guo-jun
OP - Wang Jing-yi, Li Li-ye
OH - Zhang Chen, Zhong Wei-jun, Yu Yuan-tai, Yuan Dang-yi
MB - Zhang Zhe-jia, Li Rui (Henan), Li Yuan-bo, Peng Shi-kun
L - Ren Qi, Chen Jia-jie
In theory, these 14 players won't participate in 2018 WCH.
Is this a B team or A team ? I'm asking because I see some familiar names here.
btw your U20 team lost to Iraq ?!??!!! how come
Is this a B team or A team ? I'm asking because I see some familiar names here.
btw your U20 team lost to Iraq ?!??!!! how come
It's B team but older than A team.
The style is like Iran B team in 2016 AVC Cup.
Why did U20 lose to Iraq?
These are both excuses:
1. without many much stronger players: Zhang Jing-yin (OH, in senior Team A), Peng Shi-kun (MB, in senior Team B), Wang Dong-chen (MB), Xiu Cheng-cheng (OP) and so on - specially without Xiu Cheng-cheng - Qu Zong-shuai as Bayi's player could arrive in Bahrain. Why couldn't Xiu?
2. China U20 underestimated the opposite team though in 2017, Beijing VC without Jiang Chuan, Zhang Bing-long. and Liu Li-Bin has lost to Iraq's VC.
I am really surprised that China sends its team B to this quadrennial event, the Asian Games, and reserves the team A for WCH. It's unlike it has chance to win a medal in WCH. Now the team B even lost to VIE, I doubt this team is able to get a medal of any color. It may even not play in the last four. It's an unwise decision to sacrifice the Asian Games. Why the men's team did not learn from the women's team to send its strongest to the Asian Games??? Mediocrity has its own dumbness!
I am really surprised that China sends its team B to this quadrennial event, the Asian Games, and reserves the team A for WCH. It's unlike it has chance to win a medal in WCH. Now the team B even lost to VIE, I doubt this team is able to get a medal of any color. It may even not play in the last four. It's an unwise decision to sacrifice the Asian Games. Why the men's team did not learn from the women's team to send its strongest to the Asian Games??? Mediocrity has its own dumbness!
The reason is world ranking for qualifier of OG!
And China and Japan don't both "like" Iran's "style", who participates in not only Asian Games and WCH.
Time conflict:
2018 Asian Games: Aug.18 - Sep.2
2018 men's WCH: Sep.9 - Sep.30
2018 women's WCH: Sep.29 - Oct.20
I have to agree with Tomen. Japan is already qualified as host for the olympics while Iran and Australia are ahead in world rankings which will probably qualify them for the first world olympic qualification tournament(the one rumoured to replace the World Cup) if China makes a fool of themselves in the world championship or Australia miraculously makes it to the final round even if China can have a great run.
The only way they can realistically make the WOQT is for an asian+oceania nation to host it and I don't think Iran and Australia will have the privileges for different reasons. Maybe China might bid for it but I can see either USA(current world cup champions) or one of Europe taking the hosting rights.
Team B got the ninth place in Asian Games 2018.
Shen Qiong is still lacking in the experience.
Without foreigners, older but not better local players and young players without a better circumstance of earning money through volleyball "finished" these matches like the weakest Chinese men's NT in the history.
There is little time left for Chinese men's volleyball team to become a stronger team. - translated by computer
I did not even bother to watch a single match of this trashy, miserable Chinese team amidst the hectic fortnight period of this fanfare and greatly entertaining Asian largest multisport gathering, held every four years... at least 11,000 athletes (exclude officials and other members) from around 45 NOC (if my memory is faithful) within the largest continent were competing from 18 August till 02 September 2018.
I do wonder whether the European Continent has such multisport event of this scale.
Vaguely I recall the African and American Continents may possibly have such equivalent competition though much smaller in scale...
The ASIAN GAMES is the largest continental multisport event. I think it's the largest sport event in the world in term of the number of total participants, second only to the Summer Olympics.