Chinese Female Superleague 2023/2024 (with 2023 Chinese National Championship and Winner National Championship)

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I am happily surprised that Shanghai won the first game of the finals.

Hope they keep this up. So fun to watch with Xu's distribution.

Xu XT can improved further if her back setting to position 2 can improve. OP Wang Yindi seldom gets a good delivery, being either inaccurate, too close to the net or not high enough.

Samantha Bricio returned to help her team. But it seems she hasn’t fully recovered so she was replaced by Ou Yang Xixi, who is not quite as good. Luckily, after a short rest Bricio was able to continue.

Tianjin was affected by poor reception and passing. Li YY wasn’t playing well, especially in sets 1 & 2, which didn’t help. Vargas was dressed to play, but didn’t.

The outstanding player in this leg was Zhong Hui who was top scorer for Shanghai

NT coach Cai Bin came to watch Shanghai vs. Tianjin. I doubt if he learned anything from it. I think he’s better off watching Jiangsu vs. Beijing, where his precious Wang

YL was doing so badly, she was replaced by Jin Ye in set 1 (3-9). Perhaps he will replace Wang YL in the NT. But then again, he may not. He often looks at things but don’t see anything

Zhang CN joined the game end of set 2 and impressed with several strong attacks. It seems she hasn’t lost her touch one bit, which is great.

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Xu XT can improved further if her back setting to position 2 can improve. OP Wang Yindi seldom gets a good delivery, being either inaccurate, too close to the net or not high enough.

Samantha Bricio returned to help her team. But it seems she hasn’t fully recovered so she was replaced by Ou Yang Xixi, who is not quite as good. Luckily, after a short rest Bricio was able to continue.

Tianjin was affected by poor reception and passing. Li YY wasn’t playing well, especially in sets 1 & 2, which didn’t help. Vargas was dressed to play, but didn’t.

The outstanding player in this leg was Zhong Hui who was top scorer for Shanghai

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You are right, I like she runs a varied offense but there is room for improvement in consistency of location of the ball.

Seems Zhong Hui benefited from the break before final. Her fearless hitting and trademark down the line shot was on.

Addition of Eri Xue to Shanghai was great move, with Gao Yi they can match the NT MB duo on other side of the net.

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You are right, I like she runs a varied offense but there is room for improvement in consistency of location of the ball.

Seems Zhong Hui benefited from the break before final. Her fearless hitting and trademark down the line shot was on.

Addition of Eri Xue to Shanghai was great move, with Gao Yi they can match the NT MB duo on other side of the net.

Agreed, Eri and Gao Yi are both tall and quick. With her outstanding performance this season Eri deserved to be in the All Star selection too, I feel.

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Gold Medal Final... Leg 2, Shanghai won in Leg 1

Shanghai vs Tianjin

Bronze Medal ... Leg 2, Jiangsu won in Leg 1

Beijing vs Jiangsu

5th Place... Leg 2, Fujian won in in Leg 1

Fujian vs Shandong

I've watched the 3rd set of Tianjin - Shanghai, those crazy LYY angles

Did Vargas play? How serious was her injury? She has been given time to heal her injury/ injuries which is good and proper. How come the Chinese / local players have not / were not afforded this kind of treatment (ample time to heal and rest and proper care/ recovery)? The Chinese players especially those NT players should be given this kind of proper care.

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Did Vargas play? How serious was her injury? She has been given time to heal her injury/ injuries which is good and proper. How come the Chinese / local players have not / were not afforded this kind of treatment (ample time to heal and rest and proper care/ recovery)? The Chinese players especially those NT players should be given this kind of proper care.

The NT's coaches and officials have been a major disappointment in their treatment of their players and other aspects. The CVA needs a complete overhaul

Edit: Vargas didn't play...

Hopefully Shanghai can at least win a set next match. lol

Highlight of the playoffs is watching Zhang Changning play again!

Also have to give some credit to Diao Linyu, she was setting and serving noticeably well. Seems those quick sets working better with the shorter MB's than with YXY who she kept setting too low all summer.

Wu Mengjie is great.

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Hopefully Shanghai can at least win a set next match. lol

Highlight of the playoffs is watching Zhang Changning play again!

Also have to give some credit to Diao Linyu, she was setting and serving noticeably well. Seems those quick sets working better with the shorter MB's than with YXY who she kept setting too low all summer.

Wu Mengjie is great.

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Tianjin improved in Leg 2. The middles, esp Wang YY played better. Li YY was almost unstoppable. Shanghai doesn’t have a strong bench for back-up. Bricio is still not 100 percent fit and her replacement no.11 Ou Yang XIxi lack the skills for this level of play. I wonder if their coach might consider switching Wang Yindi to partner Zhong Hui as OHs when Bricio is rested. Yindi can strike the ball better than Xixi but, as opposite she receives few accurate settings from Xu. Xixi, who in fact is a reserve opposite can switch places with Yindi. Just a thought.

It’s wonderful to see Zhang Changning back. Overall, Jiangsu is quite strong and having Wu MJ certainly helps. I’m not a big fan of Diao because I feel she’s inconsistent. But anyway she seems to be doing better for her club than playing in the NT. Good on her.

Jiangsu, Shanghai and Tianjin are by far the top three teams in this season’s league.

Does anyone know has was Perovic this season?

Any comments about the chinese players transferred to Sarıyer and PTT?

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Any comments about the chinese players transferred to Sarıyer and PTT?

Both Shi Bingtong (joining Sariyer) and Miao Yiwen (PTT) are hard hitting and versatile attackers. They do not possess a high striking height so taller, more skillful blockers can defend well against them. Shi didn’t make a big impact in Liaoning, even though she was there for many years, before joining Shenzhen this season, and some of her more illustrious teammates like Ding Xia, NT setter and Yanni, ex NT MB got more attention.

In contrast, Miao was the go-to player for Sichuan, and their main attacker in previous seasons until the team recruited Romy Jatzko to share the work load this season. Miao spent a season with Italian club Pinerolo but I think she only appeared in two matches (or three?) for a few minutes each match. I hope she gets more opportunity to play for PTT.

I like to watch live matches, but the problem is they usually start after midnite where I am located. However I will try to catch some matches involving Sariyer and PTT. I hope both girls will be happy in Turkiye, making new friends, learning about the culture and enjoying Turkish food.

The CVL continues today, with game 3 (best of 5) in the GOLD MEDAL contest between Shanghai and Tianjin. The teams are tied 1:1. I will post the link here when the match starts in around two hours time.

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Gold Medal Final... Leg 3, Teams are tied 1:1

Shanghai vs. Tianjin Leg 3

So disapointed to watch the final leg 2 & 3, no fire.