My list:
Elena Godina - Russia
Lioubov Sokolova - Russia
Evgenia Artamonova-Estes - Russia
Ana Moser - Brazil
Raquel Silva - Brazil
Erika Coimbra - Brazil
Paula Pequeno - Brazil
Jacqueline Carvalho - Brazil
Logan Tom - USA
Hao Yang - China
Wang Yimei - China
Wang Lina - China
Manon Flier - Netherlands
Taismary Aguero - Cuba
Nancy Carillo - Cuba
Yanelis Santos - Cuba
Angelina Grun - Germany
1980 - Hao Yang (China), Yanan Liu(China), Zhang Na(China), Erika Coimbra(Brazil), Fabiana Oliveira(Brazil), Ekaterina Gamova(Brazil)
1981 - Logan Tom (USA), Ruirui Zhao (China), Renata Colombo (Brazil)
1982 - Paula Pequeno (Brazil), Welissa Gonzaga (Brazil), Zhang Ping (China), Paula Cardullo (Italy)
1983 - Marianne Steinbrecher (Brazil), Sheilla Castro (Brazil), Jacqueline Carvalho (Brazil), Ogonna Nnamani (USA), Daimi Ramirez (Cuba)
1984 - Rosir Calderon (Cuba), Anna Makarova (Russia), Manon Flier (Netherlands), Martina Guiggi (Italy), Kimberly Glass (USA)
1985 - Fabiana Claudino (Brazil), Svetlana Kryuchkova (Russia)
1986 - Yanelis Santos (Cuba), Nancy Carillo (Cuba), Kenia Carcases (Cuba)
1987 - Thaisa Meneses (Brazil), Xue Ming (China)
1988 - Tatiana Kosheleva (Russia)
1989 - Natalia Pereira (Brazil) Yimei Wang (China)
what about liu yanan and yang hao? is there any chance for them to come back to the Chinese NT? i really hated Chen Zhonghe back in 2008 when he decided to just put yanan liu on the bench. yes Ma Yunwen has the power in terms of attacking, but that's the only thing she got. she can't even dig and defend on the back row like Yanan Liu does. As for Yang Hao, i'll always believe that she is way better than Li Juan. but how was she playing today?
Here are my choices:
Ekaterina Gamova - OH
Lioubov Sokolova - OH / OPP
Maria Borisenko - MB
Yulia Merkulova - MB
Tatiana Kosheleva - OH
Anna Makarova - OH
Setter - agree with kuraf, definitely someone who is way better than Sheshenina or Akulova
Svetlana Kryuchkova - Libero
and Li Juan is in the lineup again! im sorry but i really do not like her.
1970 - Virna Dias (Brazil), Fernanda Venturnini (Brazil), Heila Souza (Brazil), Ana Flavia Sanglard (Brazil), Regla Bell (Cuba)
1971 - Leila Barros (Brazil)
1972 - Ana Paula Connelly (Brazil), Hilma Caldeira (Brazil), Danielle Scott (USA)
1973 - Marlenys Costa (Cuba), Ana Ibis Fernandez (Cuba), Sun Yue (China), Natalia Morozova (Russia)
1975 - Regla Torres (Cuba), Mirka Francia (Cuba), Evgenia Artamonova (Russia), Elizaveta Titchtenko (Russia)
1976 - Li Yan (China), Zhang Yuehong (China), Valeska Meneses (Brazil) Zoila Barros (Cuba)
1977 - Lioubov Sokolova (Russia), Elena Godina (Russia), Taismary Aguero (Cuba), Yumilka Ruiz (Cuba), Qiu Aihua (China), Barbara Jelic (Croatia), Elisa Togut (Italy), Stacy Sykora (USA)
1978 - Yoshie Takeshita (Japan), Kun Feng (China), Heather Bown (USA), Elisangela Oliveira (Brazil), Raquel Silva (Brazil), Suhong Zhou (China)
1979 - Walewska Oliveira (Brazil), Francesca Piccinini (Italy), Aanastasia Belikova (Russia), Angelina Grun (Germany)
1977- Lioubov Sokolova (Russia), Elena Godina (Russia), Yumilka Ruiz (Cuba), Taismary Aguero ("CUBA"), Elisa Togut (Italy), Barbara Jelic (Croatia)
1978 - Kun Feng (China), Heather Bown (USA)
1979 - Walewska Oliveira (Brazil), Francesca Piccinini (Italy), Angelina Grun (Germany)
1980 - Hao Yang (China), Yanan Liu (China), Zhang Na (China), Ekaterina Gamova (Russia), Fabiana Oliveira (Brazil),
Setter: Fofao (Brazil), Kun Feng (China)
OH: Marianne Steinbrecher (Brazil), Paula Pequeno (Brazil) Lioubov Sokolova (Russia) Yumilka Ruiz (Cuba)
Opposite: Sheilla Castro (Brazil) Manon Flier (Netherlands)
MB: Fabiana Claudino (Brazil) Thaisa Meneses (Brazil) Liu Yanan (China)
Libero: Fabiana Oliviera (Brazil)
1. Sheilla Castro - Brazil
2. Marianne Steinbrecher - Brazil
3. Ekaterina Gamova - Russia
Coach: Jose Roberto Guimaraes
that's good. from the very start i really do not like the idea of having Tai Aguero in the Italian team. she will always be a "Cuban" for me. its also good that Mirka Francia declined the offer...
they should hold this tournament in Brazil or perhaps in Europe. so that Japan won't even qualify (that is, if they win the Asian title). Even in the 2007 World Cup, i was surpirsed that the FIVB didn't even pick Russia as a Wildcard contender, when in fact during that time they are the reigning World Champions, same with Netherlands who won the 2007 World Grand Prix. what are their criterias for picking a Wildcard contender/s anyway?...
Please tell me you're joking
Kabeshova is much better than any other Russian libero, in fact she is probably the only Russian person who can dig
that's your opinion and i respect it. i still prefer Kyuchkova. 
i would prefer Morozova or Tyurina...maybe they are playing better than Kabeshova,Kryuchkova and Starbudova heheh
Morozova and Tyurina are way too old for the National team. and its a good thing that Russia has been giving way for young players...they cannot rely with the veterans forever.
is Sokolova coming back to the Russian team? i noticed that her name was still included in the Russian line up from cev.lu. oh please bring back Svetlana Kryuchkova!!!
^^agree. i really don't understand why the FIVB keeps on picking Korea to participate in this tournament. when in fact there are a lot of stronger teams like Russia, Netherlands, Cuba, etc. who could make this tournament more exciting and fun to watch. their Wildcard selection really sucks!!! i bet this is just going to be a tight battle between Brazil and Italy.
Day#1:
Match #55 - NED - CHN = 1-3
Match #56 - BRA - RUS = 3-1
Match #57 - JPN - GER = 2-3
Day#2:
Match #58 - NED - GER = 3-2
Match #59 - BRA - CHN = 3-1
Match #60 - JPN - RUS = 2-3
Day#3:
Match #65 - CHN - RUS = 3-1
Match #64 - BRA - GER = 3-0
Match #66 - JPN - NED = 1-3
Day#4:
Match #61 - RUS - GER = 3-0
Match #62 - BRA - NED = 3-0
Match #63 - JPN - CHN = 0-3
Day#5:
Match #67 - CHN - GER = 3-1
Match #68 - NED - RUS = 1-3
Match #69 - JPN - BRA = 0-3
Display MoreHie guys, please allow me to have a venting session against china for a minute. They are my favourite team but they are really frustrating me at the moment!!!
Ok today was a good match from Poland, - not surprising - Poland is inconsistent so they sometimes come up wiht huge wins out of nowhere - but what has happened to China? Their defence and reception has always been good, and without it ofcourse they cant really do anything. They really need otoget back Zhou Suhong and the old libero Zhang na back. Current oppostie is ok, but not effective in combination attacks and pass is average. As for the current liberos - both of them..totally rubbish.
I dont like where the Chinese game is headed too. Very slow hugh balls all the time like Russia, but without the tall powerful outsides to kill the ball all the time! Wang yimei does her best, but she for her build, she cant jump as high so she doesnt have the reach of gamova or kosheleva for example. I am really worried that China is actually going backwards! Look at Brazil, they are doing well because they are now playing the Asian game - fast fast fast, but their girls also spend a lot of time in the gym so they have power and speed as well. China need to be like Japan (but i suppose they need Takeshita) in terms of speed, since they do have more powerful attackers than Japan - thats the perfect combination for their game. Doesnt the coach see this ?????? Exactly where is this coach taking this new chinese team??
I know they are still learning but their level of play is really bad. Yesterday the dominican libero kept dropping the free ball short and Chinese players were caught out EVERY TIME! The realtively weaker team of the 2007 grand prix seems to me to be even better than the current team.
does anyone share these views? i would be interested to hear what other people think.
BRING BACK ZHOU SUHONG!!!!!
Oh and lastly
Thank you guys for all the posts and links - this site is the best ever! I livei nthe United Kingdom and we barely get any volleybal lcoverage. I am a huge fan and volleyball player so its nice to get to see matches! thanks a million everyone who posts on here
p.s i also read the forum everyday even though i dont post a lot of my thoughts!
true. how i wish China could bring back veterans like Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Zhang Na, and Ruirui Zhao. if they really wanted to have a very young team, what is Li Juan doing there? i do not know why but im already starting to hate the new coach of the Chinese team. Like Caprara of Russia, he wanted to change the style of Chinese women's volleyball. whereas Chinese quick plays were always one of the main reasons why a lot of teams (including Brazil and Russia) find it hard to play against them. then suddenly this Cai Bin guy has been adopting the American and European style of volley? weird. anyway, its just my opinion.
Pool D - Chinese Taipei
07-Aug USA-DOM 3-2
07-Aug NED-GER 3-0
08-Aug USA-NED 0-3
08-Aug DOM-GER 1-3
09-Aug NED-DOM 3-0
09-Aug GER-USA 0-3
Pool E - Macau
07-Aug BRA-THA 3-0
07-Aug CHN-POL 3-0
08-Aug BRA-POL 3-0
08-Aug CHN-THA 3-0
09-Aug THA-POL 1-3
09-Aug CHN-BRA 1-3
Pool F - Japan
07-Aug KOR-RUS 0-3
07-Aug JPN-PUR 3-2
08-Aug RUS-PUR 3-0
08-Aug JPN-KOR 2-3
09-Aug KOR-PUR 3-0
09-Aug JPN-RUS 1-3
WEEK 1
Pool A (Brazil)
31.07 Brazil - Puerto Rico = 3 - 0
31.07 Germany - USA = 0-3
01.08 Brazil - Germany = 3-0
01.08 Puerto Rico - USA = 0-3
02.08 Brazil - USA = 3-1
02.08 Puerto Rico - Germany = 1-3
Pool B (Poland)
31.07 Poland - Thailand = 3-0
31.07 Japan - Netherlands = 1-3
01.08 Poland - Netherlands = 0-3
01.08 Thailand - Japan = 1-3
02.08 Poland - Japan = 2-3
02.08 Netherlands - Thailand = 3-0
Pool C (China)
31.07 Russia - Korea = 3-0
31.07 China - Dominican Rep.= 3-0
01.08 Dominican Rep. - Russia = 1-3
01.08 China - Korea = 3-0
02.08 Korea - Dominican Rep. = 1-3
02.08 China - Russia = 3-0
Cai says he won't bring back them.
However, I think they can be back as trainers.
yet Li Juan who is just the same age as Zhao and a year younger than Hao Yang and Liu Yanan is still with the team. 
