The notice of the 2024 national women's volleyball training camp was released today, and the proposed date of the notice is February 8, which was postponed for 10 days before it was officially announced.
After looking at the training roster, it is not surprising that last year's national team starters "Seven Fairies" were all listed.
In the squad, there are 5 players from the Jiangsu women's volleyball team: the original national team members are Diao Linyu, Gong Xiangyu, Wu Mengjie, Ni Feifei, plus the comeback Zhang Changning; followed by 4 Tianjin women's volleyball players: Li Yingying, Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, the three main players of the original national team, plus Wang Yizhu, who performed well in the Club World Cup and the league.
Zhuang Yushan, the MVP of last year's World Youth Championships who failed to play overseas, is on the list, and it is logical that he is on the list.
Last year, the national team's substitute attacker Zhong Hui temporarily did not participate in the training camp, which means that her position in the national team will be replaced by Wang Yizhu. When the best team of the league was announced, Zhong Hui was not selected as the best main attacker as the main attack of the runner-up army, and the replacement of Wu Mengjie by the second army was an omen.
It is not surprising that Tianjin fans have been calling for the league's best setter Yao Di, who has been waiting for him for a long time, still failed to enter the training camp. For head coach Cai Bin, Yao Di is not indispensable, Xu Xiaoting was a substitute setter in the World League last year, and the Chinese women's volleyball team won the runner-up.
Ding Xia, the substitute setter for the Olympic qualifying tournament, will not participate in the training camp for the time being, which means that the national team's substitute setter will still be Xu Xiaoting. Last year's World League and Olympic qualifiers have proven that Xu Xiaoting seems to be more suitable than Ding Xia, although Ding Xia used to be the main setter in the Lang Ping era.
In the league, the overall performance is average, and the main attacker Wang Yunrui, who has always been looked down upon by some fans, is still selected for the squad, which must have surprised these people. However, this is also very understandable: the World Series is not as good as the domestic league, Wang Yunrui has been tested by two World Leagues, a World Championships and an Olympic qualifying tournament, and played bravely in the semifinals of the World League semifinals against the Polish women's volleyball team last year, helping the Chinese women's volleyball team to clean up the Polish women's volleyball team to advance to the finals.
The comeback of the all-round fighter Zhang Changning is a big benefit to the national team, she can play the two positions of main attack and reception, so that head coach Cai Bin has more choices in the use of personnel.
Yang Hanyu, the former substitute of the national team, will not participate in the training camp for the time being, which also means that her position will be replaced by Shandong teammate Wang Wenhan.
Zhu Ting did not enter the training squad, not that Zhu Ting refused the call of the national team. If Zhu Ting herself feels that her physical and psychological conditions for returning to the national team are mature, she will appear in the Paris Olympics instead of appearing in the World League, after all, "good steel must be used on the blade". Maybe head coach Cai Bin also expects this from Zhu Ting.