Such a record, reminiscent of the fact that she just won the quadrennial championship in the Women's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup with 4 games and 5 victories, the Chinese women's volleyball team has indisputably become the biggest favorite to win the World Championship next year.
On September 24, Group A of the 2018 Women's Volleyball World Championship Asian Qualifiers came to an end in Almaty, Kazakhstan. On the last day of the game, facing the Chinese Taipei women's volleyball team that made a final fight for the World Championship ticket. Despite the opponent's very hard work, limited to the gap in strength, the victory of the Chinese women's volleyball team was still very easy, and under the leadership of captain Zhu Ting, the opponent swept -10) in three straight games.
So far, the Chinese women's volleyball team has defeated Fiji, Kazakhstan, Australia and Chinese Taipei 3-0 in 4 games, and won 12 points in 4 consecutive wins to top the list, and the host Kazakhstan has 3 wins, 1 loss and 9 points in second place, and the two teams will join hands to advance to the World Championships to be held in Japan next year.
In this qualifier, the overall strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team is obviously more than one rank higher than all opponents, and winning the ticket to the World Championships is just a gas station on the way forward for them. The most important tasks are to run in the squad, scout the players, and train new talents.
The reason why 8 Olympic champions such as Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu, and Ding Xia are gathered in the lineup is to maintain the stability of the lineup. Zeng Chunlei, who missed the Rio Olympics, participated in the World Preliminaries with the team again after the Grand Champions Cup, and perhaps she will become the veteran of the stable military heart of the Tokyo Olympics. The selection of II-VI and Qian Jingwen is an important choice for investigating newcomers.
Of course, the number of newcomers in this competition is too small, and the playing time is also limited, and it needs to be strengthened in the next training camp and follow-up games.
From winning the Champions Cup to this World Preliminaries, captain Zhu Ting's performance can be called MVP-level, as the world's No. 1 main attacker, her various smashes make the opponent unbearable. When the team struggled in the game, she stepped up to become the anchor.
In the Grand Champions Cup against Brazil, she scored 11 points and almost single-handedly lifted the victory of the women's volleyball team.
After the end of the World Preliminaries, it indicates that the 2017 World Series of the Chinese women's volleyball team has ended, and there will be a new training camp next, which is of great significance for the further run-in of the team and the promotion of newcomers.
Zhu Ting will return to Turkey after the national team competition and continue to write glory for Vakiv Bank.