The new training list for the Chinese women's volleyball team is about to be released, and the selection of players from the two strong teams, Tianjin and Jiangsu, has sparked heated discussions.
Tianjin women's volleyball team impressed everyone with their performance in the recently concluded Club World Cup. They overcame obstacles all the way and eventually won the runner-up, creating the best record for an Asian team in this event.
Can this strong momentum continue to the national team?
How many players will they have favored by the national team?
The success of Tianjin women's volleyball team in the Club World Cup is inseparable from the overall cooperation of the team and the excellent performance of the players.
Libero Liu Liwen has stable reception and a large defensive area, becoming the backbone of the back line.
In the final against the powerful Conegliano, she made many wonderful saves, making the opponent's heavy spikes return fruitlessly again and again.
In the league, the national team's main libero Wang Mengjie and Ni Feifan were plagued by injuries one after another. The emergence of Liu Liwen just filled the gap of the national team, and her call for training selection is getting higher and higher.
Looking at the setter position, the return of veteran Yao Di undoubtedly injected a shot in the arm for the Tianjin team.
Her experience and stability make Tianjin's offense smoother and more changeable.
In the Club World Cup final, facing Conegliano's high block, Yao Di cleverly used speed and rhythm changes to create scoring opportunities for attackers like Li Yingying.
Although Yao Di has clearly stated that she will retire after next year's National Games, considering the injury of national team setter Diao Linyu and the age of Ding Xia, coach Cai Bin may choose to call up Yao Di to use her rich experience to help young setters grow.
In the position of vice attacker, Zhang Shiqi also showed remarkable strength.
She is tall and has long arms, excellent blocking, and certain breakthrough ability in attack.
Against the background of Yuan Xinyue going abroad to play, the national team urgently needs a vice attacker with similar technical characteristics to Yuan Xinyue, and Zhang Shiqi is undoubtedly the right candidate.
Of course, the two core players of Tianjin women's volleyball team, Wang Yuanyuan and Li Yingying, have almost no suspense in being selected into the national team training list.
Wang Yuanyuan's blocking skills are becoming more and more mature, and her offense is also becoming more and more threatening.
Li Yingying, as the offensive core of the team, opened fire in the Club World Cup, repeatedly turning the tide in critical moments.
Compared with the spring breeze of Tianjin women's volleyball team, Jiangsu women's volleyball team seems a bit lonely.
Core players Gong Xiangyu and Diao Linyu were plagued by injuries and missed the second half of the league. Whether they can participate in the national team training is still unknown.
The absence of the "double stars" combination is no small loss for both Jiangsu women's volleyball team and the national team.
However, this also provides other young players with the opportunity to showcase themselves.
The announcement of the new training list for the Chinese women's volleyball team will be a head-on confrontation between Tianjin and Jiangsu.
Who will finally take the upper hand, let's wait and see.