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The Paris Olympics were a painful experience for the Chinese women's volleyball team, Lang Ping and Zhu Ting, Li Yingying, Wang Yuanyuan, Wang Mengjie, Yao Di, and most fans. However, for some people within the Chinese Volleyball Association and national team head coach Cai Bin, the fifth-place finish at the Paris Olympics was a success. After all, it was an improvement from the ninth place in Tokyo, and the task was accomplished. Additionally, with the decline of the three major ball sports, the women's volleyball team reaching the Olympic quarterfinals was already considered the best performance.
As a result, some officials managed to keep their positions, and for the next four years of the Los Angeles Olympic cycle, the formation and operation of the national women's volleyball team will continue in the Paris style. It is not difficult to guess the roster for the 2025 national team training camp.
Zhu Ting, Yuan Xinyue, and Wang Mengjie are unlikely to participate in the new national team training camp as they are getting older, and Zhu and Yuan are playing in Europe, where the season ends later, so they are likely to return to the team only before major competitions.
Li Yingying, Wang Yuanyuan, and Gong Xiangyu are the core of the national team, while Wu Mengjie, Zhuang Yushan, and Gao Yi are the backbone forces. Xu Xiaoting, Ni Feifan, and Wang Wenhao left the national team before the Paris Olympics and will naturally continue to prepare for the Los Angeles Olympics.
In the main attack position, it is highly probable that Wang Yizhu and Tang Xin will be added, as they have indeed performed well, and the areas of Tianjin and Jiangsu have always been major contributors of talent to the national team.
The selection of libero will definitely include Xu Jiani, as Liaoning women's volleyball team has no other suitable candidates. Another candidate is Wu Xinyu from Shandong women's volleyball team, who is a relatively young starting libero among A-level teams and has performed commendably.
New players are needed for the setter and opposite hitter positions. Jie Shengyu and Zou Jiaqi are promising newcomers in the Volleyball Super League. Jie Shengyu was already on the big list during the Paris cycle, and Zou Jiaqi's family background cannot be overlooked.
The opposite hitter position is somewhat challenging, but fortunately, Chen Boya is improving more and more, and she is the only domestic opposite hitter besides Gong Xiangyu who can receive serves and maintain offensive capabilities. Among the young newcomers, Fan Berning stands out.
The vice attack line is full of talents, with Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gao Yi, and Yang Hanxu all in excellent form. Newcomers like Wang Wenhao and Shan Linqian are also very energetic, so it depends on how the coach chooses!
The main achievement of the Chinese Volleyball Association in recent years has been to systematically advance various tasks and strive to balance relationships between all parties. Therefore, in the new Olympic cycle, the national team roster will not have too many surprises. There will be new players selected for each position, but ultimately, the main players will still be familiar faces, just like the 12-person roster for the Paris Olympics, with the focus on balancing relationships between all parties.
Therefore, Ni Feifan and Xu Xiaoting, like Li Yingying and Wang Yuanyuan, will definitely enter the national team training camp and are very likely to be the main starters.
If there are no unexpected developments, the training roster for the Chinese women's national volleyball team in 2025 will be as follows:
Main Attack: Li Yingying, Wang Yizhu, Wu Mengjie, Tang Xin, Zhuang Yushan, Li Chenxuan.
Vice Attack: Wang Yuanyuan, Gao Yi, Yang Hanxu, Wang Wenhao, Shan Linqian.
Opposite Hitter: Gong Xiangyu, Chen Boya, Fan Berning.
Setter: Xu Xiaoting, Jie Shengyu, Zou Jiaqi.
Libero: Ni Feifan, Xu Jiani, Wu Xinyu.