On the evening of August 14, the final of the men’s volleyball Asian Cup in 2022 was settled. In the end, the Chinese men’s volleyball team defeated the Japanese men’s volleyball team in 3 games and won the Asian Cup championship of the men’s volleyball team again after a decade. After the change of manager and the alternation between new and old, the Chinese men’s volleyball team has gradually opened up in the World Men’s Volleyball League recently. Winning the Asian Cup this time is the best compliment to the men’s volleyball team, which has not tasted the championship for too long. Next, the Chinese men’s volleyball team will take the Asian Cup champion and concentrate on preparing for the upcoming men’s volleyball world championship.

All wins swept through the Asian Cup

this Asian Cup. The Chinese men’s volleyball team was not included in the competition plan before, and it was a temporary replacement for the Qatar men’s volleyball team to participate in the competition. With the winning streak of Chinese men’s volleyball team, they defeated the men’s volleyball team including Chinese Taipei, Bahrain, Pakistan, Iran and South Korea. Finally, after defeating the Japanese men’s volleyball team in the final, the Chinese men’s volleyball team swept across the Asian Cup after ten years.

In this Asian Cup, the Chinese men’s volleyball team fought several encounters and also fought with several former enemies. For example, the Chinese men’s volleyball team in the Asian Cup encountered the Iranian men’s volleyball team in the top eight. Since the Asian Cup in 2012, the Iranian men’s volleyball team has made great progress, and now it has become the world’s quasi-first-line men’s volleyball team, while the Chinese men’s volleyball team has never defeated the Iranian team in the international arena. In this Asian Cup, although the Iranian team sent a youth team, it was still strong. However, the Chinese men’s volleyball team defeated the opponent in four games and won the first victory in ten years due to its recent sharpening in the world men’s volleyball league and training. In this Asian Cup, the Chinese men’s volleyball team won the championship by defeating all its opponents and declared that they would return to the peak of the Asian men’s volleyball team.

Beat old rivals to prove the growth of Chinese men’s volleyball team

in this Asian Cup, Chinese men’s volleyball team also encountered several old rivals. Facing the old rival South Korea in the semi-final, it is the most difficult match for the Chinese men’s volleyball team in this Asian Cup. Both sides are the main players and are determined to win. In this Asian Cup, the Chinese men’s volleyball team proved its growth by defeating the old opponent in succession.

Although the South Korean men’s volleyball team ranks far lower than the Chinese team in the world, they have achieved good results through the international arena recently. Fortunately, the Chinese men’s volleyball team stabilized its position at the critical moment, took the initiative in the key points, and finally defeated the old opponent in five innings.

The Asian Cup final was the first time that the Chinese and Japanese men’s volleyball team encountered in the Asian Cup final. At present, the Japanese men’s volleyball team ranks more than China in the world, but facing this Japanese youth army, the Chinese men’s volleyball team is not afraid. From the first game of the Chinese men’s volleyball team, it was found that the Japanese men’s volleyball team was dominated by young players. Although they were full of momentum, they were not strong enough and often lost their attention after leading. This also gives Chinese men’s volleyball team more opportunities. In the second game, the Chinese men’s volleyball team once fell behind 12 to 17, which was to resist the opponent’s offensive with tenacious perseverance. After that, the Chinese team ensured the team’s advantage in front of the net, gradually took back the score, and kept the victory to the end, winning 25 to 23.

In the second half, the Japanese team destroyed the Chinese team by strengthening the serve, but the momentum of the Chinese men’s volleyball team was unstoppable. The quality of the whole team in serve and the defense comprehensively crushed the Japanese team. With Yu Yuantai’s final tone in front of the net, the Chinese men’s volleyball team won the third game and won the Asian Cup championship ten years later. By defeating these old rivals in the Asian Cup, the Chinese men’s volleyball team also felt their growth.

Men’s volleyball team wins to prepare for the World Championship

Does the youth army dispatched by Iran and Japan, which ranks first in the Asian world in this Asian Cup mean that the gold content is insufficient? The Chinese men’s volleyball team proved the gold content of this Asian Cup champion Cup with the performance of winning all. This is the first international championship won by the Chinese men’s volleyball team after the alternation between the old and the new. This champion will also become an important thrust on the way for Chinese men’s volleyball team to prepare for the World Championship.

Winning the Asian Cup is of great significance to the Chinese men’s volleyball team. When participating in the Asian Cup, the Chinese men’s volleyball team was up and down. Only several Shanghai players, such as Dai Qingyao, had the experience of winning the championship in the domestic league. If there is no experience in winning the championship, it will be much more difficult to compete in international competitions.

Wu Sheng, the coach of the Chinese men’s volleyball team, brought Zhang Zhejia and Dai Qingyao from Shanghai to Thailand to participate in the competition this time, taking advantage of the rich experience accumulated by the two men’s volleyball team in winning the National League Championship repeatedly over the years, to drive the Chinese men’s volleyball team and enhance the desire for the championship. In the semi-final of the Korean men’s volleyball team, the Chinese men’s volleyball team once stood on the edge of the eliminated cliff. In the end, these players who did not have the experience of winning the championship staged a shocking reversal. Among them, Dai Qingyao stepped forward at the critical moment, which led to the full efforts of the young players. This also laid a foreshadowing for the Chinese men’s volleyball team to sweep the Japanese men’s volleyball team in the third game of the final.

In the World Men’s Volleyball League held in June this year, although the Chinese men’s volleyball team lost a lot, several victories were remarkable. Among them, the Chinese men’s volleyball team defeated the world’s first Brazilian men’s volleyball team, which can be called The Good Old War of Chinese men’s volleyball team in recent years. This victory also gave the whole team great confidence.

Under the leadership of the new coach Wu Sheng this season, the Chinese men’s volleyball team has made progress in terms of mental outlook, basic skills and technical and tactical literacy. In the Asian championship last year, the lineup of Chinese men’s volleyball team was not complete. Wu Sheng promoted a group of young players such as Li Yongzhen, Peng Shikun, Zhang Jingyi and Yu Yuantai. The team finally won the third place and won the World Championship tickets. This season, in the world men’s volleyball league and the Asian Cup, these young players have also been trained and improved in a series of competitions. After the change of handsome and the alternation between new and old, the young and energetic team of Chinese men’s volleyball team has experienced the training of competition and training, which is full of infinite possibilities. After the end of the Asian Cup, the Chinese men’s volleyball team will be fully prepared for the men’s volleyball world championship, which will start at the end of August.

Text/reporter Yan Peng