On the evening of June 19, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the women's volleyball team of the Paris Olympics was held in Bangkok, Thailand. According to the results of the group draw, the Chinese women's volleyball team was divided into Group A, and the host French women's volleyball team, the Tokyo Olympic champion United States women's volleyball team, and the European powerhouse Serbia women's volleyball team in the same group.
The three guests in today's draw are: the second pot of Nutsala (Thailand setter), the third pot: Tishshenko (former Russian secondary attacker), and the fourth pot: Feng Kun (Athens Olympics MVP Chinese women's volleyball team front setter).
The specific grouping is as follows:
Group A: France, United States, China, Serbia
Group B: Brazil, Poland, Japan, Kenya
Group C: Italy, Turkey, Netherlands, Dominica
Before the draw, 12 teams were placed in four pots according to the world rankings. The first pot is the host France team and Brazil and Italy; the second tranche is Turkey, Poland, and the United States; the third tranche is China, Japan, and the Netherlands; The fourth pot is Serbia, Dominica and Kenya. In the draw, teams in the same bracket will not be placed in the same group.
The women's volleyball program at the Paris Olympics kicked off on July 28, with the top two teams in the three groups and the two best third-place finishers entering the top eight knockout rounds, and the gold medal was decided on August 11. The Chinese women's volleyball team qualified for the Paris Olympics at the World Women's Volleyball League in Hong Kong, China. On June 19, the FIVB announced the 25-member roster of 12 teams participating in the women's volleyball competition at the Paris Olympics, and the Chinese team is as follows:
Main attack: Li Yingying, Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Wang Yunrui, Wu Mengjie, Zhuang Yushan, Zhong Hui, Wang Yizhu
Answer: Gong Xiangyu, Zheng Yixin, Zhou Yetong, Sun Jie
Secondary attack: Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gao Yi, Yang Hanyu, Zeng Jieya, Wan Ziyue