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(Chen Zhonghe)
Chen Zhonghe is a gold medal coach who is loved by fans, leading the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chen Zhonghe led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the bronze medal.
What few people know is that the 2002 Women's Volleyball World Championship was the first time that Chen Zhonghe led the team to participate in the world's three major tournaments since he took charge. At that time, the Chinese women's volleyball team already had the strength to win the championship, and in order to produce results, Chen Zhonghe used the loopholes of the event to play match-fixing, which caused great anger in the world volleyball world.
At that time, Chen Zhonghe's call to leave class was higher and higher, why was he able to go ashore smoothly in the end?
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(Hu Jin and his wife Zhang Rongfang)
In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team only won the 7th place, and the volleyball management center was ready to change the coach. At that time, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team was Hu Jin, and his wife Zhang Rongfang was the deputy director of the volleyball management center.
After New Year's Day in 2001, Xu Li came to Yuan Weimin, director of the General Administration of Sports of China and chairman of the Chinese Volleyball Association. Yuan Weimin generally does not interfere in the specific work of the drainage center, but he will make some suggestions when he encounters problems below.
Xu Li said: If I run for office, it will be Hu Jin who gets the most votes, what should I do?
Yuan Weimin asked: Are there any other candidates? Xu Li replied truthfully: Some people also mentioned Chen Zhonghe.
(Yuan Weimin, the founder of the Chinese women's volleyball championship)
Yuan Weimin said: You might as well let Chen Zhonghe give it a try.
Yuan Weimin's suggestion of "giving it a try" is equivalent to directly helping Chen Zhonghe on the horse.
Chen Zhonghe has served as a sparring coach and assistant coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team for many years, and has learned a lot of "true scriptures" from Yuan Weimin and applied them to coaching.
In February 2001, Chen Zhonghe officially served as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team. This 1.77-meter-tall Fujian man has a smile on his face and looks mild, but he actually has a ruthlessness in his bones.
(Chen Zhonghe)
He has only one goal as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and that is to lead the Chinese women's volleyball team to regain the world championship.
After Chen Zhonghe took office, he abandoned Wu Yongmei, Zhu Yunying, Qiu Aihua and other players who were in their playing years, and rebuilt a new lineup, which caused huge controversy in the outside world.
Chen Zhonghe was under great pressure for a while, but the Discharge Control Center supported his work.
On August 30, 2002, the 14th Women's Volleyball World Championship was held in Germany. This is the first time that Chen Zhonghe has led the team to participate in the world's three major tournaments since he became the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
(Chen Zhonghe instructs the team members to compete)
Although Chen Zhonghe has only been coaching for more than one year, under his devil training, this young Chinese women's volleyball team has the strength to impact the world championship.
In order to achieve good results, before the start of the World Championships, the Chinese women's volleyball team contacted the Netherlands Volleyball Association, hoping that the other party could help the Chinese women's volleyball team to arrive in Europe earlier for adaptive training.
The Netherlands Volleyball Association is very friendly and provides convenience for the Chinese women's volleyball team.
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Before the women's volleyball team set off, Yuan Weimin specially held a mobilization meeting for the players, and told Chen Zhonghe and Xu Li: This opportunity is very good, in my opinion, you already have a certain strength, and it is time to hope for the championship. When you arrive in Germany, you can call me if you have anything.
(Xu Li)
It can be seen that Yuan Weimin has high hopes for this Chinese women's volleyball team.
In the 2002 Women's Volleyball World Championships, the leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team was Xu Li, and the list of players was as follows:
Main attack: Zhang Jing, Yang Hao, Zhang Yuehong
Secondary attack: Liu Yanan, Zhao Ruirui, Chen Jing
Second setter: Feng Kun, Song Nina
Answer: Zhou Suhong, Li Shan
Free man: Li Ying, Xiong Zi
(Feng Kun)
A total of 24 teams participated in this Women's Volleyball World Championship, divided into 4 groups, and the top 3 teams in each group entered the top 12 semi-finals.
The semi-finals will be divided into 3 groups, each with 4 teams, the top two teams in the group, plus the two best 3rd places to advance to the top 8.
The Chinese women's volleyball team is in Group D with Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Poland and Greece.
On August 30, 2002, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Australia 3:0.
On August 31, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Brazil 3:1.
On September 1, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Thailand 3:1.
On September 3, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Poland 3:0.
(2002 Women's Volleyball World Championship Qualifiers)
The Chinese women's volleyball team has the strength to win the championship, and they want to seize this opportunity so much. So head coach Chen Zhonghe and team leader Xu Li began to look for loopholes in the event, hoping to use the complex competition system to reasonably avoid some teams that are more difficult for the Chinese women's volleyball team to play, and use the most labor-saving method to enter the semifinals and finals.
In their opinion, this is allowed by the format, legal, and understandable. After the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Australia, Brazil, Thailand and Poland one after another, it began to show its kingly style.
The last opponent of the Chinese women's volleyball group stage is the Greece team, which is also a weak team, and the Chinese women's volleyball team won 3:0.
Before the start of this match with Greece, Chen Zhonghe and Xu Li carefully studied the schedule: if the Chinese women's volleyball team won the first place in Group D, they would face the first place in Group A Italy women's volleyball team.
(Togut smashes the ball vigorously)
At that time, the Italy women's volleyball team had star Togut, and the overall strength was slightly stronger than the Chinese team. Togut is 1.92 meters tall, born in 1978, and is the receiver of the Italy women's volleyball team. Togut has a lot of attacking power, a high smash point, and the strong attack in the No. 2 and No. 4 positions is quite threatening.
Togut's back-row attack is also fast and is the offensive core of the Italy women's volleyball team.
The Italy women's volleyball team is a difficult team, and the Chinese women's volleyball team is the most reluctant to meet this opponent.
In order to avoid the Italy team, the Chinese women's volleyball team is ready to appear as the second place in Group D. So the first match-fixing game of the Chinese women's volleyball team came out.
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(Xiong Zi (right) attacking)
On September 4, the Chinese women's volleyball team faced the last opponent in the group stage, Greece. Chen Zhonghe discharged a substitute lineup, Chen Jing, who rarely played, served as the main secondary attacker, and Xiong Zi, who originally played a free man, played the main attack.
As a result, the Chinese women's volleyball team got its wish and lost 0:3 to the Greece team. The scores of the three games were: 20:25, 22:25, 21:25.
Since this group stage had no effect on the team's ranking, it did not attract the attention of the other participating teams, but the Germany Volleyball Association was very angry.
The leaders of the Germany Volleyball Association approached the Chinese Embassy in Germany and severely accused the Chinese women's volleyball team of match-fixing, which made the staff of the Chinese Embassy in Germany feel pressure.
The Women's Volleyball World Championship entered the second stage, and the Chinese women's volleyball team was in Group F with Bulgaria, Puerto Rico and Korea.
Italy are in Group E with Russia, Cuba and Greece.
The Chinese women's volleyball team played match-fixing to avoid the Italy team, but the Italy team did not play well in the rematch and ranked third.
The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Bulgaria 3:0 and Puerto Rico 3:0. If the Chinese women's volleyball team defeats Korea 3-0, it will rank first in Group F.
In this way, after the Chinese women's volleyball team enters the top 8, it will meet the Italy team. So the Chinese women's volleyball team decided to use the game system to play match-fixing and choose opponents reasonably.
On September 8, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 0:3 to Korea and played the second match-fixing. The scores of the three games were: 22:25, 21:25, 23:25.
The overall strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team is obviously stronger than that of the Korea team, but a number of substitute players played, and the Chinese players made various mistakes, and the fans on the scene applauded.
The intention of the Chinese women's volleyball team to play match-fixing is very obvious, and anyone can see it.
This match-fixing involved the interests of many teams and shocked the world volleyball world, and the most affected teams were:
One is the Netherlands women's volleyball team. The Netherlands team originally warmly received the Chinese women's volleyball team and let the Chinese women's volleyball team go to Europe for adaptive training in advance. As a result, the Chinese team played match-fixing, allowing Korea to enter the last eight, while the Netherlands team was squeezed out of the last eight.
(Beijing Olympics Chen Zhonghe arranges tactics)
The coach and players of the Netherlands women's volleyball team were very angry and complained to the FIVB. Several veteran players of the Netherlands women's volleyball team cried on the side of the field, and many spectators at the scene blamed the Chinese women's volleyball team.
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Second, the Brazil women's volleyball team is deeply humiliated. In order to avoid the Italy team, the Chinese women's volleyball team chose to play against the Brazil team, and the Brazil women's volleyball team was pinched as a soft persimmon. They held their breath and wanted to squeeze the Chinese women's volleyball team out of the top 4.
And the Korea women's volleyball team that benefited also felt that they had no face to enter the top 8 like this, and they did not accept this feeling.
The Chinese women's volleyball team played two match-fixing games, which messed up the order of the World Championships. The German audience was very angry, and as soon as the Chinese team appeared, they applauded.
(Yuan Weimin and Lang Ping)
The staff of the Chinese Embassy in Germany had great opinions and reported the situation to the General Administration of Sports. After Yuan Weimin learned the news, he arranged for Yang Shu'an, then director of the Competition Department of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, to inquire about the matter.
Yuan Weimin is the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team and is very concerned about the Chinese women's volleyball tournament, but Chen Zhonghe and Xu Li have not contacted him in Germany, and he does not have the other party's phone number.
After Yang Shuan understood the situation, he truthfully reported to Yuan Weimin that the Chinese women's volleyball team played two match-fixings. Yuan Weimin was furious, but because the game was not over, he did not get in touch with the Chinese women's volleyball team.
On September 12, the women's volleyball team played a quarter-and-death match, and the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the Brazil team.
(Chen Zhonghe on-site conductor)
The Brazil women's volleyball team and the Chinese women's volleyball team have formed a bond and fought quite fiercely. In the first game, the Chinese women's volleyball team won 25:19.
In the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 19:25.
In the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost 23:25.
In the first three games, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell behind 1:2, and the whole team was under tremendous pressure. If he can't even get into the top 4, Chen Zhonghe doesn't know how to explain to all aspects.
After all, the overall strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team is stronger than that of the Brazil team, winning the 4th and 5th games 25:15 and 15:8 respectively, thus defeating the Brazil team 3:2 and breaking into the top 4.
The Chinese women's volleyball team played match-fixing in order to avoid the Italy team, which also had an impact on the psychology of the players. The semi-final against Italy had not yet begun, and the players were timid.
On September 13, in the semifinals of the Women's Volleyball World Championship, the Chinese women's volleyball team encountered the Italy team, lost 1:3, and was squeezed out of the finals. The scores of the 4 games were: 21:25, 20:25, 25:21, 23:25.
As a result, the Chinese women's volleyball team had to compete with the Russia team for the bronze medal.
On September 14, the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the Russia team and lost 1:3. The scores of the four games were: 20:25, 25:21, 23:25, 16:25.
As a result, in the 2002 World Championships, the Chinese women's volleyball team only won the fourth place.
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After the Chinese women's volleyball team returned to China, many media condemned the Chinese women's volleyball team for match-fixing, and many fans were also angry, and the calls for Chen Zhonghe to leave class were higher and higher. A number of authoritative media predicted that Chen Zhonghe would definitely leave class.
Chen Zhonghe was under tremendous pressure and was mentally prepared to get out of class.
Yuan Weimin couldn't tolerate the Chinese women's volleyball team playing match-fixing, and when Xu Li went to his office to report to work, Yuan Weimin mercilessly criticized him and analyzed the various harms caused by the Chinese women's volleyball team's match-fixing.
Chen Zhonghe was also prepared to be criticized by Yuan Weimin, and wrote a resignation report, but Yuan Weimin did not talk to him alone.
(From left: Lang Ping, Li Furong, Chen Zhonghe)
In late October, Yuan Weimin organized a meeting attended by more than 300 cadres from the State General Administration of Sports, and severely criticized Xu Li and Chen Zhonghe.
Chen Zhonghe finally realized that it was a shameful thing to use the loopholes of the tournament to play match-fixing, which hurt the interests and feelings of all parties, so that even if he won the championship, it would be dishonorable.
After realizing their mistakes, Chen Zhonghe and Xu Li took the initiative to write a review letter to the FIVB and also wrote a sincere apology letter to fans across the country.
After Yuan Weimin read the apology letter, he asked Li Furong and He Huixian to check it, and then published the full text of the apology letter in "China Sports News".
(Chen Zhonghe)
Many media reported on the matter and forwarded it, but Chen Zhonghe did not leave the class. Because 2003 was the Women's Volleyball World Cup, Yuan Weimin left Chen Zhonghe a leeway.
If Chen Zhonghe did not achieve good results in the Women's Volleyball World Cup, he would definitely leave class.
Many years later, in an interview, Chen Zhonghe talked about the unbearable past, and his eyes were red. For several months, he had insomnia all night, and at one point he was able to fall asleep with the help of drugs.
In November 2003, the 9th Women's Volleyball World Cup was held in Japan, and the Chinese women's volleyball team led by Chen Zhonghe won the championship with an impressive record of 11 wins.
(The women's volleyball girls celebrate the World Cup in their own way)
(Chen Zhonghe)
This is the first time in 17 years that the Chinese women's volleyball team has won the championship of the three major tournaments in the world again. This championship also retained the position of Chen Zhong and the head coach of the women's volleyball team.
On the night of the Chinese women's volleyball team winning the championship, Chen Zhonghe shed complicated tears and stayed awake all night.
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