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China women's national volleyball team

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China
AssociationChinese Volleyball Association (CVA)
ConfederationAVC
Head coachZhao Yong
FIVB ranking 6 Steady (1 May 2026)[1]
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances11 (First in 1984)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1984, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1956)
Best result‹See Tfd›Gold medal – World (1982, 1986)
World Cup
Appearances12 (First in 1977)
Best result (1981, 1985, 2003, 2015, 2019)
www.volleyballchina.com (in Chinese)
Honours
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Peru
Gold medal – first place 1986 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place 1990 China
Silver medal – second place 1998 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2014 Italy
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Japan
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Japan
Gold medal – first place 1985 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2003 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2015 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2019 Japan
Silver medal – second place 1991 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place 2001 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2017 Japan
Silver medal – second place 1993 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2003 Andria
Silver medal – second place 1993 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 2001 Macau
Silver medal – second place 2002 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ningbo
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sapporo
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Shanghai
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Yuxi
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Sendai
Nations League
Silver medal – second place 2023 Arlington, Texas
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Nanjing
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nanjing
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Team
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 1990 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Tehran Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979 Hong Kong
Gold medal – first place 1987 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 1989 Hong Kong
Gold medal – first place 1991 Bangkok
Gold medal – first place 1993 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 1995 Chiang Mai
Gold medal – first place 1997 Manila
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong
Gold medal – first place 2001 Nakhon Ratchasima
Gold medal – first place 2003 Ho Chi Minh City
Gold medal – first place 2005 Taicang
Gold medal – first place 2011 Taipei
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tianjin
Silver medal – second place 1983 Fukuoka
Silver medal – second place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hanoi
Silver medal – second place 2023 Nakhon Ratchasima
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Melbourne
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima
Gold medal – first place 2010 Taicang
Gold medal – first place 2014 Shenzhen
Gold medal – first place 2016 Vĩnh Phúc
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nakhon Ratchasima
Silver medal – second place 2012 Almaty
Silver medal – second place 2022 Pasig
The China women's national volleyball team in 2017

The China women's national volleyball team (Chinese: 中国国家女子排球队, or 中国女排 for short) represents the People's Republic of China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches governed by Chinese Volleyball Association.

The team is one of the leading and most successful squads in women's international volleyball, and one of the most popular sports team in China, having won ten championships titles in the three major international competitions of volleyball, including five World Cups (1981, 1985, 2003, 2015, 2019), two World Championships (1982, 1986) and three Olympic titles (1984, 2004, 2016).

China took five consecutive World titles in the 1980s. In 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the "Best Team of the year" award in the CCTV Sportsmanship Competition.[2] The team now ranks 6th at the FIVB World Rankings.

Tournaments record

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International tournaments

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Olympic Games

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Soviet Union 1952 did not qualify
France 1956 Final round 6th 12 5 7 21 24 Squad
Brazil 1960 did not qualify
Soviet Union 1962 9th–14th places 9th 8 6 2 20 9 Squad
Japan 1967 did not qualify
Bulgaria 1970
Mexico 1974 13th–18th places 14th 11 8 3 26 20 Squad
Soviet Union 1978 5th–8th places 6th 10 8 2 24 9 Squad
Peru 1982 Final Champions 10 8 2 24 6 Squad
Czechoslovakia 1986 Final Champions 10 10 0 30 3 Squad
China 1990 Final Runners-up 7 6 1 19 3 Squad
Brazil 1994 5th–8th places 8th 5 3 2 10 8 Squad
Japan 1998 Final Runners-up 8 5 3 17 16 Squad
Germany 2002 Semifinals 4th 10 7 3 23 16 Squad
Japan 2006 5th–8th places 5th 11 8 3 27 11 Squad
Japan 2010 9th–12th places 10th 11 6 5 20 14 Squad
Italy 2014 Final Runners-up 13 10 3 32 16 Squad
Japan 2018 Semifinals Third place 13 11 2 36 11 Squad
NetherlandsPoland 2022 Quarterfinals 6th 10 7 3 23 11 Squad
Thailand 2025 Round of 16 9th 4 3 1 10 5 Squad
CanadaUnited States 2027 To be determined
Philippines 2029
Total 2 Titles

World Cup

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Nations League

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World Grand Champions Cup

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World Grand Prix

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Prix record
Year Round Position GP MW ML Squad
Hong Kong 1993 Final Round Runners-up 12 6 6 Squad
China 1994 Final Round Third place 12 7 5 Squad
China 1995 Final Round 4th 15 7 8 Squad
China 1996 Final Round 4th 15 8 7 Squad
Japan 1997 Preliminary Round 5th 6 3 3 Squad
Hong Kong 1998 Final Round 4th 11 7 4 Squad
China 1999 Final Round Third place 8 4 4 Squad
Philippines 2000 Final Round 4th 11 4 7 Squad
Macau 2001 Final Round Runners-up 14 11 3 Squad
Hong Kong 2002 Final Round Runners-up 12 10 2 Squad
Italy 2003 Final Round Champions 10 8 2 Squad
Italy 2004 Final Round 5th 12 9 3 Squad
Japan 2005 Final Round Third place 14 11 3 Squad
Italy 2006 Final Round 5th 12 10 2 Squad
China 2007 Final Round Runners-up 14 8 6 Squad
Japan 2008 Final Round 5th 14 9 5 Squad
Japan 2009 Final Round 5th 14 8 6 Squad
China 2010 Final Round 4th 14 8 6 Squad
Macau 2011 Final Round 8th 13 6 7 Squad
China 2012 Final Round 5th 14 9 5 Squad
Japan 2013 Final Round Runners-up 14 13 1 Squad
Japan 2014 Final Round 5th 14 7 7 Squad
United States 2015 Final Round 4th 14 11 3 Squad
Thailand 2016 Final Round 5th 12 9 3 Squad
China 2017 Final Round 4th 13 7 6 Squad
Total 1 Title

Continental tournaments

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Asian Games

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  • Iran 1974 — Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 1978 — Silver Medal
  • India 1982 — Gold Medal
  • South Korea 1986 — Gold Medal
  • China 1990 — Gold Medal
  • Japan 1994 — Silver Medal
  • Thailand 1998 — Gold Medal
  • South Korea 2002 — Gold Medal
  • Qatar 2006 — Gold Medal
  • China 2010 — Gold Medal
  • South Korea 2014 — Silver Medal
  • Indonesia 2018 — Gold Medal
  • China 2022 — Gold Medal

Asian Championship

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Asian Cup

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2026 Results and fixtures

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Intercontinental tournaments

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2026 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

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  • Date: 3 June – 26 July
Preliminary round Final round Final Rank
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Quarterfinal
 China  Turkey  Hong Kong  Macau
 CZE  THA  SRB  POL  GER  FRA  BRA  TUR  CAN  UKR  DOM  ITA

Squads

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Current squad

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The following is the Chinese roster for the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.

Head coach: Zhao Yong

No. Name Date of birth Pos Height Weight Current Club
1 Wu Mengjie 10 September 2002 OH 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 64 kg (141 lb) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
2 Zhuang Yushan 28 April 2003 OH 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 71 kg (157 lb) Italy OMAG-MT San Giovanni in Marignano
3 Tang Xin 21 May 2004 OH 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
5 Yin Xiaolan 17 October 2004 S 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 65 kg (143 lb) China Fujian Anxi
6 Gong Xiangyu (c) 21 April 1997 OP 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 67 kg (148 lb) United States LOVB Madison
7 Wang Yuanyuan 14 July 1997 MB 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 75 kg (165 lb) Turkey Galatasaray S.K.
8 Wan Ziyue 19 December 2004 MB 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 67 kg (148 lb) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
10 Yang Shuming 31 July 2008 OP 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 79 kg (174 lb) China Shanghai Bright Ubest
12 Li Yingying 19 February 2000 OH 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) China Tianjin Bohai Bank
15 Chen Houyu 8 October 2005 MB 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 73 kg (161 lb) China Shanghai Bright Ubest
17 Ni Feifan (L) 14 February 2001 L 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
18 Wang Mengjie (L) 14 November 1995 L 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 65 kg (143 lb) China Shandong Rizhao Steel
21 Gao Yi 22 June 1998 MB 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 74 kg (163 lb) China Shanghai Bright Ubest
23 Zhang Zixuan 15 August 2008 S 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel

Former squad

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The following is the Chinese roster for the 2024 Olympics Games.[3][4]

Head coach: Cai Bin

No. Name Date of birth Pos Height Weight Spike Block 2024–25 Club
1 Yuan Xinyue (c) 21 December 1996 MB 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 317 cm (125 in) 311 cm (122 in) Turkey VakıfBank S.K.
2 Zhu Ting 29 November 1994 OH 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 327 cm (129 in) 300 cm (120 in) Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano
3 Diao Linyu 29 March 1994 S 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 309 cm (122 in) 303 cm (119 in) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
5 Gao Yi 22 June 1998 MB 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 304 cm (120 in) 298 cm (117 in) China Shanghai Bright Ubest
6 Gong Xiangyu 21 April 1997 OP 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 67 kg (148 lb) 313 cm (123 in) 302 cm (119 in) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
7 Wang Yuanyuan 14 July 1997 MB 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 312 cm (123 in) 300 cm (120 in) China Tianjin Bohai Bank
9 Zhang Changning 6 November 1995 OH 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 303 cm (119 in) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
12 Li Yingying 19 February 2000 OH 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 300 cm (120 in) China Tianjin Bohai Bank
14 Zheng Yixin 6 May 1995 OP 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 316 cm (124 in) 307 cm (121 in) China Fujian
16 Ding Xia 13 January 1990 S 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 67 kg (148 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 300 cm (120 in) China Liaoning Donggang Strawberry
18 Wang Mengjie (L) 14 November 1995 L 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 289 cm (114 in) 280 cm (110 in) China Beijing BAIC Motor
21 Wu Mengjie 10 September 2002 OH 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 320 cm (130 in) 315 cm (124 in) China Jiangsu Zenith Steel
22 Zhuang Yushan (AP) 28 April 2003 OH 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 316 cm (124 in) 307 cm (121 in) China Fujian
  • AP: Reserve Player

Notable squads

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Olympics Games squads

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World Championship squads

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World Cup squads

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Head coaches history

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Note: The following list may not be complete.

Sponsorships

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The team has sponsorship agreements with many companies such as bedding brand DeRucci-MuSi and edible oils brand COFCO Fulinmen.[5]

The team now is sponsored by or cooperated with Haier, China Pacific Insurance Company (CPIC), Adidas, China Resources Beverage.

Kit providers

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The table below shows the history of kit providers for the China national volleyball team.

Period Kit provider
1981 – 2004 Mizuno
2005 – present Adidas

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The FIVB Women's World Ranking". FIVB. 1 May 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  2. ^ "CCTV體壇風雲人物年度評選揭曉". 華奧星空. 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-06-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ 女排奥运会名单官宣!5人首次参加, 郑益昕丁霞遭批, 二换三要废 [The women's volleyball team's Olympic roster is officially announced! Five players are participating for the first time, Zheng Yixin and Ding Xia are criticized, and the two-for-three substitutions are going to be scrapped]. Sina Sports (in Chinese). 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Team roster: China" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ Kevin McCullagh (19 December 2019). "Chinese women's volleyball team signs two sponsors". SportsBusiness. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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