Original title: Women’s Volleyball Super League explores the way forward
Workers’ Daily—China Industry Net reporter Liu Bing
Recently, the 2022-2023 Chinese Women’s Volleyball Super League final ended in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province. The Tianjin team successfully defended the title with a total score of 2-0 in the three-game final for two wins and won the 15th championship in team history.
The championship started in Changzhou, Jiangsu on November 10 last year and lasted for nearly two months. With many domestic women’s volleyball players such as Li Yingying, Wang Yuanyuan, Yao Di and Wang Yizhu, as well as strong foreign aid Vargas, the Tianjin women’s volleyball team still shows strong dominance in the league.
In the first stage of the round robin, the Tianjin team defeated the remaining 13 teams and held on to a comprehensive victory. In the subsequent qualifying rounds and knockout rounds, the Tianjin women’s volleyball team became more and more courageous and finally won the championship with a record 22 victories.
Judging by the final ranking of the top 8 in the championship, the competitive landscape has changed to some extent, but the traditional order has not been completely changed. The only thing that is a bit surprising is the Jiangsu women’s volleyball team, which only finished sixth (the worst record for the past 7 years). The lack of success in the team and the fact that Zhang Changning, Gong Xiangyu and other national players did not participate in the competition are the direct reasons for the team’s performance decline.
Thanks to the lifting of the restriction on the number of foreign players in this Volleyball Super League, many teams introduced more foreign players, but in the end it was the two teams from Tianjin and Shanghai that only introduced one foreign player each.
Both Chen Boya and Zhang Shiqi of the Tianjin women’s volleyball team represented the team in the major league for the first time, and both performed well. Although there is still room for improvement in the first pass, Chen Boya’s changing offensive methods and calm and stable performance made the fans have more expectations. In the absence of Yuan Xinyue, Zhang Shiqi and Wang Yuanyuan jointly supported the team’s secondary offensive line, showing an independent temperament.
The Shanghai women’s volleyball team is led by female players such as Zhong Hui, Wang Weiyi and Gao Yi, supplemented by a group of young female players, who have unleashed a “youth storm” in the league this season. Although there aren’t many international players, the tactical quality and teamwork shown by the whole squad is impressive. Especially in the semi-final competition, facing the Shenzhen women’s volleyball team with more foreign aid, the young players of the Shanghai team showed strong offensive strength and won the match cleanly.
In this championship, Zhuang Yushan from Fujian, Wu Mengjie from Jiangsu, Wang Yifan from Guangdong and Miao Yiwen from Sichuan are impressive. In terms of support, Wang Yindi from the Shanghai team and Zhou Yetong from the Jiangsu team played well. In terms of setters, Xu Xiaoting from the Shanghai team performed outstandingly. In terms of free agents, Sichuan team Yang Yuning’s various technical statistics top the list.
Of the players mentioned above, Wang Yifan and Wang Yindi are only 17 years old and have great potential. Wu Mengjie, Wang Yifan, Miao Yiwen and other players, although they have been selected for the national team in the past, are not completely newcomers, but they were in a relatively marginal position in the national team before. have proven themselves with stable performance, which is beneficial for the orderly competition of national team personnel.
Since the introduction of the home and away game system in 1996, the Chinese Volleyball League has been developing for more than 20 years, and there are obvious gaps in influence, marketing and operation.
In January last year, the reform of the volleyball league became the core theme of the National Volleyball Work Conference. Insiders believe that although the Women’s Volleyball Super League is not perfect this season, it is still actively exploring and reforming. “Only by strengthening the high-level design and constantly summarizing the experience of the reform and incorporating all kinds of materials, the level of the league can be improved, and the Volleyball Super League will be transformed into a high-level league with international influence as soon as possible. “
