TEAM COMPOSITION

CHN / China - Team Composition

Team manager	Xu Li
Head coach	Yu Juemin
Assistant coach	Laiyawen
Doctor	1. Wei Yongji 2. Wang Kai
Therapist / trainer
Journalist	Hu Jin, Coach (Also Assistant Manager)

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Yimei	WANG	WANG Y.M.	11.01.1988	190	90	318	305
	2	Yang	MI	NONE	24.01.1989	180	70	305	298
	3	Jie	YANG	YANG J.	01.03.1994	192	72	308	300
	4	Ruoqi	HUI	HUI R.Q.	04.03.1991	189	70	312	305
	5	Na	WANG	WANG N.	25.02.1990	178	63	305	295
	6	Jinling	CHU	CHU J.L.	29.07.1984	190	72	310	302
L	7	Xian	ZHANG	ZHANG X.	16.03.1985	167	57	290	280
C	8	Qiuyue	WEI	NONE	26.09.1988	182	65	305	300
	9	Junjing	YANG	YANG J.J.	15.05.1989	190	70	308	300
L	10	Danna	SHAN	SHAN D.N.	08.10.1991	168	60	295	285
	11	Yunli	XU	XU Y.L.	02.08.1987	196	75	317	315
	12	Chunlei	ZENG	ZENG C.L.	03.11.1989	186	77	318	315
	13	Ni	YAN	YAN N.	02.03.1987	192	74	317	306
	14	Congcong	LIU	LIU C.C.	08.12.1990	188	70	310	305
	15	Yunwen	MA	MA Y.W.	19.10.1986	189	76	315	307
	16	Na	YIN	YIN N.	03.02.1988	182	65	305	300
	17	Lei	ZHANG	ZHANG L.	11.01.1985	181	71	316	310
	18	Linlin	FAN	FAN L.L.	01.12.1991	190	77	316	301
L	19	Qian	WANG	NONE	14.03.1989	174	65	305	295
	20	Liyi	CHEN	NONE	27.04.1989	184	75	302	290
	21	Ming	XUE	XUE M.	23.02.1987	193	72	324	315
	22	Zhou	YANG	YANG Z.	21.04.1992	187	71	308	295
	23	Yanan	QIU	QIU Y.N.	16.01.1989	183	62	295	280
	24	Jingsi	Shen	SHENG J.S.	03.05.1989	185	78	305	300

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

As one of the top women’s volleyball teams in the world China’s recent results haven’t quite lived up to expectation. Under the guidance of Chen Zhonghe from 2001 to 2008, China won Olympic gold and bronze medals, and World Grand Prix and World Cup titles in 2003 before the former China junior women’s team coach Cai Bin came in from 2009, which saw China miss out on their first ever World Grand Champions Cup after a surprise loss to Thailand in the Asia Continental Championship final.

In 2010 Wang Baoquan was the new coach for the World Grand Prix, where China, featuring many new faces, finished fourth. But the lack of recent coaching consistency continued when Baoquan stood down for health reasons, making Yu Juemin China’s third coach in 18 months. Although the changes at the helm have proved unsettling, the two-time world champions have class and with Wang Yimei, a player of devastating attacking quality.

In 2010, China won the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Games but this was offset by a disappointing 10th place finish at the Women’s World Championship. In 2011, China called in a number of new players and they helped book the country a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games with bronze at the 2011 FIVB World Cup

Coach profile

Yu Juemin is a former player who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games before turning his hand to coaching in 1989 with Zhejiang, leading them to the 1994 China Championship. From 2001 to 2004, he was assistant coach of the Chinese men’s team, after which he moved to a similar position with the women’s team, working with them at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In August 2010 he was named coach of the Chinese women’s team and since then he has led them to 10th at the FIVB World Championship, eighth at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2011 and third at the FIVB World Cup 2011.