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Guangdong Evergrande prominently established a strong but technically equipped image in the history of China Volleyball League. The club team is the first professional volleyball club and is being supported by a large real estate group from Guangzhou, China. Since its establishment in 2009, the club caught everyone’s attention through its independent operational methods, which promotes self-sustainability and development that laid a strong base for its coaches and players. In its debut season, the club swept the second division of the Chinese women’s volleyball league that promoted them to play in the league’s first division the following year. In 2010, they became the top favourites as they dominated the regular season but only finished second behind club team Tianjin. Its budding rivalry with Tianjin continued in 2011 when they faced each other in the semifinals. Guangdong Evergrande emerged as winners in this encounter and denied Tianjin of its finals appearance after decades of dominating the Chinese league. Evergrande eventually won the title and became the fifth team to win a title in league history. Evergrande gathered some of the world’s top players and the best Chinese players – forming an invincible arsenal – that left a mark in the minds of the media and the entire volleyball community. An impressive list of players was presented each season. Top players from USA such as Logan Tom, Nicole Fawcett, Kim Glass, Christa Harmotto and Nicole Davis have played for Guangdong Evergrande in different seasons. Solid hitters Carolina Costagrande, Katarzyna Skowronska-Dolata, Wilavan Apinyapong and Jovana Brakocevic, have once been part of the Evergrande lineup. Its remarkable lineup of local players included Olympic gold medallists Feng Kung, Wang Lina, Yang Hao and Zhou Suhong, have pioneered the club team’s climb to its current inspiring prominence. Evergrande perpetuate this winning formula at the FIVB Women’s Club World Championship as Americans Juliann Faucette and Megan Hodge, and Italian middle blocker Martina Guiggi grace this season’s squad. A core of Chinese national team players Shen Jingsi, Yang Junjing, Zeng Chunlei, Xu Yunli, Hui Ruoqi, Shan Danna, and the young powerhouse Zhu Ting will join Hodge, Faucette and Guiggi in their rousing quest for supremacy in international club level. |
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