China International Men’s Volleyball Tournament begins
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The tournament marks China’s debut in the 2013 with new coach, Xie Guocheng at the helm. |
Luohe, China, May 22, 2013 – The China
International Men’s Volleyball Tournament began in Luohe in the country’s Henan
Province, yesterday. After their win
again Kazakhstan in the opening match, the men’s team seems well placed to
follow in the footsteps of their female
counterparts who won the first phase of the China International Women’s
Volleyball Tournament on Sunday in Ningbo.
The tournament –
which is being held from May 21 to 23 – will see China play against Kazakhstan,
India. Australia was not able to participate in the tournament owing to a
conflict in their schedule and were replaced by Henan Tianguan, a club in the
Chinese volleyball league.
On the opening day, China won in straight sets against Kazakhstan (25-20,
25-23, 25-16), while India defeated the host club team, Henan Tianguan in a
closely contested match (19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23,11-15).
“Though we won, I am not very
satisfied with the process. We came into the role slowly and the cooperation
was not so smooth. But we geared into the right way later through improving our
serving, blocking and variety of attacking.” said coach Xie Guocheng, “The main target for
this tournament is to give each player as much practice as possible in their
position.”
Captain Zhong Weijun said, “We played in a
bit of a hurried manner in the beginning. After all we only trained for just
two weeks. But we adjusted ourselves well and took down the match.”
The tournament will take place in Luohe for another
2 days as per the following schedule:
May 22
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16:00
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India v.
Kazakhstan
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19:30
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China v.
Henan
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May 23
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16:00
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China v.
India
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19:30
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Henan v.
Kazakhstan
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