China women's national volleyball team

China

Association	China Volleyball Association
Confederation	AVC
Website	www.volleyball.org.cn(Chinese)
Head coach	Cai Bin
FIVB ranking	5 (as of 2008-08-25)
Olympics
Appearances	7 (First in 1984)
Best result	Gold medal（1984、2004）
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1982)
Best result	Gold medal（1982、1986）

The China women's national volleyball team (simplified Chinese: 中国女排) represents the People's Republic of China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It's one of the leading squads in women's international volleyball, twice having won the Olympic title (1984 and 2004).

China took five consecutive World titles in the 1980s. Although it experienced an unstable development in the 1990s, the team won the World Cup title in 2003 and captured the gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Culturally, women's volleyball fielded the first ever Chinese team to be successful on a global scale, and was of great importance in the early 1980s, when the team was largely followed in China.

7 times World Champions

Year	Games	Host	Runner-up	2nd Runner-up
1981 #	3rd World Cup	Japan	Japan	Soviet Union
1982 #	9th World Women's Volleyball Championship	Peru	Peru	United States
1984 #	Los Angeles Olympic Games	USA	United States	Japan
1985 #	4th World Cup	Japan	Cuba	Soviet Union
1986 #	10th World Women's Volleyball Championship	Czechoslovakia	Cuba	Peru
2003	9th World Cup	Japan	Brazil	United States
2004	Athens Olympic Games	Greece	Russia	Cuba

# - 5 Straight Major titles in 1980s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

2008 Olympic Team Roster

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
1	Wang Yimei	Liaoning	January 11, 1988(1988-01-11)	190	90	318	305
2	Feng Kun	Asystel Novara	December 28, 1978(1978-12-28)	182	75	319	310
3	Yang Hao	Perugia	March 21, 1980(1980-03-21)	183	78	319	314
4	Liu Yanan	Liaoning	September 29, 1980(1980-09-29)	186	73	320	313
5	Wei Qiuyue	Tianjin	September 26, 1988(1988-09-26)	182	65	305	300
6	Xu Yunli	Fujian	August 2, 1987(1987-08-02)	196	85	313	306
7	Zhou Suhong	Zhejiang	April 23, 1979(1979-04-23)	182	73	313	305
9	Zhao Ruirui	Army	August 8, 1981(1981-08-08)	196	70	326	315
10	Xue Ming	Beijing	February 23, 1987(1987-02-23)	193	68	322	310
11	Li Juan	Tianjin	May 15, 1981(1981-05-15)	187	73	315	307
16	Zhang Na	Tianjin	April 19, 1980(1980-04-19)	180	72	302	292
17	Ma Yunwen	Shanghai	August 19, 1986(1986-08-19)	189	70	315	307

Results

Olympic Games

• 1964 to 1980 — did not participate
• 1984 — Gold Medal
• 1988 — Bronze Medal
• 1992 — 7th place
• 1996 — Silver Medal
• 2000 — 5th place
• 2004 — Gold Medal
• 2008 — Bronze Medal

World Championship

• 1952 — did not participate
• 1956 — 6th place
• 1960 — did not participate
• 1962 — 9th place
• 1967 — did not participate
• 1970 — did not participate
• 1974 — 14th place
• 1978 — 6th place
• 1982 — Gold Medal
• 1986 — Gold Medal
• 1990 — Silver Medal
• 1994 — 8th place
• 1998 — Silver Medal
• 2002 — 4th place
• 2006 — 5th place

World Cup

• 1973 — did not participate
• 1977 — 4th place
• 1981 — Gold Medal
• 1985 — Gold Medal
• 1989 — Bronze Medal
• 1991 — Silver Medal
• 1995 — Bronze Medal
• 1999 — 5th place
• 2003 — Gold Medal
• 2007 — did not participate (2008 Beijing Summer Olympics host country cannot participate)

World Grand Prix

• 1993 — Silver Medal
• 1994 — Bronze Medal
• 1995 — 4th place
• 1996 — 4th place
• 1997 — 5th place
• 1998 — 4th place
• 1999 — Bronze Medal
• 2000 — 4th place
• 2001 — Silver Medal
• 2002 — Silver Medal
• 2003 — Gold Medal
• 2004 — 5th place
• 2005 — Bronze Medal
• 2006 — 5th place
• 2007 — Silver Medal
• 2008 — 5th place
• 2009 — 5th place

Asian Games

• 1974 — Bronze Medal
• 1978 — Silver Medal
• 1982 — Gold Medal
• 1986 — Gold Medal
• 1990 — Gold Medal
• 1994 — Silver Medal
• 1998 — Gold Medal
• 2002 — Gold Medal
• 2006 — Gold Medal

Squads

• 1996 Olympic Games — Silver Medal

  Cui Yongmei, He Qi, Lai Yawen , Li Yan, Liu Xiaoning, Pan Wenli, Sun Yue, Wang Lina, Wang Yi, Wang Ziling, Wu Yongmei, and Zhu Yunying. Head Coach: Lang Ping.

• 1999 FIVB World Cup — 5th place

  Chen Jing, Gui Chaoran, He Qi, Li Shan, Lin Wenzhen, Qiu Aihua, Sun Yue, Wang Lina, Wu Yongmei, Yin Yin, Zhou Suhong and Zhu Yunying. Head Coach: Hu Jin.

• 2000 Olympic Games — 5th place

  Chen Jing, Gui Chaoran, He Qi, Li Shan, Li Yan, Qiu Aihua, Sun Yue, Wang Lina, Wu Dan, Wu Yongmei, Yin Yin, and Zhu Yunying. Head Coach: Hu Jin.

• 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — Silver Medal

  Feng Kun, Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong, Zhao Ruirui, Zhang Yuehong, Song Nina, Lin Hanying, Wu Yongmei, Zhang Jing, and Zhang Na. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.

• 2002 World Championship — 4th place

  Wang Yimei, Feng Kun , Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong, Zhao Ruirui, Zhang Yuehong, Chen Jing, Song Nina, Li Ying, and Xiong Zi. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.

• 2003 FIVB World Cup — Gold Medal

  Chen Jing, Feng Kun , Li Shan, Liu Yanan, Song Nina, Wang Lina, Yang Hao, Zhang Na, Zhang Ping, Zhang Yuehong, Zhao Ruirui, and Zhou Suhong. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.

• 2004 Olympic Games — Gold Medal

  Chen Jing, Feng Kun , Li Shan, Liu Yanan, Song Nina, Wang Lina, Yang Hao, Zhang Na, Zhang Ping, Zhang Yuehong, Zhao Ruirui, and Zhou Suhong. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.

• 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix — Bronze Medal

  Chu Jinling, Feng Kun , Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Ma Yunwen, Wang Keke, Wang Ting, Wang Yimei, Xue Ming, Zhang Na, Zhang Ping, Zhao Yun, and Zhou Suhong. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.

• 2006 World Championship — 5th place

  Wang Yimei, Feng Kun , Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Chu Jinling, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong, Li Juan, Song Nina, Zhang Na, Xu Yunli, and Zhang Ping. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.

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