China men's national volleyball team

China

Association	China Volleyball Association
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Zhou Jian'an
FIVB ranking	8 (as of 2010-01-15)
Olympics
Appearances	2
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1956)
Best result	7th (1978, 1982)
Uniforms
Home 　 Away

Medal record
Asian Games
Gold	1986 Seoul	Team
Gold	1990 Beijing	Team
Gold	1998 Bangkok	Team
Silver	1982 New Delhi	Team
Silver	1994 Hiroshima	Team
Silver	2006 Doha	Team
Bronze	1974 Teheran	Team
Bronze	1978 Bangkok	Team
Asian Championship
Gold	1979 Manama	Team
Gold	1997 Doha	Team
Gold	1999 Tehran	Team
Silver	1983 Tokyo	Team
Silver	1987 Kuwait	Team
Silver	1995 Seoul	Team
Silver	2003 Tianjin	Team
Silver	2005 Suphanburi	Team
Bronze	1975 Melbourne	Team
Bronze	1989 Seoul	Team
Bronze	1991 Perth	Team
Asian Cup
Bronze	2008 Nakhon Ratchasima	Team
Silver	2010 Urmia	Team

The China men's national volleyball team represents PR China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team twice took part in the Summer Olympics, finishing in eighth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California., and 5th place in the 2008 Summer Olympics. The leading volleyball nations in Asia are Japan and, to a lesser extent, South Korea.

Volleyball officially was introduced in China in 1910 and the Chinese national team has been participated in international competitions for more than 45 years. Since 1956, China has taken part in eleven World Championships, with its best results being recorded in Italy (1978) and Argentina (1982) where the squad finished in seventh place.

The team also placed ninth three times, in France (1956), the Soviet Union (1962) and Czechoslovakia (1966). In 2002 in Argentina, China was 13th as a new rebuilding phase got off the ground.

China took part in the opening edition of the top-class Volleyball World League in 1990 and regularly participated between 1992 and 1997, finishing sixth in 1996.

Results

Olympic Games

• 1984 — 8th place
• 1988 — 2004 — did not compete
• 2008 — 5th place

World Championship

• 1949 — did not compete
• 1952 — did not compete
• 1956 — 9th place
• 1960 — did not compete
• 1962 — 9th place
• 1966 — 9th place
• 1970 — did not compete
• 1974 — 15th place
• 1978 — 7th place
• 1982 — 7th place
• 1986 — 12th place
• 1990 — did not compete
• 1994 — 15th place
• 1998 — 15th place
• 2002 — 13th place
• 2006 — 17th place
• 2010 — 19th place

World Cup

• 1989 — did not compete
• 1995 — 10th place
• 1999 — 11th place
• 2003 — 10th place
• 2007 — did not participate (2008 Beijing Summer Olympics host country cannot participate)

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 — did not compete
• 1997 — 4th place
• 2001 — did not compete
• 2005 — 6th place
• 2009 — did not compete

World League

• 1990 — 8th place
• 1991 — did not compete
• 1992 — 7th place
• 1993 — 7th place
• 1994 — 10th place
• 1995 — 11th place
• 1996 — 6th place
• 1997 — 10th place
• 1998 — did not compete
• 1999 — did not compete
• 2000 — did not compete
• 2001 — did not compete
• 2002 — 9th place
• 2003 — did not compete
• 2004 — 10th place
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2006 — 13th place
• 2007 — 9th place
• 2008 — 7th place
• 2009 — 13th place
• 2010 — 15th place

Asian Games

• 1974 — Bronze Medal
• 1978 — Bronze Medal
• 1982 — Silver Medal
• 1986 — Gold Medal
• 1990 — Gold Medal
• 1994 — Silver Medal
• 1998 — Gold Medal
• 2002 — 4th place
• 2006 — Silver Medal
• 2010 — 5th place

Asian Championship

• 1975 — Bronze Medal
• 1979 — Gold Medal
• 1983 — Silver Medal
• 1987 — Silver Medal
• 1989 — Bronze Medal
• 1991 — Bronze Medal
• 1993 — 4th place
• 1995 — Silver Medal
• 1997 — Gold Medal
• 1999 — Gold Medal
• 2001 — 4th place
• 2003 — Silver Medal
• 2005 — Silver Medal
• 2007 — 4th place
• 2009 — 4th place
• 2011 — Silver Medal

Asian Cup

• 2008 — Bronze Medal
• 2010 — Silver Medal

Squads

• 1998 World Championship — 15th place

  Zheng Liang, Chen Qi, Lu Weizhong, Zhang Liming, Zhou Jianan, Chen Fang, Wang Hebing, Zhang Xiang, Zhao Yong, An Jiajie, Zhu Gang, and Li Tieming. Head Coach: Wang Jiawei.

• 2002 World Championship — 13th place

  Zhang Xiaodong, Sui Shengsheng, Zheng Liang, Lu Fei, Tang Miao, Shi Hairong , He Jiong, Li Hang, Shen Qiong, Wang Haichuan, Chu Hui, and Li Chun. Head Coach: Di Anhe.

• 2003 FIVB World Cup — 10th place

  Zhang Xiaodong, Hu Song, Yuan Zhi, Cui Xiaodong, Tang Miao, Shi Hairong , He Jiong, Li Hang, Li Chun, Shen Qiong, Wu Xiaojiang, and Chu Hu. Head Coach: Di Anhe.

• 2005 World Grand Champions Cup — 6th place

  Yuan Zhi, Guo Peng, Tang Miao, He Jiong, Li Chun, Shen Qiong, Fang Yingchao, Chu Hui, Sui Shengsheng , and Yu Dawei. Head Coach: Di Anhe.

• 2006 FIVB World League — 13th place

  Guo Song, Hu Song, Cui Xiaodong, Yuan Zhi, Guo Peng, Wang Haichuan, Tang Miao, Kang Kang, Zhou Hong, Li Chun, Yu Dawei, Shen Qiong, Jian Kun, Wang Jin, Chu Hui, Ren Qi, Sui Shengsheng, Zhang Xiang. Head Coach: Zhou Jianan.

2008 Olympic Team

See also: China at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

• FIVB