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China Men Struggle to Emulate Female
Counterparts

China women volleyball team defied
expectations to qualify for the London Olympics by claiming a top
three spot at this month World Cup in Japan.

The women side shocked many in the Volleyball
fraternity fellow staff
with a series of commanding
performances in claiming the bronze bronze
at the Quadrennial competition .

CRI Jonathon Alpart spoke to China Volleyball
Association vice-secretary Lv Yajun to evaluate China men chances of emulating their
female counterparts .

Twelve teams will take
part in the men and women volleyball events at the London
Olympics next year. With hosts Great Britain claiming one of those
spots, that leaves 11 coveted spaces up for grabs .

The road travel
to qualify for London can be an arduous hard one, but the earliest chance national teams have
to claim their spot is at the FIVB World Cup held from November to < br /> December in Japan.

China women qualified for the World Cup after
winning the Asian Championship earlier in the year, and then
performed well beyond expectations in finishing third at the World
Cup to book their
place set to the position in London.

Wins over Japan, Serbia and Germany – each top ten
teams, were the highlights Highlights and see the Chinese team travel to the Olympics
next year confident that they can emulate follow
the glorious China teams of
1984 and 2004 to take Olympic gold .

“It was an inspiration for China to claim a place
at the Olympics. We will prepare a strategy for the Olympics. There
are still about seven or eight months until the Olympics, and I
believe that we can be even better by the time they come around visit .”

However, China men prospects are a little
different, and Lv is less confident about their chances in
London.

Currently 10th in the world
rankings world ranking , China men qualified for finalists the World Cup as runners-up at the Asian
Championships, and after losing their opening three matches in
Japan, their hopes of qualifying through the World Cup are
hanging by a
thread at risk .

“It will be hard for China men team to take
one of the first three tickets to the Olympics since only the top
three at the World Cup get the places. We will have chances against
the lesser teams , but the difference between China and European and
American teams is still huge. “

It seems China men hopes will lay in is performing well at the Asian Qualification
Tournament Championship next June where two places will be up for
grabs.

“Yes, there is still a chance to qualify finalists . We played well this year and were runners-up runner-up
at the Asian Championships. We will still have a
chance to qualify at the Asian Qualifying Tournament. “

Lv believes that China best hopes of a
volleyball medal lay with
rely on … get
its women team, who stand a good chance of
getting on the podium dance Taiwan in London.

While the men side possess have < / B> some talented young players, he believes they will
struggle to make the
top-eight into the top eight
in London – should they qualify, and that perhaps
the best they could hope for, would be to register wins against
some of the smaller teams next year.

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