Jiangmen, China, June 29, 2024 – The Organizing Committee of the 22nd Asian Women’s U20 Volleyball Championship conducted the Preliminary Inquiry, a final check of all teams’ documents, uniforms and equipments, at Meeting Room 1 at Huabao Sports Exhibition Hotel on Saturday evening, with team managers, head coaches and doctors invited for this mandatory attendance.
China
Control Committee Chairman Mr Cai Yi from China, Technical Delegate Dr Eom Han-Joo from Korea and AVC Coordinator Mr Shanrit Wongprasert, himself AVC Executive Director, jointly conducted the inquiry and all team officials from Hong Kong China, Australia, China, Korea, Kazakhstan, India, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Iran, New Zealand, Vietnam and Thailand attended as scheduled.
Vietnam
After a short meeting in the Preliminary Inquiry, some coaches stopped by to give their perspectives on how their teams’ preparations and expectations for this topflight competition, which serves as the Asian qualification for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship.
Hong Kong, China
“We formed our team early this year in April. Many players have been in the junior team and we competed in two tournaments last year. We changed some players and included three U18 players to our U20 squad. As only top two teams from each pool will advance to the next round, it’s not easy to reach that goal, but we will try our best to finish among top two teams,” Hong Kong, China’s head coach Cheung King Fai.
Korea
“This is our team’s first time here and we trained very hard in our preparation for this championship. We are a bit nervous, but we will do our best,” Korea’s head coach Chang Yoon Hee.
Australia
“Our preparation has been good in lead up to this tournament and we had great opportunity to practice in Japan against some teams from Japan which should be wonderful. We got some season campaigns as we have been to U18 and been part of the women’s team and so, we have great anticipation that we will do well,” Australia’s head coach Cameron Bettenay.
Kazakhstan
“We trained one month in preparation for this championship. At the recent Asian Women’s U18 Championship in Thailand, I was assistant coach. In Jiangmen, there are many strong teams and our expectation cannot be that high. However, despite a dim chance, I hope my girls will do their best to reach the final,” Kazakhstan’s head coach Azamat Yessimov.
Japan
“Our goal is to win gold medal. We have good…
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