The China women's national volleyball team (Chinese: 中国国家女子排球队, or 中国女排 for short) represents the People's Republic of China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Chinese Volleyball Association. They are one of the leading and most successful squads in women's international volleyball and a worshipful sports team in China , having won nine championships titles in the three major international competitions of volleyball, including World Cup four times (1981, 1985, 2003 and 2015), World Championship twice (1982, 1986) and Olympic Game titles three times (1984, 2004 and 2016). The current head coach is Lang Ping, executive coach is An Jiajie. The team now ranks the first place in the FIVB World Ranking.
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 2015, also captured the gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Chinese women's volleyball team had won four times the "Best team" award in the CCTV sportsmanship competition.
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. In the early 1980s, China was still poor and much in need of development to improve people's lives, with hard-working and fighting spirit, the Chinese women's volleyball team won three and five consecutive championships, such achievement became the role model and pride of the Chinese and was also the symbol of China's economic take-off in the 80s.
Results
Olympic Games
1984 — 
Gold Medal
- Zhang Rongfang (c), Hou Yuzhu, Yang Xiaojun, Yang Xilan, Zhu Ling, Zheng Meizhu, Su Huijuan, Lang Ping, Li Yanjun, Zhou Xiaolan, Liang Yan and Jiang Ying. Head Coach: Yuan Weimin.
1988 — 
Bronze Medal
- Yang Xilan (c), Hou Yuzhu, Yang Xiaojun, Wu Dan, Jiang Ying, Zheng Meizhu, Su Huijuan, Li Guojun, Zhao Hong, Wang Yajun, Cui Yongmei and Li Yueming. Head Coach: Li Yaoxian.
1992 — 7th place
- Li Guojun (c), Gao Lin, Chen Fengqin, Wu Dan, Ma Fang, Lai Yawen, Su Huijuan, Wang Yi, Li Yueming, Sun Yue, Su Liqun and Zhou Hong. Head Coach: Hu Jin.
- 1996 —
Silver Medal
- Lai Yawen (c), Li Yan, Cui Yongmei, Zhu Yunying, Wu Yongmei, Wang Yi, He Qi, Pan Wenli, Liu Xiaoning, Wang Ziling, Sun Yue and Wang Lina. Head Coach: Lang Ping.
2000 — 5th place
- Wu Dan, Li Yan, Zhu Yunying, Wu Yongmei, Li Shan, He Qi, Chen Jing, Sun Yue (c), Qiu Aihua, Gui Chaoran, Wang Lina and Yin Yin. Head Coach: Hu Jin.
2004 — Gold Medal
- Feng Kun (c), Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong, Zhao Ruirui, Zhang Yuehong, Chen Jing, Song Nina, Wang Lina, Zhang Na and Zhang Ping. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.
2008 — Bronze Medal
- Wang Yimei, Feng Kun (c), Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Wei Qiuyue, Xu Yunli, Zhou Suhong, Zhao Ruirui, Xue Ming, Li Juan, Ma Yunwen and Zhang Na. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.
2012 — 5th place
- Wang Yimei, Mi Yang, Hui Ruoqi, Chu Jinling, Zhang Xian, Wei Qiuyue (c), Yang Junjing, Shan Danna, Xu Yunli, Zeng Chunlei, Ma Yunwen and Zhang Lei. Head Coach: Yu Juemin.
2016 — Gold Medal
- Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting, Yang Fangxu, Gong Xiangyu, Wei Qiuyue, Zhang Changning, Lin Li, Ding Xia, Yan Ni, Liu Xiaotong, Xu Yunli and Hui Ruoqi (c). Head Coach: Lang Ping.
World Championship
1956 — 6th place
1962 — 9th place
1974 — 14th place- 1978 — 6th place
1982 — 
Gold Medal
1986 — Gold Medal- 1990 —
Silver Medal
- 1994 — 8th place
1998 — Silver Medal
2002 — 4th place
- Zhang Jing, Feng Kun (c), 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.
- 2006 — 5th place
- Wang Yimei, Feng Kun (c), 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.
- 2010 — 10th place
- Wang Yimei, Zhang Lei, Yang Jie, Shen Jingsi, Chu Jinling, Zhou Suhong, Wei Qiuyue (c), Li Juan, Xu Yunli, Xue Ming, Ma Yunwen and Zhang Xian. Head Coach: Yu Juemin.
2014 — Silver Medal
- Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting, Yang Fangxu, Shen Jingsi, Yang Junjing, Wei Qiuyue, Zeng Chunlei, Liu Xiaotong, Shan Danna, Xu Yunli, Hui Ruoqi (c), Chen Zhan, Wang Huimin, Wang Na. Head Coach: Lang Ping
- 2018 — Qualified
World Cup
- 1977 — 4th place
- 1981 —
Gold Medal
- Cao Huiying, Liang Yan, Lang Ping, Zhou Xiaolan, Yang Xi, Sun Jinfang (c), Chen Zhaodi, Zhou Lumin, Zhu Ling, Chen Yaqiong, Zhang Rongfang, Zhang Jieyun. Head Coach: Yuan Weimin.
- 1985 — Gold Medal
- Lang Ping (c), Liang Yan, Hou Yuzhu, Zhou Xiaolan, Yin Qin, Yang Xilan, Su Huijuan, Jiang Ying, Li Yanjun, Yang Xiaojun, Zheng Meizhu, Wu Dan, Lin Guoqing. Head Coach: Deng Ruozeng.
- 1989 —
Bronze Medal
- 1991 —
Silver Medal
- 1995 — Bronze Medal
- 1999 — 5th place
- Gui Chaoran, Zhu Yunying, Wu Yongmei, Li Shan, He Qi, Chen Jing, Sun Yue (c), Qiu Aihua, Zhou Suhong, Wang Lina, Lin Wenzhen and Yin Yin. Head Coach: Hu Jin.
- 2003 — Gold Medal
- Chen Jing, Feng Kun (c), 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.
- 2007 — Did not participate (2008 Beijing Summer Olympics host country cannot participate)
- 2011 — Bronze Medal
- Wang Yimei, Mi Yang, Yang Jie, Hui Ruoqi, Zhang Xian, Wei Qiuyue (c), Yang Junjing, Shan Danna, Xu Yunli, Yang Zhou, Chen Liyi, Ma Yunwen, Zhang Lei, and Fan Linlin. Head Coach: Yu Juemin.
- 2015 — Gold Medal
- Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting, Shen Jingsi, Yang Junjing, Wei Qiuyue, Zeng Chunlei (c), Zhang Changning, Zhang Xiaoya, Lin Li, Ding Xia, Yan Ni, Wang Mengjie, Liu Yanhan, and Liu Xiaotong. Head Coach: Lang Ping.
World Grand Champions Cup
- 1993 — Silver Medal
- 1997 — 4th place
- 2001 — Gold Medal
- Zhang Jing, Feng Kun (c), Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong, Zhao Ruirui, Zhang Yuehong, Chen Jing, Song Nina, Xiong Zi, Lin Hanying. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.
- 2005 — Bronze Medal
- Wang Yimei, Feng Kun (c), Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Chu Jinling, Zhou Suhong, Xue Ming, Li Juan, Song Nina, Ma Yunwen, Zhang Na, Zhang Ping. Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe.
- 2017 — Gold Medal
- Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting (c), Gong Xiangyu, Diao Linyu, Yao Di, Zhang Changning, Liu Xiaotong, Zheng Yixin, Wang Chenyue, Lin Li, Ding Xia, Wang Mengjie, Yan Ni, Zeng Chunlei. Head Coach: An Jiajie.
Volleyball Nations League
- 2018 — Bronze Medal
- 2019 — Final Round Host
- 2020 — Final Round Host
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- 2010 — Gold Medal
- 2014 — Silver Medal
2018 — Gold Medal- 2022 — To be determined
Team
Current roster
The following is the Chinese roster in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Head coach: Lang Ping
Notable squads
World Championship squads |
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