Guangdong Evergrande V.C. () is a Chinese professional women's volleyball club, currently based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, founded in 2009 and sponsored by Evergrande Group. They are the winners of the bronze medal at the 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship and won one champion title of Chinese Volleyball League.
History Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Club is a professional women's volleyball club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong and play in the 361° Chinese Women's Volleyball League. The club was founded on April 24, 2009, and became the first professional volleyball club in China.
With 12 straight wins, they won the Chinese Women's Volleyball League Group B in 2009–2010 season and qualified to the Group A.
In the 2010–2011 season they played in the Chinese Women's Volleyball League Group A, in the semifinal, they got huge came back from 26 points down to defeat Shanghai, but they lost 2–3 to defending champion Tianjin Bridgestone in the finals.
During the 2011–2012 season, they defeated the defending champion in the semifinal, the first time Tianjin Bridgestone did not reach the finals in a decade. They won their first title on March 3, 2012, and became the 5th Champion team in Chinese Women's Volleyball League history.
Guangdong Evergrande played at the 2013 Club World Championship and claimed the bronze medal-winning 3–1 to Voléro Zürich. The team had Shen Jingsi named Best Setter.
In 2014, due to head coach Lang Ping resigning and the main sponsor Evergrande Group deciding to put more of their investment into football league, Guangdong Evergrande VC was demoted to Group B league of China because of the unsatisfactory result, for about two seasons.
In Season 2017/18, as the Group A league was expanded, Guangdong Evergrande VC returned to the Chinese Group A League.
CVL results Season Final Standing 2010-2011 Runner-up 2011-2012 Champions 2012-2013 Runner-up 2013-2014 4th 2014-2015 12th 2015-2016 Group B 2016-2017 Group B 2017-2018 8th 2018-2019 7th 2019-2020 4th 2020-2021 4th
Team Roster of Season 2020–2021
Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Chen PeiyanOpposite1.9416/09/1999 2 Li YaoWing-spiker1.8623/10/1995 3 Kelsey RobinsonWing-spiker1.8825/07/1992 4 Guo JunnanWing-spiker1.8708/02/1996 5 Dobriana RabadžievaWing-spiker1.8714/06/1991 6 Yu JiaruiSetter1.8223/10/1997 7 Xiong XuehuaLibero1.6106/08/1997 8 Wang HongliMiddle Blocker1.8910/01/1994 9 Tian YueMiddle Blocker1.8715/09/1997 10 Wang MinLibero1.7814/05/199711 Zhang JiaxinMiddle Blocker1.8220/04/2000 12 Gong JingLibero1.7902/02/199513 Wang XinyaoMiddle Blocker1.9027/05/1995 14 Yuan WeiyuWing-spiker1.8325/03/1995 15 Zhang FengmeiMiddle Blocker1.8411/11/1997 18 Xu XiaotingSetter1.8021/01/1998
see also the Team Roster from past seasons
Former players Number Player Season Transfer to 16 Fernanda Garay 2016–2017 Dinamo Moscow11 Kimberly Glass 2012–2013 Praia Clube4 Zhu Ting Henan Huawei 1 Katarzyna Skowronska 2011–2013 Rabita Baku12 Carolina Costagrande Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü5 Wang Lina 2011–2012Retired15 Nicole Fawcett Korea Expressway18 Wang Ting Henan Zhengzhou Hi-tech dist.6 Jovana Brakočević 2010–2011 JT Marvelous13 Wilavan Apinyapong Fujian Xi Meng Bao15 Logan Tom Fenerbahçe Acıbadem2 Feng Kun2009–2011Retired3 Yang Hao 2009–2010Retired4 Christa Harmotto Universal Volley Femminile Modena7 Zhou Suhong Zhejiang New Century Tourism12 Yin YinRetired15 Nicole Davis Lokomotiv Baku
Achievements
Chinese Volleyball League Group A : Champion (1): 2011–2012 Runner-up (1): 2010–2011, 2012–2013 Chinese Volleyball League Group B : 1st place : 2009–2010 (Qualify for the Group A) FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship: 3rd place: 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
Competitions
Chinese Volleyball League Group B SeasonPositionM-WM-LS-WS-LP-WP-L2009–20101st120364981655 Total1/1120364981655 Ratio100%100%9.0001.498
Chinese Volleyball League Group A
SeasonPositionM-WM-LS-WS-LP-WP-L2010–2011 185602519191614 Ratio78.26%2.4001.1892011–2012 202611717911599 Ratio90.91%3.5881.1202012–2013- 7 3 26 12 871 747 Ratio70.00%2.167 1.1672017–20188th Total1/2451014754 45813960 Ratio50%81.82%2.7221.157
Club Records Since 2009.11.28 the first time Participate the Chinese volleyball league. Correct as of 28 January 2012.
Team
Record Longest streaks : 14 matches, during the 2011–2012 season (2011.12.20–2012.2.14) Record Most wins in one season : 20 matches, during the 2011–2012 season Record Most points win in one set : 25 – 5 V.S Henan Zhengzhou Hi-tech dist. 2011.3.1 Record Fewest set points defeat in one set : 9 – 25 V.S Tianjin Bridgestone 2011.3.22
Player
Record Most Starting line player:Yin Meng, 57 matches since 2009–2010 season Record Most Scorer :Zhou Yuan total got 510 Points Record Most Scorer in one season: Jovana Brakočević total got 427 Points during the 2010–2011 season Record Most Spike Scorer in one season: Katarzyna Skowrońska total got 358 Points during the 2011–2012 season Record Most Block Scorer in one season: Suo Ma total got 58 Points during the 2010–2011 season Record Most Serve Scorer in one season: Logan Tom total got 35 Points during the 2010–2011 season
Season Best
SeasonBest Spiker Best BlockerBest Server Best Scorer 2009–2010 Zhou Suhong Christa Harmotto Zhou Suhong Christa Harmotto Points11540171482010–2011 Jovana Brakočević Suo Ma Logan Tom Jovana Brakočević Points35658354272011–2012 Katarzyna Skowrońska Carolina Costagrande Katarzyna Skowrońska Katarzyna Skowrońska Points35833223982012–2013----Points----
Best Scorer History Rank Player Spike Block Serve Total Season Average1 Zhou Yuan 45321 36 510 3 1702 Yin Meng 32599 41 465 3 1553 Jovana Brakočević 35639 32 427 1 4274 Katarzyna Skowrońska 35818 22 398 1 3985 Carolina Costagrande 30933 15 357 1 3576 Logan Tom 25432 35 321 1 3217 Christa Harmotto 10640 2 148 1 1488 Suo Ma 17288 35 295 2 147.59 Zhou Suhong 1158 17 140 1 14010 Feng Kun 6627 23 116 2 58 only show the top 10 players, see also the other ranked player
References
External links Hengda Women suspense no longer qualify for an A (China Real Estate News)