Shanghai Men's Volleyball Club Explained

Clubname:Shanghai Golden Age Men's Volleyball Club
Nickname:Shanghai Golden Age
上海男排
Fullname:Shanghai Golden Age Volleyball Club
上海金色年华男子排球俱乐部
Founded:1996 (change the format to run as a sports club)
Ground:Luwan Sports Centre, Shanghai, China
Capacity:3500
Manager: Shen Qiong (2014–present)
Captain:Zhan Guojun
League:Chinese Volleyball Men's League
Season:2020–21
Position:2nd
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Shanghai Men's Volleyball Club, now known as Shanghai Golden Age (Chinese: 上海金色年華男排), is a Chinese men's volleyball club based in Shanghai.[1] The Shanghai men's volleyball team plays in the Chinese Men's League and the AVC Club Volleyball Championship.

The team won fifteen China League champion titles. The team with the name and different extensions have been presented as Shanghai Tang Dynasty and Fudan University Shanghai and now Shanghai Golden Age. Shanghai Volleyball Club has been a dominant force in the Chinese League since its inauguration in 1997, having won 15 titles in 23 editions to date, including recent five consecutive editions.

The team participated in FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship for the first time in 2017.

2018–19 team roster

PlayerPositionHeightBirth date
1 Dai QingyaoOpposite/spiker26 September 1991
2 Rao ShuhanMiddle Blocker23 December 1996
3 Huang BinSpiker18 January 1989
4 Han TianyiSpiker27 October 1995
5 Zhang YichenMiddle Blocker9 November 1992
6 Zhu ShengjieSpiker16 August 1996
7 Zhang SuleiSetter10 March 1992
8 Tong JiahuaLibero13 December 1992
9 Zhan Guojun (c)Setter16 December 1988
10 Wu PengzhiOpposite2 March 1996
11 Giulio SabbiOpposite10 August 1989
12 Zhang ZhejiaMiddle Blocker/Opposite31 August 1995
13 Chen LonghaiMiddle Blocker29 March 1991
14 Jiang HongbinSpiker16 April 1997
15 Ding HuiLibero24 June 1989
16 Ren QiLibero24 February 1984
17 Tao ZixuanMiddle Blocker5 April 1999
18 Klemen CebuljSpiker12 February 1992
19 Li NanOpposite/spiker10 April 1998
20 Sun ZeyuanOpposite6 July 1998

Honours

Champions (16): 1999/00, 2003/04 – 2011/12, 2014/15 – 2019/20

Runners-up (4): 2002/03, 2013/14, 2020/21, 2022/23

Runners-up (1): 2012

Third place (3): 2001, 2005, 2011

Notable players

Head coaches

Note: The following list may not be complete.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China demolishes Indonesia 3-0 at Asian club volleyball championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220133402/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-06/06/c_13335301.htm. dead. December 20, 2016.
  2. Web site: USAV Over 350 International Transfers Processed. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128092226/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2016/January/27/USAV-Over-350-International-Transfers-Processed. dead. January 28, 2016.
  3. Web site: Player - Giulio Sabbi - 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.
  4. Web site: Player - Klemen Cebulj - 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.