Full name | Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Club 廣東恆大女子排球俱樂部 广东恒大女子排球俱乐部 |
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Founded | 2009.4.24 | ||
Ground |
Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (Capacity: 5,000) |
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Chairman | Xu Jiayin (许家印) | ||
Head coach | Lang Ping (郎平) | ||
League | 361° Chinese Volleyball League | ||
2012–2013 | 1st runner up 1 | ||
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Guangdong Evergrande V.C. is a Chinese professional women's volleyball club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. They are the winners of the bronze medal at the 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship.
Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Club (廣東恆大女子排球俱樂部 (traditional) / 广东恒大女子排球俱乐部 (simplified))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 in April 24, 2009 and became the first professional volleyball club in China.
With 12 straight win, 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 play in the Chinese Women's Volleyball League Group A, in the semifinal, they got huge came back from 26 points down to defeat Shanghai Dunlop, 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, making Tianjin Bridgestone the first time can't reach to the finals in the past decade. They won their first title in March 3, 2012, which is 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.