Azeri national women volleyball team to play in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong leg also features Azerbaijan and Thailand, who will compete in the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Chinese head coach Chen Zhonghe said the team trained with the forthcoming major tournaments in mind. "We are not only training intensively for the Grand Prix, but also for the World Championship in Japan in November and the Asian Games in Qatar in December.

"Russia are our strongest rivals here. I can't say now whether we can repeat the feat of Athens where we won. They are much stronger this time. We also have many tall players who can blunt the attacks of the Russians." Thailand coach Suttichai Chanbunchee, talking exclusively to The Nation, said the girls are in great form and "will do their best".

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