Van Phuong, Van Hiep return to the national men's volleyball team to prepare for the 2023 Challenge Cup
The Vietnam men's volleyball team closed the 32nd SEA Games journey, with a sweet farewell from the 3-0 victory over the Thais. After a few days of rest, coach Tran Dinh Tien and his students continued to gather together to prepare for the next tournament, Challenge Cup 2023.
The tournament takes place from July 8 to 15 in Chinese Taipei, with the participation of 17 countries divided into 6 groups, in which the Vietnamese men's volleyball team is in Group E with rivals Australia and Australia. Pakistan. Similar to the women's content, the men's team that won the AVC Challenge Cup 2023 will qualify for the FIVB Challenger Cup 2023.
The Vietnam men's volleyball team will join forces from May 15 at the Hanoi National Sports Training Center with 4 coaches and 18 athletes, including the return of notable names like Dinh Van Phuong or Dinh Van Phuong. Pham Van Hiep.
After being eliminated from the list to attend the 32nd SEA Games, the duo was once again called up to the squad. In addition, in this list, there are also new names such as Nguyen Huynh Anh Phi (Ninh Binh LienVietPostBank), Phan Cong Duc (The Cong), Truong The Khai (Ho Chi Minh City) or Hoang Xuan School (Binh Duong Construction Materials).
These are quite special additions of coach Tran Dinh Tien, showing that he has certain investments for young players. Truong The Khai born in 2004 is considered a promising talent of volleyball in Ho Chi Minh City, this player makes a special impression with his height of 1m96, can play auxiliary and also opposite pass.
Passing two is also a surprising position when Nguyen Huynh Anh Phi and Phan Cong Duc are young players selected for the national team, instead Van Tu of Sanest Khanh Hoa is no longer on the list.
Meanwhile, the name Hoang Xuan Truong is also an unexpected choice of coach Tran Dinh Tien, the owner of Binh Duong construction materials has played very prominently in the past few years, but he was injured in the 2023 Hoa Lu Binh Dien Cup. and could not participate in the first round of the 2023 National Championship.
The selection of potential players like Truong The Khai or Hoang Xuan Truong is nonetheless an interesting test for the Vietnamese team, thereby bringing a new breeze to the team ahead of the 2023 Challenge Cup.
