For the time being, it will be hard to see Chinese players in the V-League. None of the Chinese players has applied for the tryout of the Asian quarter of the V-League next season.
If you want to play as an Asian quarter player in the V-League, you have to participate in a tryout. Eight Chinese players (three men and five women) participated in the 2023-2024 season tryout held in May last year, and five (three men and three women) were selected by V-League clubs in the draft. Among Shin Feng (Hyundai Capital) and Ki Long (former OK Savings Bank), Zhang Wei (Pepper Savings Bank), Chen Shintong (former IBK Industrial Bank), and Huang Lui-rey (former Heungkuk Life Insurance), all players except Huang Lui-rey, who was kicked out due to poor performance just before the opening of the season, performed well, raising expectations for the "origin from China" in the next season.
However, none of the Chinese players applied for the Asian quarter tryout during the 2025-2026 season. The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) said on Sunday that the number of participants for the Asian quarter tryout in the 2025-2026 season has recently ended. None of the 101 and 44 male and female players, respectively, were Chinese players.
The volleyball community sees the hosting of the "Sungdaehang Volleyball Championship" in China in November as the reason why Chinese players have not applied for the tryout. The competition is said to be as popular as the Olympics in China, and to have a large amount of prize money and support. In response, the Chinese Volleyball Association and the provincial volleyball association urged most overseas players to return to China.
"At a recent extraordinary board meeting, KOVO and each club talked about China's 'Sungdaehang Volleyball Championship'. The volleyball community considers this issue very much," said a team leader. "As Chinese and Iranian players showed particularly good skills among Asian quarter resources this season, not a few clubs targeted Chinese players next season." 메이저사이트
Attention is also focusing on the future of Shin Feng and Zhang Yu, who are still on the V-League stage. Currently, Shin Feng and Zhang Yu signed a one-year contract with the club through the Asian Quarter Draft. The club hopes to renew the contract, but there is no way to prevent it if the player expresses his intention to move to an overseas club. To renew the contract, both Hyundai Capital and Pepper Savings Bank are closely watching the situation in China and talking with players and agents from time to time.
"We are checking the situation through Xinfeng's agent. We have many possibilities, but we need to renew our contract as he showed destructive power in the V-League by winning the regular season title this season," a Hyundai Capital source said. "He is also a great help to marketing by dedicating his appearance to the team. There is no guarantee that Xinfeng's Apogit Spiker (Light) will appear in the next season's tryout." A Pepper Savings Bank source also said, "We have confirmed that the players and agents received guidelines from the Chinese government regarding the hosting of the Sungdaehang Volleyball Championship. We are continuously monitoring the situation."