Tianjin Bohai Bank Volleyball Club is a Chinese professional women's

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club based in

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

that plays in the

Chinese Volleyball League Chinese Volleyball Super League, often abbreviated to CVL (abbreviation remain unchanged), are the pre-eminent men's and women's professional volleyball leagues in China. It was founded in 1996 as the Chinese Volleyball League and is organized by ...

(CVL). It is sponsored by China Bohai Bank. Founded in 1993, the team has become a symbolic image of Tianjin Sports and the most successful women’s volleyball club in China. Tianjin team have achieved 16 titles in the

, three titles at the

National Games of China The National Games of the People's Republic of China is the highest-level comprehensive multi-sport event of China. It is hosted by the General Administration of Sport of China. The games is held every four years, usually in the summer or a ...

. Also, Tianjin is the team with the most champions titles at the AVC Champions League, with five titles. The team have been contributing players to the

China women's national volleyball team The China women's national volleyball team () represents the People's Republic of China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches governed by Chinese Volleyball Association. The team is one of the leading and most successfu ...

History

As the members of "Golden Generation", Li Shan, Zhang Ping and Zhang Na played the key role in China eventually winning the Gold Medal in

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. In

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, Li Juan, Wei Qiuyue and Zhang Na assisted China women volleyball team to gain the bronze medal. In addition, Tianjin players Yin Na,

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, Chen Liyi and Mi Yang have been called up to the national team as well. Tianjin team also participated in some international club competitions and had a good performance, including won silver medal in

2024 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The 2024 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship was the 17th edition of the competition. For the second year in a row, it was held in Hangzhou, China. Qualification Starting from 2024, the qualification for the Club World Championship ...

and bronze medal in 2023.

Name evolution

* Tianjian Kumho Tires Volleyball Club (1997–1999) * Tianjin Bridgestone Volleyball Club (2000–2011) * Tianjin Bohai Bank Volleyball Club (2012–present)

Team roster

Season 2024–2025

CVL results by Season

Honours

International competitions

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...

: Runners-up (1): 2024 : Third Place (1): 2023

AVC Champions League

: Champions (5): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2019 : Runners-up (3): 2009, 2011 and 2014 : Third Place (1): 2017

Domestic competitions

Chinese Volleyball League Chinese Volleyball Super League, often abbreviated to CVL (abbreviation remain unchanged), are the pre-eminent men's and women's professional volleyball leagues in China. It was founded in 1996 as the Chinese Volleyball League and is organized by ...
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Chinese Volleyball Super League Chinese Volleyball Super League, often abbreviated to CVL (abbreviation remain unchanged), are the pre-eminent men's and women's professional volleyball leagues in China. It was founded in 1996 as the Chinese Volleyball League and is organized by ...

: Champions (16): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023-24 : Runners-up (3): 2005–06, 2013–14 and 2018–19 : Third Place (3): 2001–02, 2011–12 and 2016–17

Chinese Volleyball Championship

: Champions (4): 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2017 : Runners-up (3): 2012, 2013 and 2015 : Third Place (1): 2011

Chinese Volleyball Cup

: Champions (7): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2014 : Runners-up (2): 2012, 2013 and 2015 : Third Place (1): 2011

National Games of China The National Games of the People's Republic of China is the highest-level comprehensive multi-sport event of China. It is hosted by the General Administration of Sport of China. The games is held every four years, usually in the summer or a ...

: Champions (4): 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2021

Former squads

''Team Member 2014 - 2015'' ''As of Jan 2012''

Former players

* Ding Hongying (1989–2008) * Zhang Na (1997–2009) * Zhang Ping (1998–2007) * Li Juan (1998–2013) * Yang Yanan (2002–2010) * Wei Qiuyue (2003–2013, 2014–2017) * Xue Ming (2012–2013) *

Brižitka Molnar Brižitka Molnar ( sr-cyrl, Брижитка Молнар; born 28 July 1985 in Torak (Žitište), Torak, Serbia) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter. She competed in the Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...

(2014–2015) * Ivana Nešović (2014–2015) * Eva Yaneva (2015–2016) *

Nancy Carrillo Nancy Carillo de la Paz (born 11 January 1986, in Havana) is a volleyball player from Cuba. Carrillo de la Paz represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she won the bronze medal with the national team ...

(2015–2017) *

Brankica Mihajlović Brankica Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранкица Михајловић; born 13 April 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Serbia women's national volleyball team where she won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Ol ...

(2016–2017) * Aleksandra Crnčević (2018–2019) *

Destinee Hooker Destinee Dante Hooker (born September 7, 1987) is an American indoor volleyball player. She is a opposite attacker. Hooker was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She starred in both volleyball and track and field at ...

(2019–2020) * Zhu Ting (2019–2021) * Melissa Vargas (2021–2024) *

Yuan Xinyue Yuan Xinyue ( zh, s=袁心玥, t=袁心玥, p =Yuán Xīnyuè; born 21 December 1996) is a Chinese volleyball player. She is the former captain of the China women's national volleyball team. On club level, she plays for VakıfBank S.K. At 2.03 ...

(2020–2024) * Irina Fetisova (2024–2025)

References

External links

Official website
{{Chinese Women's Volleyball Leagues Women's volleyball clubs in China