Guangdong Evergrande Volleyball Club (Women)

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 on 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, 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 on March 3, 2012, and 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.[1] The team had Shen Jingsi named Best Setter.[2]

In 2014, due to head coach Lang Ping is resigned and the main sponsor Evergrande Group decided to put more of their investment to football league, Guangdong Evergrande VC was demoted to Group B league of China because of the unsatisfactory result, for about two seasons.

In Season 2017/18, as the Group A league is expanded, Guangdong Evergrande VC is announced to came back to the Chinese Group A League.

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Chen Peiyan	Opposite	1.94	16/09/1999
2	Li Yao	Wing-spiker	1.86	23/10/1995
3	Kelsey Robinson	Wing-spiker	1.88	25/07/1992
4	Guo Junnan	Wing-spiker	1.87	08/02/1996
5	Dobriana Rabadžieva	Wing-spiker	1.87	14/06/1991
6	Yu Jiarui	Setter	1.82	23/10/1997
7	Xiong Xuehua	Libero	1.61	06/08/1997
8	Wang Hongli	Middle Blocker	1.89	10/01/1994
9	Tian Yue	Middle Blocker	1.87	15/09/1997
10	Wang Min	Libero	1.78	14/05/1997
11	Zhang Jiaxin	Middle Blocker	1.82	20/04/2000
12	Gong Jing	Libero	1.79	02/02/1995
13	Wang Xinyao	Middle Blocker	1.90	27/05/1995
14	Yuan Weiyu	Wing-spiker	1.83	25/03/1995
15	Zhang Fengmei	Middle Blocker	1.84	11/11/1997
18	Xu Xiaoting	Setter	1.80	21/01/1998

• see also the Team Roster from past seasons

• Chinese Volleyball League Group A :
  • Champion (1): 2011–2012
  • Runner-up (1): 2010–2011, 2012–2013
• Chinese Volleyball League Group B :
  • 1st place : 2009–2010 (Qualify for the Group A)
• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship:
  • 3rd place: 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

• Hengda Women suspense no longer qualify for an A (China Real Estate News)