Chapter 298: Night in Denver
In mid-September 2019, the women's volleyball team of the Republic of China came to Spring City after training on the plateau, where they will play three warm-up games before heading to North America to wait for the start of the World Championships.
The format of the World Championships is quite different from the World Champions Cup, which is a competition for the top ranked teams from all continents, while the World Championships are completely based on the world rankings of each national team announced by the World Volleyball Federation, and the top 16 teams in the world will participate in the World Championships.
The World Championship is divided into two groups, each group of eight teams, the group stage plays a single round-robin, the top four will advance to the next round, which is compared to the World Champions Cup, the number of games that each team needs to participate in has increased.
The Republic women's volleyball team was divided into Group A this time, and there are many strong players in the same group, such as the United States team, they are the host after all, North America is not Asia, the host will have a huge advantage at home, and there are also Serbian women's volleyball teams and Dutch women's volleyball teams that have played in the World Champions Cup in the same group, as well as the South American powerhouse Brazil women's volleyball team, which are all very powerful teams.
Due to the large number of opponents in the group stage, there is no way to arrange opponents who can be simulated in the warm-up match, so the warm-up opponents arranged by the Republic women's volleyball team after the plateau training are only the surrounding countries that are more familiar.
However, Wang Lei arranged the warm-up match this time taking into account the reason that the group stage of the World Championships is more intensive, so the warm-up match is one every two days, trying to simulate the intensity of the World Championships, so that the players can adapt to this more intensive game as soon as possible.
The opponents of the Republic women's volleyball team in the three warm-up matches are the Kazakhstan women's volleyball team, the Philippine women's volleyball team and the Lijiapo women's volleyball team, which are basically fish belly teams, only the Kazakhstan women's volleyball team has a certain combat effectiveness, there is no way, the World Championships will include all the top teams in the world today, and the participating teams basically can't find a suitable warm-up opponent.
In the three warm-up games, Wang Lei rotated almost all the players, except for two players who were injured in the game, and the others could leave for Denver after the warm-up games.
These three inconspicuous warm-up matches of the Republic of China women's volleyball team played very easily, after all, the opponent is not strong, and the opponent is not willing to work hard, of course, they themselves know very well, even if they play hard, the result is actually the same, the current Republic women's volleyball team is really famous.
After playing three warm-up games, the Republic women's volleyball team set off for North America.
This time, the treatment of the women's volleyball team of the Republic of China for the World Championships is much better than that of the World Championship Cup, because the World Championship Cup was held in Dongying, it was relatively close, and the new women's volleyball team had just been formed at that time, and there was no fame at all, so the Republic women's volleyball team was taking an airline passenger plane to Dongying, but now the Republic women's volleyball team is different than before, not only famous, but also has a lot of public attention, so this time to North America, the Volleyball Federation directly arranged a charter flight, There was only one group of the Republic women's volleyball team on the entire plane.
After crossing the entire Pacific Ocean and then connecting in San Francisco, the Republic women's volleyball team arrived on the Denver Plateau.
Since the World Championships only opened in early October, the Republic women's volleyball team was the first team to arrive in Denver, and the reason why it came so early was entirely because considering that the time difference between the Republic and North America is the longest, and the players must adjust the time difference when they come to North America, which will take three or two days, and after all, it is not within the snobbery of the Republic to participate in the game, and the women's national volleyball team is very likely to be troubled. So I came to Denver as soon as possible.
When they arrived in Denver, it was not as unexpected as Wang Lei and many people in the Volleyball Federation expected, and the Republic women's volleyball team, which arrived early, was harassed by the organizers of the event.
Although it arrived early, according to the regulations of the World Championships, the Republic women's volleyball team notified the North American organizers a long time in advance, according to the convention, it should be the Republic women's volleyball team arrived in Denver, and they could stay in the hotel arranged by the organizer, but in fact, when the Republic women's volleyball team arrived at the booked hotel, the other party refused to check in for everyone, the reason was that they were not notified.
The team members arranged by the Volleyball Federation immediately contacted the organizers of the event, but they were hindered by the other party, and had no choice but to contact the officials of the World Volleyball Federation.
However, because the arrival time of the women's volleyball team of the Republic was already in the middle of the night, the official personnel of the World Volleyball Federation could not be contacted.
The Republic Woman was afraid that the group of 30 people was exhausted after more than ten hours of flight, and now they couldn't stay at the door of the hotel, and the players couldn't open their eyes one by one with their luggage.
Wang Lei could obviously feel the malice in the eyes and tone of the local personnel, and he knew that this was probably deliberate by the other party.
"Did you keep a record of what you told them before?"
Wang Lei called the members of the platoon team over and asked.
"Stay, this must be stayed, I notified them during the warm-up game, and even the embassy has also filed it, these grandsons, it's really a grass list."
The entourage of the volleyball team was also depressed, and they were almost exhausted.
"Negotiate with the other party again, find someone, secretly record it, and then let's find a hotel again, we will pay for the additional costs, and we have to give them a little color to see."
Wang Lei was very unhappy, he had suffered similar treatment when he tried out in the NBA, and now he encountered it again, and his heart was full of hatred.
"What do you mean?"
The members of the volleyball team did not expect Wang Lei to have such courage, and this matter would cause international disputes.
"It's okay, listen to me, I'm responsible for this."
Seeing Wang Lei insisting so much, the members of the volleyball team also thought that they couldn't just endure it, so they immediately started to take action.
"Everyone endure it a little longer, and I'll give you anger when I turn around."
The players are actually a little angry at this time, many of them have also participated in a lot of games, although they have not had much experience, but this kind of treatment really doesn't make sense.
Ma Dongmei is okay, she suffered a lot in the World Champions Cup match four years ago, and this time she was able to calm the team's mood a little.
After the staff of the Volleyball Federation secretly recorded the other party's face, Wang Lei waved his hand, and everyone in the Republic women's volleyball team left directly, leaving the dumbfounded staff of the organizer.
"Coach Wang, what should we do next?"
The members of the Volleyball Federation were also a little excited at this time, he was also a young man, he used to follow the national team, and when he encountered this situation, he generally did not cause trouble, but now Wang Lei's bold move has made young people have the urge to make trouble.
"Don't be in a hurry first, find a hotel to rest in, and then expose him later." Wang Lei's eyes had a look of conspiracy, and he planned to make this place completely bigger.