Article: Chinese women's volleyball team leave for world championships

Chinese women's volleyball team leave for world championships

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese national women's volleyball team left here on Thursday for the Netherlands, for the final stage of their preparations for the 14th world women's volleyball championships slated to begin eight days later in Germany.

The Chinese will take their last pre-championships training sessions in the Netherlands, where they are to play four warm-up matches against the Dutch national side. They are scheduled to arrive in Leipzig, Germany, on August 28 for their opening Group D match against Australia two days later.

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