44 years ago today, on November 16, 1981 (October 20, 1981 lunar calendar), the Chinese women's volleyball team won the world championship for the first time. From November 6 to 16, 1981, our country's women's volleyball team held the third World Cup women's volleyball in Tokyo, Japan. The Chinese women's volleyball team participated in this World Cup under the leadership of team leader Zhang Yipei. The coaches and athletes who participated were: Yuan Weimin, Sun Jinfang, Deng Huifang, Yang Xi, Zhou Xiaolan, Lang Ping, Chen Yaqiong, Chen Zhaodi, Zhu Ling, Liang Yan, Zhang Jieyun, Zhou Lumin. The Chinese women's volleyball team competed with seven world women's volleyball powerhouses from Brazil, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Cuba, South Korea, the United States and Japan for 11 days. After defeating Brazil, the Soviet Union, South Korea, the United States and Cuba, the Chinese women's volleyball team competed fiercely and finally defeated the previous champion Japan team 3:2, and won the world championship for the first time with seven victories. Chinese coach Yuan Weimin, athletes Sun Jinfang and Lang Ping won the Best Coach Award, Best Athlete Award, Second Passage Award and Excellent Athlete Award respectively. This is a historic breakthrough for China in the world basketball, volleyball and football competitions. It won the title of world champion for the first time and won honor for the motherland. On the same day, the State Council congratulated the Chinese women's volleyball team. On November 16, 1981, the third women's volleyball World Cup, which lasted 11 days, ended at the Osaka Municipal Stadium in Japan. In the last match of the third women's volleyball World Cup, after a fierce battle of two hours and five minutes, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 3:2, and won the championship with seven victories and seven victories. This evening's match between China and Japan was the peak of this competition. Before the start of the game, the Chinese team won 6 games and 6 games, and the Japanese team won 5 games. After the Sino-US battle the previous afternoon, the Japanese team strengthened their confidence to win the championship, and they were determined to win the game. The Chinese team carefully analyzed the situation and was determined to win the game. This was a fierce competition of thinking, will, style, tactics, and wits, and both sides went all out. In this night's game, the Chinese team had a good morale in the first two games, let it go, played fiercely, stopped successfully, and hung lightly. Each athlete's level was well played, and they quickly won two games with 15:8 and 15:7. In the third game, the Chinese team took a lead of 5:0 and 10:4, and was about to win the game with 3:0. However, the tenacious Japanese women's volleyball team fought against the backwater in an extremely unfavorable situation, scoring again and again, reaching 11 draws, and finally won the game with 15:12. In the fourth game, the Japanese team played smoothly and pulled back another game with 15:7. In the fifth game, the competition between the two sides reached a white-hot level. Under the unfavorable situation of 0:4, the Chinese women's volleyball team united, fought hard, and gradually caught up with the score. At the dangerous moment of falling behind at 14:15, they fought calmly and finally won in 17:15. This night's game was the most intense and high-level competition since the start of the game. It was a veritable competition for the championship and the runner-up. The enthusiasm of the audience on the field was unprecedented in recent days. When the last game of this year - the Chinese team against the Japanese team - was over, a closing ceremony and award ceremony were held. The Chinese team, the runner-up Japanese team, and the third-place Soviet team, who won the championship this year, entered the hall one after another in the sound of music and took the podium. Accompanied by Japanese young women in beautiful kimonos, the president of the International Volleyball Federation, Liebo, handed the World Cup and conference trophies to the captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Sun Jinfang, and hung medals on each team member. At this moment, there was thunderous applause in the stadium. The competition organizing committee also awarded prizes to the Japanese and Soviet teams. Then the band played the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, and the bright five-star red flag was raised in the stadium. The national flags of Japan and the Soviet Union were raised at the same time. Subsequently, the competition committee announced the list of coaches and athletes who won the competition: Best Coach Award: Yuan Weimin of the Chinese team, Best Athlete Award: Sun Jinfang of the Chinese team, Dare to fight Award: May Perez of the Cuban team, Outstanding Athlete Award: US team Li-Crockett, Chinese team Lang Ping, Soviet team Liu-Chernysheva, Japanese team Hirose Miyoko, US team Fu-Heyman, Chinese team Sun Jinfang, Spike Award: US team Fu-Heyman, Block Award: Soviet team Ye-Akhaminova, Service Award: Japanese team Water principle branch, First pass Award: Japanese team Hirose Miyoko, Second pass Award: Chinese team Sun Jinfang. The competition organizing committee awarded awards to these outstanding coaches and athletes. At the moment when the Chinese players were smashing the ball to win, in 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball players who won the "World Cup" women's volleyball championship for the first time returned with honors. On November 16, 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the third World Cup championship, which was the first world championship of our country's three major balls, which greatly encouraged the people of all ethnic groups in the country. The picture shows the women's volleyball girls in the head coach Yuan