China News Agency, Beijing, July 11 (Reporter Xing Chong) The Chinese women's football team announced on the 11th the 26-man squad for the 2022 East Asia Cup.

The main players Wang Shuang, Wang Shanshan and Tang Jiali who won the Asian Cup with the team at the beginning of this year are all listed, and the captain Wu Haiyan, who missed the Asian Cup due to injury, will also return from injury.

　　The East Asia Cup Football Championship was held for the first time in 2003 and joined the women's football competition in 2005. The final stage is called the East Asia Semifinals. It is a football event with extensive influence and popularity in East Asia and even Asia.

　　According to the schedule, this year's Women's East Asia Cup will be held in Japan from July 19 to 27.

The first match of the Chinese women's football team will be on July 20, against the Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team; on July 23, against the South Korean Women's Football Team; the last match on July 26 will be against the host Japanese team.

　　This is the first time the Chinese women's football team has participated in an international competition since winning the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year.

In the history of the East Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team has not yet won the championship.

The last East Asia Cup was in 2019. At that time, the Chinese women's football team drew 0:0 with the South Korean team, lost 0:3 to the Japanese team, and defeated the Chinese Taipei team 1:0, and finally ranked third.

In this East Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team almost directly inherited the winning lineup of the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year. The head coach is also Shui Qingxia.

　　The Chinese women's football team is currently training in Qingdao and plans to go to Japan on July 17.

After the East Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team will go to the United States to train for about a month.

At that time, Shen Mengyu, Shen Menglu, Zhao Yujie and other players who played in European and American clubs will return to the team for training.

The team will prepare for the Asian Games and World Cup through more than 10 matches against strong teams.

　　In terms of men's football, the roster for the East Asian Cup has been announced before. The Chinese team has U23 players led by Zhu Chenjie and Dai Weijun as the main team. Players over 23 years old include Jiang Guangtai and Tan Long. U23 national football coach Jankovic will be the main team. The coach leads the team out.

The team will go to Qingdao for training on the 13th, and then go to Japan to compete.

According to the East Asia Cup schedule, the Chinese team will play South Korea for the first time on July 20, then challenge the host Japan team on July 24, and finally face the Hong Kong team on July 27.

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