Asian Games 2018: China publishes list of players for men’s and women’s national football teams
Updated 21:28, 13-Aug-2018
CGTN's Li Chenqi
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The Chinese Football Association published Friday the list of players making up the country's men’s and women’s national teams for the 2018 Asian Games.
China’s women’s team list:
Gu Yasha, Zhao Rong, Xiao Yuyi, Li Jiayue, Huang Yini, Yang Lina, Zhao Lina, Li Mengwen, Li Ying, Li Tingting, Lou Jiahui, Wang Shanshan, Wang Yan, Bi Xiaolin, Wang Shuang, Wu Haiyan, Lin Yuping, Ren Guixin, Han Peng, Zhang Rui.
Players Liu Shanshan and Yao Wei will not attend the tournament because of their injuries.

China’s men’s team list:

Cao Yongjing, Chen Binbin, Chen Wei, Chen Zhechao, Deng Hanwen, Feng Boyuan, Gao Zhunyi, He Chao, Long Cheng, Huang Zichang, Li Hailong, Liu Yang, Liu Yiming, Tang Shi, Wei Shihao, Xu Yougang, Yao Junsheng, Zhang Yuning, Zhang Yuan, Zhou Yuchen.
The choice of the twenty male players was based on their performance in the friendlies between China and Iran on Thursday, and Malaysia on August 5.
On August 14, China’s men’s national team will face East Timor in the knockout stages. On August 17, the women’s national team will play against their compatriots from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in preliminaries.