Lyneel
The French attacker Kevin Tillie scored 14 points while the Canadian John Gordon Perrin finished the match with 11 points.
Shanghai of Facundo Conte (13 points) and Julien Lyneel (12) crushed Hubei in a straight-set (25-14, 25-13, 25-21) and in that way scored the first win in 2017/2018.
Guangdong of Matteo Martino 27 points and Artur Udrys 19 points scored the second win, this time against Sichuan of Leonardo Leyva Martinez who scored 15 points.
Group A
Shanghai – Hubei 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-21)
Top scorers: Conte 13, Lyneel 12, Li Nan 10, Tao Zixuan 10; Tu Junfeng 10, Mou Ruantong 5.
Tianjin – Shandong 1-3 (25-23, 22-25, 15-25, 20-25)
Top scorers: Lu Hao 15, Qin Zhen 12, Xu Jiajia 11, Yang Fan 11; Song Jianwei 17, Guo Lei 13, Kou Zhichao 12.
Bayi – Zhejiang 3-2 (23-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-22, 18-16)
Top scorers: Yuan Dangyi 17, Zhong Weijun 15, Zhu Jinpeng 11, Li Liye 11; Jin Zhihong 23, Wu Hao 21, Li Yongzhen 14, Zhang Jingying 13.
Group B
Beijing – Liaoning 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-16)
Top scorers: Tillie 14, Wang Chen 12, Perrin 11; Wang Shaobo 18, Cong Xu 8.
Fujian – Jiangsu 0-3 (23-25, 36-38, 20-25)
Top scorers: Rao Shuhan 16, Gao Jieming 10, Yu Guanghui 10; Zhang Chen 17, Liu Xiangdong 13, Yu Yuantai 11.
Sichuan – Guangdong 1-3 (30-28, 18-25, 20-25, 21-25)
Top scorers: Leyva Martinez 15, Du Haixang 11; Martino 27, Udrys 19, Wu Xianshun 10.
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