Liu Libin (; born February 16, 1995, in

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. He is the first volleyballer who joined a foreign club as a current player of

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. He currently plays in Beijing BAIC Motor.

Career

Club career

In 2013, Liu Libin got the champion of the junior event of volleyball in 2013 National Games of China with Jiang Chuan and Zhang Binglong as the main three wing spikers. In 2013–2014 Chinese Volleyball League, he made his debut and got the first champion of the senior event. After several seasons, he became the main OH of Beijing Baic Motor. In order to improve himself, he decided to join a foreign club and chose Tourcoing Lille Métropole Volley-Ball in 2017. Although he was always the substitute OH of Ukrainian OH, Oleksiy Klyamar, he also helped the club much. In 2018, Liu joined JT Thunders in

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as the foreign player of

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with his former clubmate, Thomas Edgar in Season 15/16 in Beijing Baic Motor. He was the main OH because he was good at the spike at Site 6, the block of the Euroamercian OP and the better serve.

International career

As a young player, Liu Libin participated in

2015 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship The 2015 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 12 to 20 May 2015. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and served as the Asian qualifier for the 2015 Men's U23 World Championship to be held in Duba ...

as his earliest International tournament. Later, due to injured Zhu Zhiyuan, Liu Libin participated in

2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, which was hosted by Mexico from 11 to 20 September 2015 in the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana. Russia, won the ...

as the main OH and got the third place beyond the expectations of the Chinese U21 men's volleyball team. His International debut of the senior event is 2016 AVC Cup. Jiang Chuan and he played perfect and both got the best. Although he injured for many times, he just took part in

2017 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 28th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament played by 36 teams between 2 June and 8 July. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Curitiba, Brazil. In front of a crowd of 23,149 ...

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, a new annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World League in t ...

and

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 19th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tou ...

Awards

Individual

* '' 2016 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup "Best outside spiker"''

Clubs

* 2013 National Games of China - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Beijing Junior * 2013–2014 Chinese Volleyball League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Beijing * 2014–2015 Chinese Volleyball League - Bronze medal, with Beijing * 2015–2016 Chinese Volleyball League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Beijing * 2016–2017 Chinese Volleyball League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Beijing *

2017 National Games of China The 13th National Games of China were held in Tianjin and Luoyang, Henan, from August to September 2017. Host bidding In the 13th National Games bidding process, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Zhejiang and Hubei were the candidates. Tianjin was announced as h ...

Runner-Up, with Beijing * 2017–2018 French Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

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* 2018

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Champion, with

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* 2018–19 V.League Division 1 - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

References

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