Full name | Taichung Apollo |
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Founded | 2007 |
Dissolved | 2023 |
Head coach | Jhuang Shih-Sian |
Captain | Huang Wei-Cheng |
League | Top Volleyball League |
2022/23 | 3rd |
Website | Club home page |
Taichung Apollo is a Taiwanese volleyball team based in Taichung, Taiwan. They compete in the Top Volleyball League.
The team is composed of the Feng Yuan Commercial High School volleyball team alumni.
The team took part in their inaugural Top Volleyball League season in 2007 as Chunlee Consulting under the sponsorship of Chunlee Consulting. The team did not participate in 2008 season and resumed in 2009–10 season, with the name Yi Hua under the sponsorship of Yi Hua Construction and Easy Harvest in 2011, 2012 seasons under the sponsorship of East Harvest Sporting Equipment. [1] [2] In 2014, the team was sponsored by Brilliant Footwear Corporation and renamed Taichung Lien Chuang, named after the chairman Lien Hua-Jung's son, Lien Chuang. The Lien Chuang signed Serbian outside hitter Milan Perić and Pakistani opposite Aimal Khan, becoming the first two teams to sign import players in Top Volleyball League history. [3] Despite the Lien Chuang finished as runner-up in the season, the team had faced operational issues and the sponsorship was taken over by C-LiFe Technologies. The team was renamed Taichung Longpower for the following seasons. [4] In 2021, the team was renamed Taichung Apollo. [5]
Squad as of August 2023
Team roster – season 2022/2023 | |||||
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No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
1 | Huang Wei-Cheng (c) | 2 March 1992 | setter | ||
5 | Chen En-Te | 24 March 2004 | opposite | ||
7 | Chen Chao-Min | 20 January 1996 | outside hitter | ||
9 | Kao Wei-Cheng | 29 October 1995 | outside hitter | ||
10 | Chien Wei-Lun | 6 February 1989 | libero | ||
12 | Kao Te-Yi | 7 November 1994 | setter | ||
13 | Huang Po-Jui | 30 June 2001 | libero | ||
14 | Lin Yu-Cheng | 7 November 1999 | middle blocker | ||
16 | Li Xiu-Yu | 27 February 2002 | outside hitter | ||
17 | Ko Tsung-Fu | 9 July 2000 | middle blocker | ||
18 | Lin Wei-Hsiang | 11 November 2003 | middle blocker | ||
19 | Huang Shih-Chan | 29 April 1999 | outside hitter | ||
20 | Chiao Hsuan-Cheng | 9 June 1999 | outside hitter |
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