On Friday, 29 April China's Super Stars will arrive at the Vienna-Schwechat airport.

For one week, world and Olympic champions such as  Wang Hao, Wang Liqin and Ma Lin, along with many of the best players in the world including  Guo Yan, Li Xiaoxia, Guo Yue, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen will be training at the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat in preparation for the World Championships in

Rotterdam (8 – 15 May).

The star coaches are Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui (both as players world and Olympic champions) and the women's head coach Shi Zhihao.

Four players from the international group training at the Werner Schlager Academy will be training with these stars: Li Qiangbing and Daniela Dodean (both SVS STRÖCK) and, on the men's side, Joao Monteiro (Portugal) and Chen Weixing (Austria).