BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese national football team head coach Branko Ivankovic said the current training camp will help him gauge the new players he has called up.

Several fresh faces, including naturalized player Hou Yongyong, who features in Norway's second-tier league, made their debuts at the training camp in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, as the team prepares for the FIFA World Cup qualifie