Korean Air advances to the semifinals with 3 consecutive wins and 1st place in Group A… OK Financial Group semi-final last train
Korean Air missing the main player, cruising by destroying the position…
KB Insurance scored 25 points from all three losses …
An OK Financial beats Woori Card to finish second in Group A
Even in a situation where Korean Air’s power dropped significantly due to the selection of key players for the national team,
they advanced to the semifinals by winning all three matches in the 2023 Gumi-Dodram Professional Volleyball Tournament (hereinafter referred to as the cup competition) qualifiers and finishing in first place in Group A.
As OK Financial Group got their hands on the one remaining ticket to the semi-finals,
all the teams advancing to the semi-finals of this cup competition were confirmed. 카지노사이트
Group A
In Group A, Korean Air and OK Financial Group passed the preliminaries, and in Group B,
Panasonic and Samsung Fire & Marine, the invited Japanese team, passed the preliminary round.
The matchup for the semi-finals on the 12th will not be completed until the final match between Panasonic and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in the Group B preliminaries ends on the 11th.
Korean Air
Korean Air defeated KB Insurance with a set score of 3-1 (17-25 25-21 25-18 25-21) in the 3rd round of Group A preliminary round of the cup competition held at Park Chung-hee Gymnasium in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 10th.
As Korean Air, the “defending champion” with the most cup championship trophies (five) among the men’s division, is challenging its sixth and second consecutive championship.
KB Insurance Match
Even in the KB Insurance match, which confirmed advancement to the semifinals, Korean Air pressured the opponent with ‘creative volleyball’.
With Jung Ji-seok, Lim Dong-hyuk, and Jung Han-yong selected to the national team,
The Korean Air, which lacks wing strikers, is using Jin Ji-wi, a middle blocker resource,
as an apposite spike in this cup tournament.
Jin Ji-wi scored 14 points against KB Insurance in an unfamiliar position.
Veteran outside hitter Kwak Seung-seok (15 points) led the team in offense and defense,
Lee Jun (18 points), who confirmed his potential in this tournament, served as the main gun.
Middle Blocker
Middle blocker Lee Soo-hwang (15 points) also actively participated in the attack.
Korean Air used three middle blocker resources and showed an advantage in the height fight, overwhelming KB Insurance 12-6 in blocking scores.
KB Insurance, which used Gumi Park Chung-hee Gymnasium as its home from 2005 to 2017 during the predecessor LIG Insurance,
left Gumi lonely with 3 losses after losing the last game of the preliminary round.
In the third round of the Group A preliminary round held earlier,
OK Financial Group defeated Woori Card with a set score of 3-2 (25-23 19-25 25-18 23-25 15-13) after a full set match.
OK Financial Group Coach
OK Financial Group coach Ogino Massage from Japan passed the preliminary round with 2 wins and 1 loss in the first Korean cup competition.
Woori Card (1 win, 2 losses) was eliminated from the preliminaries with a loss that day.
The protagonist of OK Financial Group’s victory was Shin Ho-jin, a ‘second-year left-handed apogee spiker’.
Shin Shin
Shin Shin, who joined OK Financial Group as the first overall in the 2022-2023 season,
recently competed in the Chengdu Summer World University Games and scored 25 points,
the most in the team, even when fatigue was not yet resolved.
Outside hitter Cha Ji-hwan (19 points) also helped the team win by scoring at the climax of the 5th set.
Woori Card
Woori Card Song Myeong-geun met OK Financial Group for the first time as an enemy and scored 22 points,
including 4 blocking points, but could not prevent the team from losing.
Song Myeong-geun started his professional career at OK Savings Bank (then the team name was Rush & Cash) in the 2013-2014 season, and moved to Woori Card in May after playing for only one team.
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OK Financial Group had 24 rooms.
On this day, a lot of rain fell in Gumi due to the influence of Typhoon Kanun, and water leaked in part of the gymnasium.
Although the start of the first game was delayed by 10 minutes due to emergency repair work on the gym, the game was played without any problems.