GS Caltex is trying to win its third consecutive professional volleyball cup tournament.
IBK Industrial Bank won the match between Heungkuk Life Insurance and IBK Industrial Bank, completing the semifinals of the 2024 Tongyeong and Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship.
GS Caltex and Jeong Kwan-jang will play the semifinal match of the women’s team at Tongyeong Gymnasium at 1:30 p.m. on the 5th.
GS Caltex, which has won the Dodram Cup in Suncheon and Gumi for the past two years, is aiming for its third consecutive victory in the tournament.
GS Caltex let go of Cha Sang-hyun, who they had been with for the past seven years, and took the helm of coach Lee Young-taek from this season.
GS Caltex underwent major changes ahead of the season, with Kang So-hwi and Libero Han Da-hye, the main pillars of the team, moving to Korea Expressway Corporation and Pepper Savings Bank respectively on free contracts, and veteran Han Soo-ji retiring.
Nevertheless, he has been a strong team in the group league of this year’s Cup. He beat Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Korea Expressway Corporation and Pepper Savings Bank, which he encountered in Group A, to advance to the semifinals as No. 1 in the group.
Silva, a foreign striker who served as an ace last season, is also showing his best performance.
Jeong Kwan-jang seemed to face a crisis ahead of this season as captain Lee So-young moved to IBK Industrial Bank and veteran Han Song-yi announced his retirement.
However, Pyo Seung-joo, who was brought as Lee So-young’s compensation player, did his part, and he confirmed his advance to the semifinals of the tournament early with the performance of the new foreign striker Bukirich this season.
Mega, who is in its second season in Korea, is also playing its part.
In particular, Jeong Kwan-jang succeeded in bringing about the atmosphere by winning a come-from-behind victory in the second game against Heungkuk Life Insurance, which Kim Yeon-kyung struggled with.
As a result, a large number of candidate players were put on the court in the final group match against Japan’s Aranmare on the 4th.
Although he lost, he played a fierce game until the fourth set, raising the sense of play for young players such as Lee Sun-woo and Park Hye-min.
Last season, the two teams tied 3-3 in six face-to-face encounters.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction and IBK Industrial Bank will then face off from 4 p.m., the women’s champions of last season’s V-League.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction is one of the best strong teams in the V-League, winning both the regular league and the championship game last season.
He also renewed contracts with foreign strikers Moma and Wi Pawi and Jeong Ji-yoon, who both won titles. Veteran middle blocker Yang Hyo-jin is also keeping the court.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction also succeeded in advancing to the semifinals by showing even performances in all three group matches of the tournament. 토토사이트
Last season, Hyundai Engineering & Construction met IBK Industrial Bank six times in the league and won five games to one.
In the final group qualifying match, IBK Industrial Bank won against Heungkuk Life Insurance, where volleyball empress Kim Yeon-kyung is holding out, and advanced to the semifinals as the top of the group.
IBK Industrial Bank, which had been sluggish in fifth place in the league last season, has started to reinforce in both attack and defense, with Lee So-young and Lee Ju-ah signing FA contracts ahead of this season.
Chen Shintong, a setter position, was recruited as a foreign player in the Asian quarter, and Victoria was recruited as a striker.
So far, foreign players have performed better than expected. Notably, Victoria scored 91 points in three group matches, ranking second overall after GS Caltex Silva.
Veteran Korean players such as Yuk Seo-young and Hwang Min-kyung are also firmly guarding IBK Industrial Bank’s court.
The two teams that won the semifinal match will compete for the trophy at 1:30 p.m. on the 6th.
