Spring Volleyball All-Out Battle
Male professional volleyball, interrupted by Corona 19, resumes after twists and turns. On the 11th, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and Woori Card will play the remaining 20 matches of the V-League men’s division.
League halted due to corona resumes tomorrow
The men’s division has been suspended for two weeks from the 23rd of last month. As KB Insurance players and club staff were confirmed as coronavirus. Not only the same team, but also the OK Financial Group team, which played against KB Insurance two days ago, went through self-quarantine for two weeks. After the quarantine was lifted, all of them were negatively determined by additional tests.
I was trying to resume the league, but again a crisis came. KB Insurance staff and Korean Air club employees were additionally tested positive. The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) announced that “the league will be restarted as scheduled, considering the fact that new confirmed people have not been in contact with the players for a long time.”
The breathtaking ranking fight is ignited again. The concern is whether Korean Air will keep the No. 1 position. Korean Air is challenging for the fourth regular league title with 20-10 losses (58 points). He ran the lead with a margin, but on the 20th of last month, he hit the 2nd place Woori Card (18-12, 53 points) and allowed the pursuit.
Last year, Woori Card, the first place in the regular league, won four consecutive victories before the league was stopped. The flow stopped when the pace was good for a long time. The goal is to secure 3 points in the first match of the 6th round with the lowest ranked Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.
Competition for advancement to’Spring Volleyball’ is also fierce. Third place KB Insurance (17 wins 14 losses, 52 points), fourth place OK Financial Group (18 wins 13 losses, 50 points), and 5th place KEPCO (15 wins 15 losses, 49 points) are in close battle. Since the 2nd-5th place is 4 points less, the ranking can change at any time.
KB Insurance is in the absence of supervisor Lee Sang-yeol, amid controversy over violence. Solid team work is more urgent. At OK Financial Group, the team’s fate was owed to Felipe, a foreigner. KEPCO secured 10 points in the last four games. Veterans Park Cheol-woo and Shin Young-seok are key players.
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