GS Caltex coach Cha Sang-hyun is giving instructions to the players at the Dodram 2020~21 V-League Women’s IBK Industrial Bank match held at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 12th. yunhap news
Until the start of the season, no one could easily predict the championship of the women’s volleyball GS Caltex in the regular league. This is because Heungkuk Life’s strength was strong by recruiting’volleyball empress’ Kim Yeon-gyeong (32) and re-contracting and recruiting national twin sisters Lee Jae-young and Da-young (25) respectively. Soon, the qualifiers were added, such as’Uh Woo-heung (Heungkuk Life)’ and’Heung-vengers (Heungkuk Life is Avengers)’, but it was not considered an exaggeration.
However, even though the names of the players fell, GS Caltex, which was united in’one team’, remained silently securing the’winner team’ throughout the season. In the 20 games held until round 4, GS Caltex recorded 13-7 and Heungkuk Life Insurance recorded 17-3. However, the’Hung Venus’ collapsed sharply as the discord within the team, the injury replacement of foreign player Lucia (29), and the departure of sisters Lee Jae-young and Da-young, who stood at the center of the school violence controversy.
In the end, Heungkuk Life lost 0-3 in the KGC Ginseng Construction game held at the Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon on the 13th and gave GS Caltex a 20-9 loss (58 victory points) with one game left to win the regular league title. Heungkuk Life’s final grade was 19-11 (56 victory points). In the 5th and 6th rounds of 10 games, the worst result was 2-8, and it was eventually pushed back to the playoffs.
It has been 12 years since the 2008~09 season that GS Caltex won the top spot in the regular league. In particular, the last 6 consecutive wins were a great help in the early confirmation of the championship. GS Caltex coach Cha Sang-hyun said through the club after confirming the championship, “The atmosphere that does not give up and the organizational ability of the team to trust each other were revived, and the team was able to come to the end.”
In particular, he said, “Lee So-young, the captain, held the center well, and Han Su-ji and Kim Yu-ri, who are senior members of the team, led the team atmosphere well. I felt that the players in the warm-up zone continued to grow, and their growth was the driving force behind the championship.” Said. He said, “Thank you to all the players who worked hard as one.” From the 26th, GS Caltex will run for the first integrated win in history in the championship match, which will be held in the 5th match-3 best system. The opponent is the playoff winners of Heungkuk Life Insurance (2nd place) and IBK Industrial Bank (3rd place). Coach Cha said, “We will overcome the weakness of our lack of experience in the championship match with our aspiration for a combined victory.”
On the other hand, in the men’s competition held at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 14th, leading Korean Air won a 3-0 (25-17 25-17 25-21) victory against KB Insurance Insurance, which faced the bad news of manager Lee Sang-yeol’s resignation. With a 21-10 loss (61 victory points), Korean Air entered the first place stability by widening the gap with the second-place Woori Card (19-12 victory points, 55 victory points) to 6 victory points.
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