The men’s division decided to stop for two weeks, and the women’s division is promising… Epidemiological investigation and additional inspection results are important
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Nam-jik Han = Professional volleyball, the flower of Korean winter sports, was hit directly by a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO), men’s and women’s teams, and players tried to strictly observe the quarantine rules, but the main player during the league was confirmed to be Corona 19.
This is the first time that a Korean player who plays on the stage of the 1st group in a professional sports event has tested positive for Corona 19 during the season.
KB Insurance said late in the afternoon of the 22nd, “Center Park Jin-woo has been confirmed for Corona 19.”
Park Jin-woo felt high fever the morning of the day, so he tested for Corona 19 at the screening clinic, and was confirmed late in the afternoon.
KOVO announced on the 23rd that “we will stop the men’s competition schedule for two weeks.”
If there are no more confirmed cases, the men’s competition will resume on March 9.
On the 23rd, the women’s competition was scheduled to proceed normally after seeing the results of the Corona 19 test by officials such as the Federation’s expert members, referees, and scorers, and if no additional confirmed cases come out.
Last year, professional volleyball and professional basketball ended the season early to prevent the spread of Corona 19.
Professional baseball and professional football have delayed the opening.
These were all’preparations to prevent the spread of Corona 19′.
In professional baseball, two players in the 2nd team were confirmed as Corona 19 during the season, and some of the Futures (2nd team) league games were canceled.
During the soccer team’s visit to Austria, the K-League players were confirmed as Corona 19, but it did not affect the league progress since the K-League was already over.
Ulsan Hyundai was unable to utilize the player in the 2020 Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) due to the corona 19 confirmation of the member selected for the national team at the time, but won the championship.
In the second division, K League 2, one player at the end of the season was confirmed as Corona 19, and the remaining matches of the team’s regular league as well as the competition of other teams competing for the semi-playoffs were postponed for about two weeks.
As the regular league ends later than scheduled, the schedule for the semi-playoffs, playoffs, and awards ceremony for the season have also been delayed.
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Professional volleyball is the first domestic professional sports event to change the league schedule according to a player’s confirmation of Corona 19.
Park Jin-woo also kept the quarantine rules well, but the poisonous virus penetrated his body.
In the meantime, only foreign players such as Keita Nomori (KB Insurance) and Bruna Morais (Heungkuk Life Insurance) who entered Korea from overseas have been confirmed as Corona 19.
Keita and Bruna were confirmed before their debut in the V-League and did not affect the progress of the league.
Park Jin-woo participated in the match against OK Financial Group held at the Uijeongbu Gymnasium on the 21st.
KB Insurance, the OK Financial Group athletes, and the referees and officials at the Uijeongbu Gymnasium on that day plan to undergo a corona 19 test on the day.
According to the epidemiological investigation by the quarantine authorities, in addition to Park Jin-woo, personnel to self-isolate are designated.
The Volleyball Federation moved quickly when the camera coach, who participated as a relay staff member in the men’s match between OK Financial Group and KB Insurance, held at the Sangnoksu Gymnasium in Ansan on December 26 last year, was confirmed as Corona 19.
The meeting was held on January 1, when the confirmation was confirmed, and the four games scheduled to be held on the 2nd and 3rd were canceled.
Subsequently, more than 1,500 men and women of 13 club players, coaching staff, front desk, referee, secretariat staff, game members, and agency staff were tested for Corona 19.
Fortunately, no additional confirmed cases were released, and the V-League resumed on January 5.
This time, the period of’pause’ of the male part is bound to increase.
At the time, only some of the camera directors and broadcasters who were confirmed by Corona 19 were classified as close contacts and self-quarantine. The broadcaster and the squad did a’distance’.
However, Park Jin-woo participated in the game and breathed indoors with the players.
It is highly likely that many of the players who participated in the game together will be classified as’close contacts’. KB Insurance and OK Financial Group may increase the number of people who need to self-isolate.
The Federation also decided that it needed a more rapid and detailed movement than the broadcast staff confirmed Corona 19.
In the unlikely event that the league suspension period is prolonged, the schedule may be affected.
The Federation has prepared a Corona 19 response manual before the start of this season and made a schedule adjustment plan according to the situation.
If the suspension period is less than two weeks, the number of regular league and postseason matches will be maintained even if the schedule is adjusted.
The regular league and postseason schedule will be shortened if it is suspended for two to four weeks, and the season will end early if the league is suspended for more than four weeks.
The federation and each club carefully await the results of the epidemiological investigation and additional Corona 19 tests.
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