Korean Air Challenges to Win the Combined Championship.
‘Lucky 4 Consecutive Regular League Wins’ Korean Air Challenges to Win the Combined Championship for the First 4 Years in a Row
Ranked 1st for the 7th time in the regular league… Ties between Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and this division
The winner of the most intense battle for first place in the history of the Korean Professional Volleyball V-League men's division was Korean Air.
The gap between 1st place Korean Air (71 points, 23 wins, 13 losses) and 2nd place Woori Card (70 points, 23 wins, 13 losses) in the Dodram 2023-2024 V League men's division was only 1 point.
Woori Card lost with a set score of 2-3 in the team's final regular league game against Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance held at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon on the 16th, and Korean Air, which had already finished the regular league schedule and was watching this game with anxiety, felt something of a miracle.
He took first place in the regular league. 파워볼사이트 추천
This is the first time that the gap between 1st and 2nd place is only 1 point since the 2011-2012 season, when rankings were determined using the current point system.
The previous minimum gap between 1st and 2nd place in a season in which all teams finished was '4 points' in the 2011-2012 season.
In the 2011-2012 season, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance had 84 points, beating Korean Air with 80 points.
In the 2019-2020 season, in which the season was shortened in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and 1st and 2nd place were determined through 5 rounds, Woori Card won the regular league with 64 points, beating Korean Air (62 points) by 2 points. It took first place.
Thanks to ‘good luck’, Korean Air achieved its 4th consecutive regular league victory.
Korean Air maintained its title of first place in the regular league from the 2020-2021 season to this season.
The four consecutive wins in the regular league are tied for the most in the V-League men's division, achieved only by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (2011-2012 season ~ 2014-2015 season) and Korean Air.
In addition, Korean Air ranked first in the regular league for the seventh time, becoming the most ranked team in the men's division along with Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.
This means that the ‘Korean Air dynasty’ was born following the ‘Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance dynasty’ that dominated the early days of the V-League.
This season is very meaningful as a 'foreign head coach' and a 'domestic player' teamed up to take first place in the regular league.
In the V-League, foreign strikers account for a large portion.
With the introduction of the Asian quota this season, an environment was created for two foreign players to play.
However, Korean Air played the game focusing on native players.
Korean Air is the only team with the highest score this season is a domestic player.
Local slugger Lim Dong-hyuk (559 points) scored the most points for Korean Air and ranked 7th in the men's division in this category.
Korean Air chose Lim Dong-hyuk as their main gun as foreign player Lincoln Williams (registered name Lincoln) struggled with an injury.
In the end, Murad Khan from Pakistan was brought in as a replacement foreign player, but Lim Dong-hyuk was still the main gun.
The Asia Quarter Espejo mark (111 points, registered name Espejo) also did not play a large part in the team's strength.
Instead, Korean Air used native wing strikers such as Jeong Han-yong (338 points), Kwak Seung-seok (212 points), and Jeong Ji-seok (148 points) to open a path.
When 'all-rounder' Jeong Ji-seok was absent due to injury at the beginning of the season, Korean Air also showed off its 'strong domestic power', with Jeong Han-yong filling the void brilliantly.
Unlike other teams that were helplessly dragged down when foreign main guns were blocked, Korean Air did not waver thanks to the diverse ball distribution of Han, an experienced setter.
Coach Tommy Tilikainen's 'eyes' that look at players without prejudice are also one of the secrets to starting the Korean Air dynasty.
Now, Korean Air is attempting to break the record of the first dynasty, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, of consecutive wins (1st place in the regular league and championship game win).
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won three consecutive championships from the 2011-2012 season to the 2013-2014 season.
Korean Air tied Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's record by winning consecutive championships in the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 seasons.
By a stroke of luck, we were able to get a direct ticket to the championship game by taking first place in the regular league in the 2023-2024 season, giving us time to prepare for the short-term match.
Korean Air will leisurely watch the semi-playoff (quasi-PO) between OK Financial Group and Hyundai Capital and the playoffs between the semi-PO winner and Woori Card, and prepare for the championship match that will be held with 3 wins out of 5 starting on the 29th.
If they win this season's championship game, the Korean Air dynasty that won the first overall championship for four consecutive years will be born.