The battle for first place in the men's and women's professional volleyball regular league is getting exciting. It is expected that the winner of the championship match will come out only when it goes to the end of the season.
On the 6th, Woori Card, the second-ranked team in the men's professional volleyball regular league, beat Korean Air, the first-ranked team, 3-0 25-21 27-25 25-23. Woori Card, which blocked Korean Air's nine consecutive wins, became 22-11 66 points in the season.
It is one point behind the leader Korean Air 67 points. However, Woori Card has three more games to play. It has one more game to play than Korean Air.
If Woori Card wins all three remaining games and adds more than eight points, it will be able to advance directly to the championship game regardless of the results of Korean Air's remaining two games. This is why it can increase its hopes of winning the upset game until the end of the season.
The battle for the women's lead is also developing with excitement. Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which was doing well, seems to be creaking at the end of the season again.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction was caught 2-3 on the 6th in Gimcheon Korea Expressway Corporation's away game. A red light was turned on for No. 1 Suseong as it lost to No. 6 Korea Expressway Corporation, which had already failed to advance to "Spring Volleyball."
In particular, Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been sluggish in the sixth round with one win and two losses. It is only one point behind runner-up Heungkuk Life Insurance. 안전놀이터
Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which had no chance of winning the title due to lack of backbone in recent seasons, is on the verge of giving up the first place again. Heungkuk Life Insurance, which ranked No. 1 in the regular league with stellar performance at the end of last season, is challenging to come from behind again.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance have three games left side by side. They will face off in Suwon on the 12th. It is a de facto regular league final. The winning team here is likely to confirm the de facto top spot.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction ranked first in the regular league twice in the 2019-20 season and the 2021-22 season, but failed to play the championship game due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Hyundai Engineering & Construction's most recent championship game was in the 2015-16 season.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which Kim Yeon-koung returned to the top of the regular league last season. However, Heungkuk Life Insurance failed to win the championship overall after being reverse-swept by the Korea Expressway Corporation in the championship match. Heungkuk Life Insurance has not won the overall title since the 2018-19 season.
