Completed KB Insurance and confirmed the championship
Korean Air players are rinsing away coach Tommy Tilikayinen after defeating KB Insurance at the Uijeongbu Gymnasium on the 10th and securing first place in the regular season for the third consecutive year. yunhap news
Men’s volleyball Korean Air won the V-League regular season for three consecutive years. Now, we are challenging the unified championship for three consecutive years.
Korean Air defeated KB Insurance with a set score of 3-0 (25-18 25-22 25-21) in the 2022-2023 Dodram V-League away game held at Uijeongbu Indoor Gymnasium on the 10th.
Korean Air, who recorded 74 points (25 wins and 9 losses), beat second place Hyundai Capital (66 points, 22 wins and 12 losses) by 8 points and confirmed the first place regardless of the results of the remaining two games.
In the V-League men’s division, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance was the only team to win three consecutive regular league titles. After Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the regular league for four consecutive seasons from the 2011-2012 season to the 2014-2015 season, Korean Air wrote a record in 8 years.
Korean Air overwhelmed other teams by combining the left and right double guns of foreign players Lincoln and Jeong Ji-seok, as well as a solid organization centered on the league’s best setter, Han. Head coach Tommy Tilikhainen, who took over as Korean Air’s commanding tower last year, also led the team to victory for the second year in a row by using the right players at the right time.
Korean Air, who won the KOVO Cup in August last year, will achieve the club’s first treble (winning the cup competition, placing first in the regular league, and winning the championship match) if they win until the championship match. Korean Air, which went directly to the championship match starting on the 30th, is now preparing for a combined victory.
Korean Air was in a situation where if they won only 1 point, they would be in first place in the league. Korean Air, who was the winner even after losing the full set, took the first set 25-18, gained momentum, and won the second set to determine the league’s first place even before the game was over.
In a festive atmosphere, they won the third set 25-21 and finished without any fuss.
Korean Air took the lead with a quick momentum from the beginning of the season. But it wasn’t without a crisis.
On the 22nd of last month, Hyundai Capital gave the league lead for the first time. Korean Air slowed down with 2 wins and 4 losses in the 5th round, allowing Hyundai Capital, who had won 6 consecutive wins, to pursue in the last minute.
However, Korean Air sprinted again in the last 6 rounds. After successively capturing OK Financial Group and KEPCO, and shutting out Hyundai Capital 3-0 on the 5th, virtually deciding first place in the league, it was clearly confirmed to go directly to the championship match against KB Insurance that day.
