The Korean women’s volleyball team loses a run against Poland. yunhap news
The Korean women’s volleyball team, led by coach Cesar Gonzalez, received the worst report card in the home room.
In the final game of the 3rd week of the 2023 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL) held at Chilbo Gymnasium in Seosuwon, Gyeonggi Province on the 2nd, Korea scored a set score of 0 to 3 (23-25, 18-25, 16-25) to Poland. lost.
Korea, which failed to win in the first week in Turkiye and the second week in Brazil, tried to turn around at home, but lost all four games and ended the tournament with 12 consecutive losses. It is a series of consecutive losses in the tournament following 12 losses in VNL last year. Also, they did not win 1 point for 2 years in a row.
South Korea finished the 2021 tournament with three consecutive losses. As a result, VNL received a terrible report card of 27 consecutive losses. The last time Korea won the VNL was against Canada on June 15, 2021, about two years ago (set score 3 to 2).
Poland is in first place with 10 wins, 2 losses and 29 points. Depending on the results of the US-China match to be held afterwards, the top 8 teams in first or second place will advance to the finals.
World No. 8 Poland and No. 34 Korea. In the first set, Korea led by Kang So-hui (GS Caltex) and Kim Da-eun (Heungkuk Life Insurance) by 18 to 13 until the middle of the set. However, he turned over the flow with a mistake and was reversed 18 to 20. Korea followed until the end, but gave up the first set by 2 points.
From the second set, the momentum waned. They failed to close the gap with Poland and lost the set 18 to 25. In the 3rd set, Korea tied the score 14-14 thanks to Kang So-hui’s serve ace and defense. However, this time too, he missed the lead by allowing 5 consecutive runs. In the end, Korea ended the tournament with a score of 16-25.
After finishing the VNL schedule, Korea will reconvene the national team next month. Starting with the Asian Championships, major competitions will continue from the final qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics to the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
2023-07-02 08:20:24
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