Heaven allowed Kim Yeon-koung to win the championship. Heungkuk Life Insurance won 3-2 in the all-time championship → won the most for the fifth time. The villain Jeong Kwan-jang won a great runner-up prize
Apr 08, 2025
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Heungkuk Life defeated Jeong Kwan-jang, the playoff winner in the final fifth round of the Dodram 2024 ￣ 2025 V-League Women's Championship Game at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 8th, with a 3-2 set score (26-24, 26-24, 24-26, 25-23, 15-13).
The world's best spiker Kim Yeon-kyung, who announced her retirement after this season, also ended the last game with a smile. Kim Yeon-koung, who has led the team throughout the championship match, scored 34 points, the most in the team, and achieved a successful finish in her last game.
Heungkuk Life put everything into winning with Kim Yeon-koung. Abonanza, who was with him in Turkiye, was recruited. She was the first foreign director of the women's team. And Kim Yeon-kyung's friend, FA middle blocker Kim Soo-ji, was also brought in so that the veteran could join forces to lead the team.
This season, I focused especially on the coaching staff. Coach Daniel Turino was hired as the right person to foster promising volleyball players and apply the European training system to Korean volleyball, and mental coach Kim Se-young was also brought in to catch mental skills in times of need.
It has strengthened the power analysis sector. By recruiting Shin Bo-sik, the head of the power analysis team, a total of three power analysts were formed, and a power analysis team was operated, and a European analysis program was introduced to establish a customized training program for each player.
The combination of the club's generous investment, the coaching staff's efforts, and the team's sweat could create a championship title following the top spot in the regular league.
After winning the first and second games at home in Incheon, Heungkuk Life's atmosphere was not so good due to the losses in the third and fourth games away from Daejeon.
In addition, he got the lead in the first set and started in difficulty. Jeong Kwan-jang seemed to take it with a lead of 19-14, five points. However, Heungkuk Life Insurance showed its backing with the enthusiastic support of home fans.
He chased Kim Yeon-koung's attack and Tutku's serve ace, tied it with Kim Yeon-koung's spike at 22-23, and Kim Yeon-koung blocked Mega's back attack to turn the tables 24-23. Mega's back-attack immediately succeeded and became a deuce, but Heungkuk Life Insurance brought the first set 26-24 with Kim Dae-eun blocking Mega's back-attack following Mega's back-attack error.
The second set was a miracle. In the beginning, the articles of association led. Yeom Hye-sun's various offensive distributions, including Mega, Bukirich, Jung Ho-young and Park Eun-jin, led 9-5. And the lead lasted 24-21. However, Heungkuk Life followed Kim Yeon-kyung's spike by one point with Kim Soo-ji's block, and after a long and long rally, Tutku caught Pyo Seung-joo's spike and finally drove it to deuce. And Kim Yeon-koung took a 25-24 lead by blocking even Park Eun-ji's fastball, and Kim Yeon-koung's spike was recognized to have touched the line even after the video was read, resulting in a miraculous come-from-behind victory of 26-24. Heungkuk Life Insurance won the second set and added to its victory.
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However, Heungkuk Life expected another come-from-behind victory, making 24-24 deuce with Lim Hye-rim's serve ace, Tutku and Peach's blocking, and opponent's mistakes at 17-21. However, Jeong Kwan-jang won 26-24 this time with Kim Yeon-koung's net-touch error and Pyo Seung-joo's spike, creating hope for a reverse sweep.
Jeong Kwan-jang leads the fourth set as well. In particular, Mega showed still power and led the scoring, leading 19-11. Heungkuk Life Insurance narrowed the gap to 5 points between blocking and direct kill following Kim Yeon-kyung's spike, but the initial difference was too large. Heungkuk Life followed by 24-23, one point difference, but in the end, Mega's spike was inserted into the line, and Jeong Kwan-jang won 25-23, driving the game to five sets.
And in Game 5, the winning team was divided in the last five sets. Like the last one, it's a close game in the beginning. The tension reached its peak as they exchanged one point each other. Before we knew it, 12-12. Neither team was able to escape by two points and allowed a tie.
Heungkuk Life Insurance approached the championship by making a two-point difference for the first time. After making it 13-12 with Tutku's spike, Tutku's spike was touched out to become a 14-12 championship point. At 14-13, Tutku's attack succeeded, and Heungkuk Life won an emotional victory.
Heungkuk Life Insurance's Kim Yeon-koung scored 34 points, the most in the team, and Tutku added 26 points, so the two-top burned its last fighting spirit. Kim Dae-eun added 9 points and Peach added 8 points.
Jeong Kwan-jang scored 37 points, the most for both teams, while Bukirich scored 19, Jeong Ho-young scored 16 points, and Pyo Seung-joo scored 14 points, but fell one step short of winning the championship.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
