South Korea's women's volleyball, which was completely defeated in the match against Korea and Japan, is the lowest place → VNL relegation real
Jul 11, 2025
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The Korean women's volleyball team lost to Japan 0-3 (21-25 25-27 22-25) in the second game of the 2025 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Week 3 in Chiba, Japan on the 10th. South Korea, which went to the bottom (18th) after losing to Poland on the previous day (9th), will record its ninth loss (one win) of the tournament.
Korea was ranked 34th in the FIVB rankings. Japan ranked fifth.
It was tight at the beginning of the first set, but the score began to widen in the middle. South Korea, which saw an opportunity by narrowing the gap again to 20-22 and counterattacking, lost the first set without stopping Japan's attack.
In the second set, Lee Da-hyun and Kang So-hwi succeeded in leading the game to deuce by combining the score and the opponent's mistake. However, he failed to block the opponent's fastball and open attack at 25-25, eventually losing the second set.
He took the lead 20-16 in the third set, but collapsed due to Japan's counterattack. He allowed seven points down, allowing a 20-23 upset, and eventually had to finish the game without winning a set.
On this day, Kang So-hwi scored the most points in the team with 14 points, while Yuk Seo-young scored 10 points.
Korea only has games left with Bulgaria (20th in FIVB ranking) on the 12th and France (18th) on the 13th. If he wins one game in two games, he will be able to come out of last place. All of them are ranked higher than Korea, and they are not easy opponents.
If they finish at the bottom of the tournament, where 18 teams participated, they will play in the Challenger Cup, a lower league in VNL, in 2026.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
