1st Place 3 Times Out of the Last 5 Seasons… Will Hyundai Engineering & Construction End its Bad Luck in the Championship?
Due to the aftermath of COVID-19, Hyundai Engineering & Construction took first place in the regular league in the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 seasons, challenging to win the championship for the third time in the club’s history.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction took first place in the professional volleyball V-League women’s regular league for the fifth time in the club’s history.
It is second in this category following Heungkuk Life Insurance, which took first place in the regular league six times. 바카라사이트
However, the number of championship wins is only twice, ranking tied for 5th place after Heungkuk Life Insurance (4 wins), GS Caltex, IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, and KGC Ginseng Corporation (3 wins).
Korea Expressway Corporation also won twice, like Hyundai Engineering & Construction.
Except for Pepper Savings Bank, the youngest club that joined in the 2021-2022 season, no club has won fewer championship trophies than Hyundai Engineering & Construction.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction secured first place in the regular league by winning with a set score of 3-1 (23-25 25-15 26-24 25-19) in the team’s final regular league game against Pepper Savings Bank held at Gwangju Pepper Stadium on the 16th.
He is determined to shake off the ‘bad luck in the championship match’.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction advanced to the championship game five times before this season and won twice (2010-2011, 2015-2016 seasons).
In fact, Hyundai Engineering & Construction should have participated in the championship game twice more, but lost the opportunity due to the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
As the men’s and women’s regular leagues ended early in the 2019-2020 season to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which was first in the women’s division at the time, only held the title of first place in the regular league.
The 2021-2022 season was more disappointing.
At that time, Hyundai Engineering & Construction had accumulated 82 points (28 wins, 3 losses) by the first game of the 6th round, and in the game against Pepper Savings Bank, which was scheduled to be held at Suwon Gymnasium, on March 22, 2022, by adding only 1 point, it ranked first in the regular league was able to be confirmed early.
The Hyundai Engineering & Construction club prepared a banner commemorating first place in the regular league, and the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) also planned to hold a small awards ceremony the moment first place in the regular league was confirmed.
However, as the seven women’s teams decided to ‘end the league early’ on March 21, the ‘regular league first place ceremony’ was not held.
In the 2021-2022 season, the men’s division held a postseason, but the women’s division gave up spring volleyball, and Hyundai Engineering & Construction lost the opportunity to achieve a ‘treble’ (1st place in the regular league, cup competition and championship match win).
The postseason will be held normally this season.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which took first place in the regular league three times in the past five seasons but was unable to play spring volleyball, finally got a chance to get a direct ticket to the championship game and relieve its sorrow.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction ranked first in blocking scores (2.390 per set) and first in fast break success rate (53.65%) in the regular season thanks to the performance of ‘Twin Towers’ Yang Hyo-jin and Da-hyeon Lee.
Led by the powerful attack of her mother, Vasoko Letizia (registered name: Moma), she ranked second in the attack success rate category (42.38%).
Setter Kim Da-in has grown to the point where he ranks first in set success (11.669 per set), and libero Kim Yeon-gyeon has reliably maintained the rearguard.
In addition, Heungkuk Life Insurance, which was fiercely fighting for the lead, was lucky enough to be caught by the lowest ranked Pepper Savings Bank on the 8th.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction hopes to take first place in the 2023-2024 regular league thanks to solid skills and a little bit of luck, and to shake off the bad luck in the championship match.
This season’s women’s championship will be held on the 28th with a best-of-five match system.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction is attempting to win the championship for the third time in eight years since the 2015-2016 season.
If they achieve this great goal, they will also achieve a combined championship (1st place in the regular league and win the championship game) 13 years after the 2010-2011 season.