FOUR TEAMS COMPETE IN ‘SPRING VOLLEYBALL’… MEN’S VOLLEYBALL, LAST-MINUTE SPRINT ‘COMING SOON’
From OK Financial Group in 3rd place to Hyundai Capital in 6th place, everyone has ‘spring volleyball visibility’.
In the women’s division, only the battle for the lead between Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance remains.
The men’s professional volleyball division, which is nearing the end of the 2023-2024 season, is still fighting fiercely for rankings. 바카라사이트
The four teams ranked 3rd to 6th are more intense than the competition for the lead in the regular league between 1st place Korean Air (22 wins, 11 losses, 67 points) with 3 games remaining and 2nd place Woori Card (21 wins, 11 losses, 63 points) with 4 games remaining.
This is a fierce competition for ‘Spring Volleyball’ tickets.
With three games remaining each, 3rd place OK Financial Group (18 wins, 15 losses, 52 points), 4th place Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (18 wins, 15 losses, 48 points), and 5th place Korea Electric Power Corporation (16 wins, 17 losses, 47 points), here.
With 4 games remaining, 6th place Hyundai Capital (14 wins, 18 losses, 44 points) will compete for spring volleyball tickets.
In the professional volleyball V-League, a semi-playoff (quasi-PO) single match is only possible if the point difference between the 3rd and 4th place teams is less than 3.
If the semi-PO is not held, the 2nd to 3rd place teams will immediately enter the best-of-three playoffs (PO).
With the current points lined up closely, there is a high possibility that the men’s division will achieve semi-PO success.
OK Financial Group, ranked 3rd, meets Korea Electric Power Corporation (7th), Korean Air (10th), and Hyundai Capital (15th) in the remaining three games.
All of these teams are in the midst of competing for rankings, so they are formidable opponents, but even if they get just one win, they can get close to advancing to at least the semi-PO level.
If they can maintain the ‘4 points’ gap with 4th place Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance until the end, they can avoid the burdensome semi-PO single match and advance directly to PO.
If OK Financial Group participates in spring volleyball this season, it will be three years since the 2020-2021 season.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, ranked 4th in the ‘traditional family’ aiming to advance to spring volleyball for the first time in 6 years since the 2017-2018 season, took a breather by winning the OK Financial Group match on the 3rd.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance must win the ‘Classic Match’ against Hyundai Capital on the 8th and then add points in the matches against Korea Electric Power Corporation (13th) and Woori Card (16th).
5th place KEPCO has already met 1st place Korean Air and 2nd place Woori Card, so it is advantageous that the remaining 3 games are against OK Financial Group, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, and KB Insurance (17th).
Hyundai Capital, ranked 6th, is the only spring volleyball candidate with 4 games remaining, and is in a burdensome situation as they must achieve at least 3 wins.
In the women’s division, only the ranking competition between 1st place Hyundai Engineering & Construction and 2nd place Heungkuk Life Insurance remains, and the rankings of the remaining teams appear to have been solidified.
The gap between Hyundai Engineering & Construction (24 wins, 8 losses, 73 points) and Heungkuk Life Insurance (25 wins, 7 losses, 70 points), who have 4 games left each, is 3 points.
The fate of the two teams, who each lost once to 3rd place CheongKwanJang in the 6th round, is likely to be different in the matchup that will take place at Suwon Gymnasium on the 12th.
If Hyundai Engineering & Construction wins, it will secure first place in the regular league and cross the 9th division ridge, and Heungkuk Life Insurance must take 3 points to come back and win.
If Heungkuk Life Insurance wins in a match between the two teams, it will have the advantage of taking the lead in multiple wins, which is the criterion for ranking when the points are the same.
Cheong Kwan Jang (19 wins, 14 losses, 58 points), who had 6 consecutive wins at the end of the season, has almost secured the 3rd place position, and 4th place GS Caltex (18 wins, 15 losses, 51 points), 7 points behind Cheong Kwan Jang, will play in the remaining 3 games.
Only by passing it on can you expect a semi-PO success.