Jeong Kwan-Jang of the women’s professional volleyball team completely defeated GS Caltex and went on a 7-match winning streak, confirming direct progress to the playoffs (PO). This will be the first time in seven years since moving on to the postseason in the 2016-2017 season that the ‘Spring Volleyball’ stage will be played.
Jeong Kwan-Jang women’s professional volleyball players are delighted after confirming their progress to the playoffs by winning against GS Caltex in Daejeon on the 7th. / Korean Volleyball Federation
Jeong Kwan-Jang defeated GS Caltex by a set score of 3-0 (25-13 25-21 25-19) after 1 hour and 16 minutes in the 2023-2024 V-League season 6th round home match held at Daejeon Chungmu Gymnasium on the 7th. This season’s head to head record was balanced with 3 wins and 3 losses.
Foreign player Giovanna Milana (26, USA) and Asian quarterback Megawatti Puttiwi (25, Indonesia) formed the offensive duo with 22 and 19 points, respectively. Middle blocker Jeong Ho-young (23) contributed with 9 points, including 5 blocks. Cheong Kwan Jang surpassed GS Caltex in all attack indicators, including team attack success rate (51.65%-34.02%) and attack efficiency (41.76%-15.46%).
Cheong Kwan-Jang professional women’s volleyball players cheer after scoring a goal against GS Caltex in Daejeon on the 7th. / Korean Volleyball Federation
3rd place CheongKwanJang pushed past 4th place GS Caltex (51 points, 18 wins, 16 losses) with 61 points (20 wins, 14 losses) and decided to advance directly to the post-season playoffs. In the V-League, the top 3 teams at the end of the regular season (36 games) advance to the ‘Spring Volleyball’ post season. However, if the point difference between 3rd and 4th place is less than 3′, the two teams will play a draw, and the winner will advance to the playoffs. However, with the win on this day, Cheong Kwan-Jang lost the remaining two games, and even if GS Caltex won both, the point difference would be at least ‘4’, so he did not lose Cheong Kwan-Jang his strength and immediately entered the playoff stage. The playoff opponent has not yet been decided.
Professional volleyball men’s OK Financial Group Leo tries to score in the Korea Electric Power Corporation match held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 7th. / Korean Volleyball Federation
In the men’s match held at the Suwon Gymnasium, OK Financial Group defeated 5th place KEPCO (47 points, 16 wins, 18 losses) 3 to 1 (22-25 25-20 25-21 25-20). The foreign player Leonardo Leyva Martinez (34, Cuba) scored only 45 points. OK Financial Group, who won 3 points (55 points, 19 wins, 15 losses), came third. Although they cannot catch up with 2nd placed Woori Card (66 points, 22 wins, 11 losses), the point difference is with Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in 4th (48 points, 18 wins, 15 losses), who have played one game less, at 7. KEPCO is mired in four consecutive losses.
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