A Fierce Battle for First Place in Professional Volleyball Between Men and Women

A FIERCE BATTLE FOR FIRST PLACE IN PROFESSIONAL VOLLEYBALL BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN... IT MAY NOT BE CONFIRMED UNTIL THE 16th

In the men's division, 2nd place, Woori Card, is confirmed to be in 1st place. The magic number is in hand.

In the women's division, the final match between Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance on the 12th will be a watershed.

In ten days, the professional volleyball 2023-2024 V-League regular league schedule will end, but the battle for first place in the men's and women's division is not over yet.

If fierce competition continues, this season's regular league champion can be determined only on the 16th, one day before the end of the regular season (17th).

The battle for rankings became more complicated with the results of the men's and women's matches on the 6th.

In the men's game held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon, second-place Woori Card (66 points, 22 wins, 11 losses) won the final regular league match against first-place Korean Air (67 points, 22 wins, 12 losses) with a set score of 3-0. , the magic number to secure first place in the regular league was given to Woori Card, which had played one less game. 온라인카지노사이트

Hyundai Engineering & Construction was defeated by Korea Expressway Corporation with a set score of 2-3 in the women's match held at Gimcheon Gymnasium.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction (74 points, 24 wins, 9 losses), which added 1 point, surpassed Heungkuk Life Insurance (73 points, 26 wins, 7 losses) to rise to first place, but with one match remaining between the two teams, it is predicted that the final place will be ranked first.

It's difficult to do.

In the men's division, Woori Card has 3 games left and Korean Air has 2 games left.

In the V-League, if you win with a set score of 3-0 or 3-1, you get 3 points, and if you win with a 3-2 score, you get 2 points.

If you lose 2-3, you only get 1 point.

The highest points that Korean Air can get in this regular league is 73.

If Woori Card adds 8 points in the remaining 3 games, it will secure first place in the regular league on its own.

To summarize, if Woori Card, with 3 games left, gets 2 more points than Korean Air, which has 2 games left, Woori Card will take first place.

If Korean Air gains 1 more point than Woori Card in the remaining games, the two teams' points will become equal, and the team ahead in terms of number of wins and set goals/loss ratio will take first place.

If Korean Air gains 2 more points than Woori Card, it will dramatically achieve its 4th consecutive regular league victory.

However, Woori Card coach Shin Young-cheol cautioned against complacency, saying, “The opponents for the remaining three games are all teams of different styles, so we have to prepare really well.”

Woori Card will face off against KB Insurance on the 9th, Hyundai Capital on the 12th, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance on the 16th.

Korean Air faces OK Financial Group on the 10th and KB Insurance on the 14th and then waits for the results of Woori Card's final match.

Korean Air coach Tommy Tilikainen said, “We need a little bit of luck.”

The situation in the men's division, where several teams are intertwined and aiming to make or stop the semi-playoffs, can act as good news or bad news for both Woori Card and Korean Air.

In the V-League, if the point difference between 3rd and 4th place is 3 or less, a semi-playoff is held.

If 3rd place OK Financial Group, which is aiming to advance directly to the playoffs by widening the gap with 4th place, catches Korean Air on the 10th, Woori Card's magic number to secure first place in the regular league will decrease.

Woori Card will face off against Hyundai Capital and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which are hoping to make the semi-playoffs.

If Hyundai Capital or Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance defeats Woori Card, Korean Air will have another opportunity to win its fourth consecutive regular league game.

In the women's division, the result of the match between Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 12th is expected to determine the battle for first place.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction lost to Cheongkwanjang (2-3) and Korea Expressway Corporation in succession, losing the 'opportunity to confirm first place even if they lost the game against Heungkuk Life Insurance.'

Heungkuk Life Insurance is ahead of Hyundai Engineering & Construction in terms of multiple wins, so if the two teams have the same number of points, Heungkuk Life Insurance will take first place.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction will play against IBK Industrial Bank of Korea on the 9th and then prepare for a match against Heungkuk Life Insurance.

Heungkuk Life Insurance will meet Pepper Savings Bank on the 8th and then play the final match of the regular league against Hyundai Engineering & Construction.

When the two teams face off, the team with the advantage emerges, but first place in the regular league is not expected to be confirmed on the 12th.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction's last game of the regular league is the Pepper Savings Bank game on the 16th.

Heungkuk Life Insurance will play its final regular league game against GS Caltex on the 15th.

It is highly likely that the first place in the women's regular league will be confirmed on the 15th or 16th.