South Korea - KOVO V-League 2016-2017

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 2, November 30th, 2016 - GS Caltex Seoul KIXX vs. Hyundai Engineering & Construction.


    GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 0-3 Hyundai E&C (20-25, 20-25, 22-25) stats


    GS Caltex: 18. Alexa GRAY 12; 15. HWANG Min-Kyoung 10; 9. PYO Seung-Ju 9 (1a, 2b); 12. HAN Song-Yi 6 (1a, 2b); 1. LEE So-Young 5 (1a); 19. JEONG Da-Woun 3 (1b); 8. AN Hye-Jin 2 (1a). Total Points: 62, Score Points: 47, Attack: 38, Ace: 4, Block: 5, Error: 12, Dig: 57.


    Hyundai: 17. Emily HARTONG 22 (6b); 4. HWANG Youn-Joo 12 (3a, 1b); 11. HAN Yoo-Mi 11; 14. YANG Hyo-Jin 11 (1a, 4b); 13. KIM Se-Young 6 (2b); 7. GO Yoo-Min 1 (1a). Total Points: 75, Score Points: 63, Attack: 45, Ace: 5, Block: 13, Error: 15, Dig: 62.


    Next match: December 2nd at 17:00 KST - Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders vs. KGC Ginseng Corp.

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 2, December 2nd, 2016 - Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders vs. KGC Ginseng Corp.


    Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders vs. KGC Ginseng Corp. (26-28, 17-25, 20-25) stats


    Heungkuk: 11. KIM Su-Ji 18 (5b); 9. Tabitha LOVE 15 (1a, 1b); 17. LEE Jae-Yeong 9 (1a, 3b); 1. JEONG Si-Young 3; 3. SHIN Yeon-Gyeong 2 (1a); 14. CHO Song-Hwa 1; 7. KIM Na-Hee 1; 12. GONG Yun-Hui 1 (1a). Total Points: 63, Score Points: 50, Attack: 37, Ace: 4, Block: 9, Error: 15, Dig: 56.


    KGC Ginseng: 2. Alaina BERGSMA 33; 10. CHOI Su-Bin 9 (1a); 4. HAN Su-Ji 9 (1a, 5b); 12. YOO Hee-Ok 6 (2b); 1. JI Min-Kyeong 6 (1a, 1b). Total Points: 78, Score Points: 63, Attack: 52, Ace: 3, Block: 8, Error: 13, Dig: 85.


    Heungkuk KIM Su-Ji (15th player to) reach 2,000 points (currently on 2,017 points) and also (5th player to) achieved 450 successful blocks (currently with 451 blocks). :drink:


    Next match: December 3rd at 16:00 KST - Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass vs. Hyundai Engineering & Construction.

  • Happy to see Bergsma put up some big numbers and her team starting to win some matches.


    Which teams in the league have the strongest contingent of Korean players? With the new draft system I feel like the foreigners are not as important.

  • IBK Altos is by far the strongest team, most of its starting 6 + 1 players are NT members.


    Hyundai E&C Hillstate is the only real opponent.


    The other teams have all 1/2 good korean players or NT.

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017 Current Standing After Round 2


    Rank -- Team ----------- MP ----- Pts ------ Win-Lost -------- Set Ratio ------ Point Ratio
    1. ----- IBK Altos -------- 10 ------ 22 -------- 7W-3L ------- 2.000 (24-12) ------- 1.098
    2. ----- Heungkuk ------- 10 ------ 20 -------- 7W-3L ------- 1.692 (22-13) ------- 1.048
    3. ----- Hyundai --------- 10 ------ 14 -------- 5W-5L ------- 1.000 (19-19) ------- 1.003
    4. ----- KGC Ginseng --- 10 ------ 14 -------- 5W-5L ------- 0.900 (18-20) ------- 1.005
    5. ----- GS Caltex ------- 10 ------ 11 -------- 4W-6L ------- 0.696 (16-23) ------- 0.957
    6. ----- Hi-pass ---------- 10 ------- 9 -------- 2W-8L ------- 0.520 (13-25) ------- 0.905


    Round 2 MVP - LEE Jae-Yeong (Heungkuk)


    Point
    1. Alaina BERGSMA (KGC) - 303 pts
    2. Alexa GREY (GS Caltex) - 283 pts
    3. Tabitha LOVE (Heungkuk) - 271 pts
    4. Madison RISHEL (IBK) - 233 pts
    5. Emily HARTONG (Hyundai) - 218 pts


    Attack
    1. Alaina BERGSMA (KGC) - 44.61%
    2. Madison RISHEL (IBK Altos) - 43.03%
    3. PARK Jeong-Ah (IBK Altos) - 41.86%
    4. Emily HARTONG (Hyundai) - 41.68%
    5. Alexa GREY (GS Caltex) - 40.12%


    Serve (per set)
    1. HAN Song-Yi (GS Caltex) - 0.38
    2. HWANG Youn-Joo (Hyundai) - 0.35
    3. KIM Yu-Ri (IBK) - 0.33
    4. LEE Jae-Eun (KGC) - 0.32
    5. KIM Mi-Youn (IBK) 0.31


    Block (per set)
    1. YANG Hyo-Jin (Hyundai) - 0.89
    2. HAN Su-ji (KGC) - 0.84
    3. Alaina BERGSMA (KGC) - 0.71
    4. KIM Se-Young (Hyundai) - 0.66
    5. KIM Hee-Jin (IBK) - 0.56


    Defense (per set)
    1. HAN Ji-Hyun (Heungkuk) - 8.20
    2. LEE Jae-Yeong (Heungkuk) - 7.94
    3. Madison RISWEL (IBK) - 7.50
    4. Emily HARTONG (Hyundai) - 7.34
    5. LEE So-Young (GS Caltex) - 6.97


    Set (per set)
    1. CHO Song-Hwa (Heungkuk) - 13.26
    2. LEE Hyo-Hee (Hi-pass) - 10.92
    3. LEE Jae-Eun (KGC) - 9.79


    Source: 1, 2, 3, 4

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 3, December 3rd, 2016 - Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass vs. Hyundai Engineering & Construction


    Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass 0-3 Hyundai E&C (20-25, 16-25, 25-27) stats


    Hi-pass: 7. GO Ye-Rim 12 (1b); 10. BAE Yoo-Na 10 (3b); 17. CHOI Eun-Ji 9 (1a); 20. Kennedy BRYAN 7 (1b); 4. JEON Sae-Yan 6; 13. JUNG Dae-Young 6 (2b); 15. LEE Mi-Ae 2. Total Points: 61, Score Points: 52, Attack: 46, Ace: 1, Block: 5, Error: 15, Dig: 70.


    Hyundai: 17. Emily HARTONG 15 (1b); 14. YANG Hyo-Jin 13 (2a, 3b); 4. HWANG Youn-Joo 11 (1b); 13. KIM Se-Young 11 (1a, 4b); 11. HAN Yoo-Mi 9 (1a); 3. YEOM Hye-Seon 3 (1a, 1b). Total Points: 77, Score Points: 62, Attack: 47, Ace: 5, Block: 10, Error: 9, Dig: 66.


    Hyundai E&C the first team to achieve 3,000 (currently 3,001) successful blocks. :drink:


    Also apparently YANG Hyo-Jin is playing with a shoulder injury, I think the article said that she pick up the injury toward the end of the Rio Olympic and felt the pain more during KOVO Cup. Well that explain why she hasn't score as many points as she did last season. Source: 1


    Next match: December 4th at 16:00 KST - IBK Industrial Bank Altos vs. GS Caltex Seoul KIXX.

  • GS Caltex (and former Korea Women's Volleyball National Team) Head Coach LEE Sun-Goo (LSG) has resigned from the head coach position. From what I can gather from the multiple articles about the resignation is that LSG felt responsible for the team poor performance and voluntarily resigned. GS Caltex management have decided to respect LSG decision and will appoint a new head coach as soon as possible.


    Source: 1, 2


    Happy to see Bergsma put up some big numbers and her team starting to win some matches.


    Which teams in the league have the strongest contingent of Korean players? With the new draft system I feel like the foreigners are not as important.


    I kind of disagree about the foreign players, all of them are still very important to all the teams especially with regards in the offensive department. Some teams (e.g. KGC, GS, Heungkuk) rely on their foreign players much more than others.


    IBK Altos is by far the strongest team, most of its starting 6 + 1 players are NT members.


    Hyundai E&C Hillstate is the only real opponent.


    The other teams have all 1/2 good korean players or NT.


    If we are only talking about only the Korean players then I guess I would agree that IBK & Hyundai would be top two teams in the league. IBK have 5 and Hyundai have 6 former or current NT members in their team, but I think both GS Caltex & Hi-pass have the most with 7.

  • It's pretty hard to me remember all the asian names and link them to the players' faces, so I may be wrong. In the last OGs half of the team was from IBK Altos and Hyundai E&C Hillstate.


    Kim Hee-jin, Park Jeong-ah and Nam Jie-youn are from IBK Altos.


    Yang Hyo-jin, Hwang Youn-joo and Yeum Hye-seon Hyundai E&C Hillstate.


    There are 6 players left, and KYK plays in Turkey, so there are about 1 or 2 players from each team left.

  • I think I already mentioned about Madison Kingdon (aka Rishel) before the season started and she's as expected doing an excellent job. She's not very tall but she knows how to hit the ball in different directions and she has the power to make it go through the blocks. I'm pretty sure the Korean blockers wouldn't like blocking her powerful spikes. Her passing has been quite smooth as well which is rare for foreign players playing in Korea or Japan. I watched a few games of her team and every time she tried to cover her teammate up (#10, the poor receiver).


    Same word should be given to Emily Hartong who's currently spending her 2nd season in South Korea. She has become a lot stronger in attack. She jumps higher and her arm swings have gotten way faster. Reception is one of her strengths too but I hope she improves her serve.


    A huge applause to both Alaina Bergsma and Tabi Love, despite the pressure of scoring as team leaders they have been doing a great job. Bergsma is a very energetic and enthusiastic player, I'm sure her positive energy means a lot to her teammates.


    Looking at the stats and everything, It's going to be super hard to stop IBK this year.

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 3, December 4th, 2016 - IBK Industrial Bank Altos vs. GS Caltex Seoul KIXX.


    IBK Industrial Bank Altos 3-1 GS Caltex Seoul KIXX (25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 25-17) stats


    IBK Altos: 19. Madison RISHEL 29 (3a, 2b); 4. KIM Hee-Jin 21 (1a, 1b); 10. PARK Jeong-Ah 8; 17. KIM Mi-Youn 7 (1a, 1b); 18. KIM Yu-Ri 5 (1a); 9. KIM Sa-Nee 2 (1b); 7. KO Min-Ji 1 (1a). Total Points: 97, Score Points: 73, Attack: 61, Ace: 7, Block: 5, Error: 7, Dig: 81.


    GS Caltex: 18. Alexa GRAY 37 (2b); 1. LEE So-Young 12; 12. HAN Song-Yi 12 (4b); 15. HWANG Min-Kyoung 8 (1a, 1b); 19. JEONG Da-Woun 4 (1b); 9. PYO Seung-Ju 2; 8. AN Hye-Jin 1. Total Points: 83, Score Points: 76, Attack: 67, Ace: 1, Block: 8, Error: 23, Dig: 79.


    CHA Hae-Won a former head coach of Heungkuk coached GS Caltex for this match and will be the caretaker coach until a permanent head coach is appointed after LEE Sun-Goo's sudden resignation.


    Next match: December 6th at 17:00 KST - GS Caltex Seoul KIXX vs. KGC Ginseng Corp.

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 3, December 6th, 2016 - GS Caltex Seoul KIXX vs. KGC Ginseng Corp.


    GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 0-3 KGC Ginseng Corp. (20-25, 17-25, 22-25) stats


    GS Caltex: 18. Alexa GRAY 20 (1a); 12. HAN Song-Yi 7 (1b); 9. PYO Seung-Ju 5; 15. HWANG Min-Kyoung 5; 1. LEE So-Young 5; 19. JEONG Da-Woun 3 (2b); 8. AN Hye-Jin 2 (2a); 7. JUNG Ji-Yoon 1 (1b). Total Points: 59, Score Points: 48, Attack: 41, Ace: 3, Block: 4, Error: 15, Dig: 62.


    KGC Ginseng: 2. Alaina BERGSMA 30 (2a, 2b); 1. JI Min-Kyeong 10; 4. HAN Su-Ji 6 (3b); 10. CHOI Su-Bin 5; 6. JANG Young-Eun 5 (1a, 1b); 13. LEE Jae-Eun 2 (1b); 12. YOO Hee-Ok 2 (1a, 1b). Total Points: 75, Score Points: 60, Attack: 48, Ace: 4, Block: 8, Error: 11, Dig: 70.


    GS Caltex HAN Song-Yi (is 4th player to) achieved 500 successful block kills and HWANG Min-Kyoung reaching 1,500 points (currently on 1,502). :drink:


    Next match: December 7th at 17:00 KST - Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders vs. Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass.


    what is the reason why heungkuk became so weak? i mean i can understand that when kyk left they will be weaker but then a less than 50% winning percentage?


    Not sure what you are talking about, but Heungkuk have a 7 wins & 3 losses record (the same with league leader IBK Altos) and is currently 2nd in the standing with 20 points.


  • what i meant to say was when kim yeon koung was there heungkuk won 3 championships in 4 years but from 2010-2016 the team only made the playoffs 2 out of 7 times on the other hand teams such as hyundai made the playoffs 6 out of 7 times (including 2 championships) and ibk had 4 straight finals appearances (2 championships also)


    that is the question why did ibk and hyundai dominate the league so much while heungkuk struggled?

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 3, December 7th, 2016 - Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders vs. Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass.


    Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders 3-1 Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass. (20-25, 25-20, 25-20, 29-27) stats


    Heungkuk: 9. Tabitha LOVE 24 (2a, 1b); 17. LEE Jae-Yeong 23 (1b); 11. KIM Su-Ji 16 (3a, 3b); 7. KIM Na-Hee 9 (1b); 3. SHIN Yeon-Gyeong 4 (1a, 1b); 14. CHO Song-Hwa 4 (3b); 12. GONG Yun-Hui 1 (1a);. Total Points: 99, Score Points: 81, Attack: 64, Ace: 7, Block: 10, Error: 19, Dig: 104.


    Hi-pass: 4. JEON Sae-Yan 20 (2a); 10. BAE Yoo-Na 14 (3b); 20. Kennedy BRYAN 13; 13. JUNG Dae-Young 12 (4b); 7. GO Ye-Rim 11 (1a); 5. LEE Hyo-Hee 3. Total Points: 92, Score Points: 73, Attack: 63, Ace: 3, Block: 7, Error: 18, Dig: 112.


    Next match: December 8th at 17:00 KST - Hyundai Engineering & Construction vs. IBK Industrial Bank Altos.


    what i meant to say was when kim yeon koung was there heungkuk won 3 championships in 4 years but from 2010-2016 the team only made the playoffs 2 out of 7 times on the other hand teams such as hyundai made the playoffs 6 out of 7 times (including 2 championships) and ibk had 4 straight finals appearances (2 championships also)


    that is the question why did ibk and hyundai dominate the league so much while heungkuk struggled?


    Since I didn't started to watch volleyball yet at the time, I'm not sure why Heungkuk form dropped like that after KYK left. Maybe someone else out there could explain as to the reason/s why Heungkuk struggled after KYK left the team. But their recent improvement started in 2014 when they got the 1st pick in 2014 draft to select LEE Jae-Yeong, the recruitment of MB KIM Su-Ji from Hyundai, and the appointment of the new coach PARK Mi-Hee.


    With IBK, the reasons I think for their dominance of the Korean V-League in recent years are because of their two key players KIM Hee-Jin and PARK Jeong-Ah (player with bad reception according to Emil :lol: ). IBK were lucky to get both players from the draft before their first year in the league as they were allowed to select 10 players. Both players have decent mobility around court, but most importantly they have power and height advantages (KIM at 1.85m and PARK at 1.87m) over other Korean players (other Korean OH/s or OPP/s are about approx. 1.75-1.84m). IBK have both side of the net covered with KIM on the right as OPP and PARK on the left as OH, or you can have them play in the centre as MB. Add in a good foreign player and experienced setter like LEE Hyo-Hee and KIM Sa-Nee you got a strong core of players to build your team around.


    Hyundai are not as strong as IBK but led by their MB YANG Hyo-Jin and KIM Se-Young, they are the strongest blocking team in the league. Hyundai however lack a second good OH to compliment Emily HARTONG and HWANG Youn-Joo. Last season and this season too, Hyundai have play with either JUNG Mi-Sun or HAN Yoo-Mi as the second OH. JUNG defence maybe good but her attack a little lacking on the other HAN's attack is slightly better than JUNG but her reception is bad. Whilst Hyundai are one of the stronger team in attack they are also one of the worst team when committing errors.

  • GS Caltex Seoul KIXX have appointed CHA Sang-Hyun current coach of Sehwa Girl's High School, Seoul as their new head coach. CHA Sang-Hyun is familiar with GS Caltex as he previously work under former head coach LEE Sun-Goo as member of GS Caltex coaching staff from 2011-2014 during which they were runner-up in 2012-2013 and champion in 2013-2014. CHA's contract runs for 2 years and 5 months until the end of the 2018-2019 season. CHA's first game in charge will be against Hyundai E&C on December 13th 2016. Sources: 1, 2, 3


  • okay who do you think has the biggest potential to be the next kim yeon koung in korea?

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 3, December 8th, 2016 - Hyundai Engineering & Construction vs. IBK Industrial Bank Altos.


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQVssYol6mc
    Hyundai E&C 3-1 IBK Industrial Bank Altos (25-23, 27-25, 24-26, 25-21) stats


    Hyundai: 17. Emily HARTONG 24 (1a); 4. HWANG Youn-Joo 18 (2b); 14. YANG Hyo-Jin 17 (9b); 11. HAN Yoo-Mi 13 (2b); 3. YEOM Hye-Seon 5 (2a, 2b); 6. JUNG Da-Eun 4; 13. KIM Se-Young 1 (1b); 19. LEE Da-Yeong 1 (1a). Total Points: 101, Score Points: 83, Attack: 63, Ace: 4, Block: 16, Error: 13, Dig: 95.


    IBK Altos: 19. Madison RISHEL 31 (2b); 10. PARK Jeong-Ah 21 (2a, 2b); 4. KIM Hee-Jin 15 (1a, 3b); 17. KIM Mi-Youn 7 (1b); 9. KIM Sa-Nee 4 (2a, 1b); 18. KIM Yu-Ri 4. Total Points: 95, Score Points: 82, Attack: 68, Ace: 5, Block: 9, Error: 18, Dig: 98.


    Even with the win Hyundai are not looking too good. Apparently Emily HARTONG is suffering from enteritis. KIM Se-Young injured her left thumb while blocking in the 2nd set and did not return to the game afterward. In addition to YANG Hyo-Jin's shoulder injury she also have an ankle injury. JUNG Mi-Sun is receiving treatment after surgery removing inflammation from her knee. Source: 1


    Next match: December 10th at 16:00 KST - Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders vs. KGC Ginseng Corp.

  • Hey guys here is channel https://www.youtube.com/user/C…NSHIK/videos?spfreload=10 with some recent matches.


    okay who do you think has the biggest potential to be the next kim yeon koung in korea?


    Personally I don't think there is anyone with the potential to be KIM Yeon Koung in the V-League. However I think Heungkuk LEE Jae-Yeong is the closest player to KYK in term of all round abilities. She doing a good job in attacks, digs, and receptions this season but sadly Jae-Yeong will never be as good as KYK simply because of her height.



    (Image Cr: Korea News Systems)


    The Korean's media however are hoping 15 years old middle school student JUNG Ho-Young will be the next KYK. JUNG Ho-Young already stand at 1.89m tall (approx 6' 2'') with spike height of 310cm equalling that of KYK. Here are two english articles about JUNG Ho-Young: 1, 2.


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mOTSSpZtFc
    Sources: 1, 2, 3

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 3, December 10th, 2016 - Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders vs. KGC Ginseng Corp.


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Rgz_fRfOA
    Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders 3-0 KGC Ginseng Corp. (25-18, 25-13, 26-24) stats


    Heungkuk: 9. Tabitha LOVE 26 (5a); 17. LEE Jae-Yeong 12 (1a, 1b); 11. KIM Su-Ji 10 (3b); 7. KIM Na-Hee 5 (1b); 3. SHIN Yeon-Gyeong 2 (2a); 1. JEONG Si-Young 1; 14. CHO Song-Hwa 1 (1b). Total Points: 76, Score Points: 57, Attack: 43, Ace: 8, Block: 6, Error: 15, Dig: 67.


    KGC Ginseng: 2. Alaina BERGSMA 21 (1a); 12. YOO Hee-Ok 6 (4b); 10. CHOI Su-Bin 5; 1. JI Min-Kyeong 5 (1a); 13. LEE Jae-Eun 2 (1a, 1b); 4. HAN Su-Ji 1 (1b). Total Points: 55, Score Points: 40, Attack: 31, Ace: 3, Block: 6, Error: 19, Dig: 65.


    Next match: December 11th at 16:00 KST - IBK Industrial Bank Altos vs. Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass

  • KOVO V-League 2016-2017, Round 3, December 11th, 2016 - IBK Industrial Bank Altos vs. Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass.


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=8evYGXV_7Fs


    IBK Industrial Bank Altos 2-3 Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass (15-25, 28-26, 17-25, 30-28, 10-15) stats


    IBK Altos: 19. Madison RISHEL 37 (3b); 10. PARK Jeong-Ah 12 (1a, 2b); 17. KIM Mi-Youn 11; 4. KIM Hee-Jin 11 (3b); 18. KIM Yu-Ri 2 (1a); 1. BYUN Ji-Soo 1 (1a); 9. KIM Sa-Nee 1 (1b). Total Points: 100, Score Points: 76, Attack: 64, Ace: 3, Block: 9, Error: 22, Dig: 78.


    Hi-pass: 10. BAE Yoo-Na 22 (1a, 4b); 4. JEON Sae-Yan 21; 7. GO Ye-Rim 19 (1a); 13. JUNG Dae-Young 14 (2b); 20. Kennedy BRYAN 11; 5. LEE Hyo-Hee 6 (2a, 1b); 12. MOON Jung-Won 4 (2a). Total Points: 119, Score Points: 97, Attack: 84, Ace: 6, Block: 7, Error: 24, Dig: 98.


    IBK KIM Sa-Nee 1st player to reach 12,000 successful sets (currently 12023) and Hi-pass BAE Yoo-Na reach 2,000 points (currently 2,021 point).


    Next match: December 13th at 17:00 KST - GS Caltex Seoul KIXX vs. Hyundai Engineering & Construction.