Even in the homeroom, he could not find a breakthrough to escape the losing streak. The Korean women’s volleyball team ended the 2023 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL) schedule with a complete loss.
Korea (ranked 34th in the world), led by coach Cesar Gonzalez, lost to Poland (ranked 8th) on the 2nd at Chilbo Gymnasium in Seosuwon with a set score of 0-3 (23-25 18-25 16-25) in the final match of the 3rd week of the tournament. . Korean women’s volleyball lost all of the 3rd week schedule held in Korea following the 1st and 2nd week schedules held in Turkey and Brazil, ending this season with 12 consecutive losses. Last year, after 12 consecutive losses, they failed to win even one point, let alone one win for two years in a row, and suffered their 27th consecutive defeat in the tournament. The last victory in VNL was against Canada on June 15, 2021, about two years ago (set score 3-2). In this tournament, he won only three sets.
Korean women’s volleyball also had a chance to win a set against Poland. In the first set, they led 18-13. However, it was not possible to break the high point of losing a lot in a quick time. The air defense was shaken in the match and the game was allowed to turn around at once with 7 consecutive goals.
In the third set, which became the final set of the tournament, Korea lost consecutive runs at the beginning of the game, leading to a score of 3-9, but showed its potential to tie the score at 14-14. The cheering heat of the home fans who filled the stadium was raised, but here again 5 consecutive runs were lost and the atmosphere was lost. Korea also took a 7-3 lead in scoring as Kim Da-eun (13 points) and Kang So-hui (12 points) doubled fire. However, in blocking, it was greatly pushed to 3-13 and could not find a solution to ‘height’.
Poland is a team led by coach Stefano Lavarini, who led Korean women’s volleyball to the semifinals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Poland won 10 wins (2 losses) with the victory on the day and took first place in the preliminary round of the tournament.
After finishing the VNL schedule, coach Gonzalez said, “The current state of Korean women’s volleyball is that it does not reach the level of VNL. International volleyball is getting faster, but I can’t keep up with it,” he said calmly, “even though the result was a loss, it feels good because it seems to have grown one step further. The last three games of this tournament gave me a good feeling.”카지노
Coach González, who emphasized the need to increase the attack success rate and attack efficiency, said, “After the reconvening in August, I got used to the (international competition) environment, so I had less time to show the results. will cost Then, I think the results will come out,” he said.