Lee Joo-ah, an 18-year-old high school girl. Surprise selection of the senior national team...Announcement of European Training Members for the Morales
Jul 15, 2024
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The Korea Volleyball Association announced the list of women's national teams to participate in Croatia and Romania's off-season training on the 15th.
The 14 representatives will join the European training camp from July 24 to August 5. There will also be friendly matches in Europe with the Croatian women's team from the 27th to the 29th and the Romanian women's team from August 1st to 3rd.
There are notable names among major players who have played in the national team, including Kang So-hwi (Road Corporation), Kim Da-in, Jung Ji-yoon, Lee Da-hyun (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Jung Ho-young (Jung Director) and Choi Jung-min (IBK Industrial Bank).
Lee Ju-ah (Mokpo Women's Award) is a high school student outside heater. Lee Ju-ah of Industrial Bank of Korea, who was also named in the national team, has the same name.
Lee Joo-ah is known to be a player with good momentum and standing at 1m79. After this year's youth team, he joined the senior team for the first time.
Lee Han-bi (Pepper Savings Bank) and Na Hyun-soo (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) are also the first starters based on the Morales.
Coach Morales said that the national team has made a lot of progress through VNL, but he also identified areas that need to be developed in the future. Still, the national team has won two games in a long time in the VNL this year, breaking its losing streak.
Morales said, `We are very excited about this training camp to prepare for the future of the women's volleyball team"This European off-season training and friendly match will be a time to prepare for the future of the women's volleyball team, including the Volleyball Nations League next year."
The national team was originally scheduled to convene on the 3rd, but it officially gathered at Heungkuk Life Training Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do from the 14th according to the scheduled schedule, including off-season training for each club.
The national team will conduct training at Heungkuk Life Gymnasium and Kyung Hee University Gymnasium before departing for Croatia via Incheon International Airport on the 24th.
▶Women's national volleyball team participating in European training
Setter= Dr. Dine Kim (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) (Pepper Savings Bank)
Libero = Park Soo-yeon (Hungkuk Life Insurance) Han Da-hye (Pepper Savings Bank)
Middle blocker = Lee Da-hyun (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Lee Joo-ah (IBK Industrial Bank), Jung Ho-young (Director Jeong) Choi Jeong-min (IBK Industrial Bank)
Outside heater = Kang So-hwi (Korea Expressway Corporation), Lee Joo-ah (Mokpo Women's Award), Lee Han-bi (Pepper Savings Bank) and Jung Ji-yoon (Hyundai Engineering & Construction)
Apogit Spiker = Na Hyun-soo (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) Moon Ji-yoon (GS Caltex)
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