Hyundai Capital Is Soloing in the Second Half of the Year? Rivero in 2, 3, and 5th place in a week, foreigners, directors, AQ replacement game is also expected to change

Jan 07, 2025

Hyundai Capital Is Soloing in the Second Half of the Year? Rivero in 2, 3, and 5th place in a week, foreigners, directors, AQ replacement game is also expected to change
photo courtesy of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance



Hyundai Capital Is Soloing in the Second Half of the Year? Rivero in 2, 3, and 5th place in a week, foreigners, directors, AQ replacement game is also expected to change
photo courtesy of Korean Air
Hyundai Capital Is Soloing in the Second Half of the Year? Rivero in 2, 3, and 5th place in a week, foreigners, directors, AQ replacement game is also expected to change
new director of KB Insurance Leonardo. Photo courtesy = KB Insurance
The first half ended with Hyundai Capital's dominance.

In the first half of the year, which finished the third round, Hyundai Capital had 16 wins and 2 losses and 46 points, a 10-point difference from the second-place Korean Air (11-7, 36 points). He won the third round and finished the first half with nine consecutive wins.

However, the second half of the year may change. This is because other teams strengthened their power during the All-Star break.




For now, Korean Air will return Yosvani, who was injured. He decided to give up on Maxim, who showed good performance as a substitute, and spend the second half of the year with Yosvani.

In addition, he sent Aref in the Asian quarter to strengthen his defense and recruited Ryohei Liebero, who played for KEPCO last season. Korean Air, which was disappointed with the existing Libero to the extent that outside heater Jung Ji-seok and Kwak Seung-seok were used as Libero, eliminated concerns about defense by recruiting Ryohei, who was included in the best 7 in the Libero category last season.

Maxim, who Korean Air gave up, changed his uniform. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance recruited.




Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which finished fifth with 6 wins, 12 losses and 23 points in the first half, is only three points apart from third-place KB Insurance (9 wins, 9 losses, 26 points), leaving the possibility of spring volleyball. I was agonizing over foreign player Grosdanov all season, but just in time, Korean Air came out and immediately recruited him to strengthen his offense.

Maksim came as a replacement for Yosvani and played 47 sets in 12 matches, scoring 276 points. The attack success rate was 47.7%. The serve was also good enough to rank third overall with 0.38 per set.

Korean Air has been agonizing over Yosvani and Maxim all season. Maksim is playing well, so if he chooses Yosvani, there is a possibility that teams who are worried about being foreign players will take Maksim right away, so he was more worried. In the end, he decided to join Yosvani in the second half of the year, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance snatched him.




KB Insurance, which lost five consecutive games in the first half but rose to third place with a 5-1 rise in the third round as Na Kyung-bok and Hwang Taek-ui returned from military service.

KB Insurance, which has been leading the first half of the season as acting head coach Martin Blanco, resigned due to health problems ahead of the season, appointed new coach Leonardo Afonso and hired Bahrain's national team Mohammed Akub (registered name Mohammed) on behalf of Max Staples in the Asian quarter.

Leonardo served as the head coach of the Brazilian men's national youth team for nine years from 2010 and has been in charge of various teams, including the head coach of the Iranian men's volleyball team. In addition, during his six years as head coach of Japan's Sunbirds, he won a total of five times, including the Japanese V League and the Japanese Cup, building a deep understanding of Asian volleyball.

Mohammed is a versatile player who has proven his skills by playing for Bahrain since 2012. Although he is not a tall striker, stable play in both attack and defense is an advantage based on his excellent jumping ability and solid basic skills. Mohammed has been selected as the best outside heater for two consecutive years at the 2022 and 2023 Asian Cups and is considered to be the main player who led Bahrain to victory at the 2022 Asian Challenge Cup.

Will Hyundai Capital continue to dominate in the second half of the year. Or will the pattern change. It's an interesting man.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.