The 2024 Tongyeong and Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship, which will be held by the Korean Volleyball Federation at Tongyeong Gymnasium in Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do from September 21, is ready to start with the men's team 9.21-28 and the women's team 9.29-10.6.
This year's Cup is full of attractions. Unlike previous Cup events that were held in July and August, chances are high that foreign players can receive an International Transfer Agreement ITC as the event will be held at the end of September. As a result, each team can display the characteristics of a prelude to the V-League with full capacity, which is drawing keen attention.
First of all, copyright, which beat the 3.57% chance to win the first place among foreign players in the men's division, will participate in the competition with Yosvani Hernandez of Cuba and Italy. With this, Yosvani is reunited with copyright after two seasons in which he took the lead in copyright's overall victory in the 2020-21 season.
There is another familiar face. Leo Cuba, who is considered one of the best foreign players in the history of the V-League, left OK Savings Bank and joined Hyundai Capital. KB Insurance has decided to renew its contract with Andres Villena of Spain, and will continue its three-season partnership.
The new faces include Korea Electric Power Corp.'s Luis Elian Estrada of Cuba, Woori Card's Michael Ahi of the Netherlands, and OK Savings Bank's Manuel Lucconi of Italy. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which originally named Mattei Kok but replaced him, has recruited Blanimir Grosdanov of Bulgaria and is waiting to make its debut.
The women's team is all new except for GS Caltex's Giselle Silva Cuba/Azerbaijan, Hyundai Engineering & Construction's Letizia Moma Vasoko Cameroon and Chung Kwan-jang's Vanya Bukiric Serbia. Pepper Savings Bank, which received the most luck, will be joined by Croatian Barbarra Javic, Korea Expressway Corporation will be joined by Merelin Nicolova Bulgaria, IBK Industrial Bank will be joined by Victoria Danchak Ukraine, and Heungkuk Life Insurance will be joined by Tutku Bourge Turkiye.
Players in the Asian quarter are also ready to make their first appearance. Among the 14 teams in the men's and women's divisions, 12 teams are all new faces except Hyundai Engineering & Construction Wipawi City and Jeong Kwan-jang Megawatti Puttiwi.
The most anticipated event is a player who has been named No. 1 in men's and women's divisions. Pepper Savings Bank has named Zhang Yu China, a 196-centimeter-tall middle blocker, to complete height reinforcement. In addition, the South Korean men's ministry Woori Card has established a double gun as Ali Hagparast, an outside heater born in 2004 from Iran. On top of this, attention is drawn to players from Iran such as Ali Fazley of Samsung Fire and Aref Moradi of copyright.
Meanwhile, new coaches are also waiting for their debut performances. Ahead of the upcoming season, three male teams and two female teams have replaced coaches. Woori Card has appointed Mauricio Paes Brazil/France, KB Insurance has Miguel Rivera Spain, and Hyundai Capital has appointed Philip Blanc France to become foreign coaches. Except for Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance coach Kim Sang-woo and KEPCO coach Kwon Young-min, five male teams are foreign coaches, drawing keen attention to their matches.
In the women's division, head coach Lee Young-taek took the helm of GS Caltex, and former SBS SPORTS commentator Jang Ji-yeon is waiting for his debut. Meanwhile, attention is being paid to the fact that the movement of players was active due to Kang So-hwi GS Caltex → Korea Expressway Corporation, Lee So-young director → IBK Industrial Bank, Lee Joo-ah Hungkuk Life → IBK Industrial Bank, and FA compensation players and trades. 안전 슬롯사이트
In last year's cup competition, the men's OK Savings Bank former OK Financial Group won its first competition, and in the women's team, GS Caltex won the championship for the second consecutive year, and expectations are high on which team will be the winner of the trophy in Tongyeong.