Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance has won its second consecutive cup competition with firepower.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance defeated Hyundai Capital with a set score of 3-0 (25-17 25-17 25-19) in the second round of the 2023 Gumi-Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Tournament (Cup Tournament) held at Park Chung-hee Gymnasium in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 9th
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which beat KEPCO in the first round and won two consecutive group matches, confirmed its advance to the semifinals early on.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which showed concentration in the winning department, did not lose even one set
The two teams, once representative of the men’s volleyball team, played closely until the middle of the first set. However, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which was leading by 15-14, escaped as opponent Lee Si-woo’s serve, Shin Shin-ho’s open attack and blocking erupted.
Samsung Fire & Marine, who won the first set 25-17, won the second set from the beginning. In particular, Kim Jeong-ho scored 7 points with a high attack success rate of 83.33% in the 2nd set alone. Samsung Fire continued to lead without a major crisis and took the 3rd set 25-17.
Driven to the edge of a cliff, Hyundai Capital launched a counterattack with setter Lee Hyeon-seung and wing strikers Kim Seon-ho and Hong Dong-seon from the start of the third set.
Hyundai Capital’s winning numbers were effective until the middle of the set. However, with the score tied 12-12, Samsung Fire broke the balance with Kim Jeong-ho’s quick open and started to take the lead by blocking Hong Dong-seon’s back attack.
Kim Jeong-ho performed a ‘one-man show’ by scoring 4 points in a row by himself, blocking Tae-seon Jeong’s speedy attack following an open attack. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance pushed Hyundai Capital, who had lost the will to pursue, and achieved a shutout victory by winning even the third set.
- Shin Ji-ho – Kim Jeong-ho – Park Sung-jin’s ‘Triangle’
After the launch of the V-League in 2005, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which reached the top eight times, the most in the men’s division, has suffered a crack in its reputation as it has fallen to the bottom for the last three seasons in a row.
However, they advanced to the semi-finals of the cup competition with the attack of outside hitters Shin Shin-ho and Kim Jung-ho, who transformed into an apositive spiker, Park Seong-jin, who was newly created by coach Kim Sang-woo, and made expectations for a different performance this season.
On this day, the three strikers performed evenly, with Kim Jeong-ho scoring 16 points, Shin Shin-ho scoring 13 points, and Park Seong-jin scoring 13 points. All of them had an attack success rate of over 60%, and there was no big difference in market share, putting great pressure on Hyundai Capital’s defense.
Setter Noh Jae-wook, who directed them, is also indispensable. Roh Jae-wook, who suffered from sluggishness last season and lost his starting position, regained his performance in the off-season and returned to the field commander of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.
On the other hand, Hyundai Capital failed to fill the gap left by Jeon Kwang-in and Heo Soo-bong, who joined the national team, and Lee Seung-joon scored double-digit points alone with 11 points.
As a result, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance will play its third group match against Panasonic, a Japanese professional volleyball team that participated as an invited team. As both teams have confirmed their advance to the semifinals with two consecutive wins, there is no need to overdo it, but it is also a game that risks the pride of the V League.
Hyundai Capital and KEPCO lost 0-3 without losing a single set to Panasonic. Attention is focusing on whether Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance will show its potential in the V League against Panasonic.
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