Last month, after finishing the 2023 Asian Volleyball Federation (AVC) Challenge Cup in 3rd place
returning to the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL) after 6 years was also canceled
and Korean men’s volleyball
which lost face
will be caught in Indonesia 지울프-토토 which is ranked 63rd in the world.
It was obvious.
The Korean men’s volleyball team, led by coach Lim Do-heon
defeated Indonesia with a set score of 3-2 (25-16 19-25 22-25 25-19 16-14) at the Asian Championship round of 12 tournament held at Algadir Stadium in Urmia, Iran on the 23rd.
came from behind
The men’s national team
ranked 28th in the world
who wanted to make this tournament an opportunity to revitalize men’s volleyball in Korea
narrowly defeated Indonesia
ranked 63rd in the world.
South Korea
which had previously defeated Bangladesh and Pakistan in the group stage and passed Group F in first place
defeated Indonesia
which ranked second in Group C
to advance to the semifinals.
Korea will face off against the winner of the China-India match for a ticket to the semifinals in the semifinal match to be held on the 24th at 9:45 p.m.
In the first set
thanks to the performance of Heo Soo-bong (Hyundai Capital)
it seemed that it would easily defeat Indonesia
which is evaluated as one step lower
even if it was easily won 25-16.
However
in the second set
Indonesia’s strong serve faltered on the receiving side
giving the match the lead to the opponent.
Korea lost the second set 19-25
bewildered by irregular attacks that alternated from short toss A quick attacks to long C quick attacks.
In the third set
they continued to fight one step at a time, but at the end of the set
Lim Dong-hyuk (Korean Air) and Na Gyeong-bok (Defense Department) made a series of mistakes and lost another set and were in danger of being eliminated.
Korea
which made up for the 4th set thanks to Jung Ji-seok (Korean Air)’s performance
managed to beat Indonesia in the 5th set.
In the 5th set
Korea struggled against Indonesia’s wave-like offensive and was drawn to match point 13-14.
And Jung Ji-seok neutralized Indonesia’s blocking with a strong spike, barely putting an end to the game.