The Korean Volleyball Federation President Cho Won-tae has prepared to start the 2024 Tongyeong and Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship at Tongyeong Gymnasium in Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do from the 21st to the women's team 9.29-10.6.
This year's Cup is full of attractions. Unlike previous Cup events that were held from July to August, chances are high that foreign players can receive an International Transfer Agreement ITC as the event was held at the end of September. As a result, each team can play an outpost of the V-League as a whole.
First of all, copyright, which won the first place among foreign players in the men's division by breaking through 3.57% probability, will participate in the competition with Yosvani Hernandez Cuba/Italy. With this, Yosvani reunited with copyright after two seasons in which he took the lead in copyright's combined victory in the 2020-2021 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 Face" includes Luis Elian Estrada Cuba of Korea Electric Power Corp., Michael Ahi Dutch of Woori Card, and Manuel Lucconi Italy of OK Savings Bank. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which originally named Mattei Kok but replaced him, has recruited Blanimir Grosdanov Bulgaria to make its debut.
In the women's category, all but GS Caltex's Giselle Silva Cuba/Azerbaijan, Hyundai Engineering & Construction's Letizia Moma Vasoko Cameroon and Chung Kwan-jang's Banya Bukiric Serbia have changed their faces. Pepper Savings Bank, which received the most luck, will be joined by Croatia's Barbara Zavic, 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 debut. Of the 14 teams in the men's and women's divisions, 12 are all new except Hyundai Engineering & Construction Whipawi Sithong 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.
New coaches are also waiting for their debut performance. Ahead of this 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. Notably, five male teams are foreign coaches, with the exception of Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance coach Kim Sang-woo and Korea Electric Power Corp. coach Kwon Young-min.
In the women's division, coach Lee Young-taek took the helm of GS Caltex, and former SBS SPORTS commentator Jang Ji-yeon is waiting for his debut match. In addition, 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. 홀짝게임
At last year's championship, men's OK Savings Bank formerly OK Financial Group won its first championship, while GS Caltex won its second consecutive championship for the women's team. Attention is focusing on which team will be the winner of the trophy at this Tongyeong event.