Heungkuk Life Insurance and Jeong Kwan-jang, who played a great match in the 2024-25 professional volleyball V-League championship match, had mixed joys and sorrows in the stove league.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which won the combined championship with Kim Yeon-kyung, is considered the biggest winner of the stove league.
Kim Yeon-kyung's retirement seemed inevitable, but he reinforced his height by recruiting Lee Da-hyun, a national middle blocker who played an active part in rival Hyundai Engineering & Construction.
Lee Da-hyun was considered the FA's biggest fish, but he does not have to give up a reward player because it is Group C where no reward player occurs.
On top of that, Heungkuk Life Insurance succeeded in catching all internal FA, including setter Lee Go-eun, Libero Shin Yeon-kyung, setter Kim Da-sol, and Apogit Moon Ji-yoon, and most of the unified winning members will once again challenge for the top spot in the next season.
On the other hand, Jeong Kwan-jang's stove league, which almost blocked Kim Yeon-koung's dream of winning the championship in the retirement season, was disappointing.
Jeong Kwan-jang failed to renew his contract with foreigners who led the team's attack last season, Megawatti Puttiwi (registered name Megawatty) and Vanya Bukirich.
Mega ranked third in the V-League last season, and served as the ace of Jeong Kwan-jang. Mega's departure, which coach Ko Hee-jin praised as a "great player," is painful.
Bukirich, who ranked fifth in the women's team score last season, was named the best seven in the women's team. Although he was recognized for his performance in the outside heater position along with Kim Yeon-koung, he will not be able to play in the Jeonggwanjang next season.
On top of that, Jeong Kwan-jang failed to renew his contract with veteran outside heater Pyo Seung-joo.
Pyo Seung-joo, who wore a Jeong Kwan-jang uniform as a compensation player for Lee So-young, who left for IBK Industrial Bank, contributed greatly to the team's advance to the championship game last season. 토토사이트
Although he was not outstanding in attack, he played a role of a housekeeper in offense and defense, taking care of bad things such as receiving. It was largely thanks to Pyo Seung-joo that Mega and Bukirich were able to show off their offensive instincts.
In the championship match, when Bukirich was tired, he played the role of Altoran in the attack, helping Jeong Kwan-jang to play an equal match against Heungkuk Life.
However, after failing to reach an agreement with the articles of association, Pyo Seung-joo announced his retirement in a surprise move after failing to sign an FA contract.
Attention is focusing on where Heungkuk Life Insurance and Jeong Kwan-jang, who spent the extreme stove league, will finish the season a year later.