While former coach Kwon Soon-chan of Heungkuk Life Insurance in the women’s professional volleyball division was virtually hardened, team ace Kim Yeon-kyung was selected as the MVP in the third round. In the men’s division, OK Financial Group’s ‘King’ Leo was selected and wrote a tie record for the most awards in the men’s and women’s divisions of the V-League.
The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) announced on the 4th that Heungkuk Life’s Kim Yeon-kyung and OK Financial Group’s Leo were selected as the Dodram 2022-2023 V-League 3rd Round MVPs.
Kim Yeon-kyung received 24 out of 31 votes from the reporters and took the overwhelming first place, beating Elisabeth (6 votes) and Lee So-young (1 vote). Kim Yeon-kyung scored 140 points during the 3 rounds and performed outstandingly in both offense and defense, ranking 4th in points (1st in domestic players), 1st in attack success rate (53.16%), 1st in open attacks, and 4th in receiving.
Based on this, Heungkuk Life Insurance won 5 wins and 1 loss in the 3rd round. In the process, they won over Hyundai E&C and came close to the top of the league. This is a result that came out right after Kwon received a notice of resignation from the club, so it is drawing more attention. Heungkuk Life Insurance resigned its manager even though it was running 2nd this season, which was 6th last season.
The form is resigned, but in fact it is hard. Director Kwon said in a media interview, “I don’t feel guilty if I got fired because of something I did.” Who to put in, who to write. Because I didn’t hear that. He must have reported that he was not listening.”
In the men’s division, OK Financial Group’s foreign player Leo was selected as the MVP. It received 20 of the 31 votes cast by the reporters토토. Leo ranked 1st in scoring with 171 points in the 3rd round, 1st in serve with 0.7 serves per set, and 4th in back attack. In particular, it was the first in the V-League history to achieve a triple crown in 4 consecutive games, leading OK Financial Group to win 4 wins in the 3rd round and 3rd in the overall team rankings.
Leo won a total of 7 round MVPs, breaking his own record for men’s round MVP. At the same time, he was named the MVP of the most rounds in the men’s and women’s divisions together with Yang Hyo-jin of Hyundai Engineering & Construction in the women’s division.