The men’s volleyball military athletic unit defeated Woori Card to advance to the semifinals for the first time in KOVO Cup history.

Sangmu beat Woori Card 3-2 22-25 25-20 14-25 28-26 15-13 in the third Group B match of the 2024 Tongyeong and Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship at Tongyeong Gymnasium in Gyeongnam on the 26th.

Regardless of the outcome of the remaining matches between Samsung Fire and KEPCO, Sangmu with two wins and one loss has decided to advance to the semifinals. It is the first time that Sangmu has advanced to the semifinals at the KOVO Cup. Woori Card, on the other hand, failed to advance to the semifinals with one win and two losses.

Sangmu scored 27 points 76.67% attack success rate, the most by both teams, including two serve aces by Lim Jae-young, who is 42 days away from his discharge.

Woori Card’s two foreign duo Michael Ahi registered name Ahi and Ali Hagparast registered name Ahi scored 25 and 22 points, respectively, but the team’s defeat faded.

Woori Card gained strength first. With Hwang Taek’s serve caught in the net in the 23-22 lead in the first set, Woori grabbed 24-22 set points, and Yang Hee-jun’s fastball was blocked by Ahi, who secured the first set.

Sangmu held the second set 25-20, but Woori Card gained strength again in the third set.

Ali, who was sidelined for a while due to injury in the second set, regained his strength by blocking and rear-end attacks, and Ahi also garnered serve points to lighten the mood. The pipe attack, which had been unstable for a while in the second set, also regained power. Woori Card made it 24-13 with Ali’s blocking, and took the third set with the opponent team’s fastball out.

The fourth set was a close game. Sangmu led 23-22 due to Lim Jae-young’s back-to-back attack, but Woori Card followed suit with Ali’s consecutive quick-open score.

However, the performance of “Bulsajo” was also significant. Lim Jae-young’s successful spike serve and his opponent Lee Sang-hyun’s fastball were out at the 26-26 deuce match point, winning 28-26 and driving the game to the fifth set.

In the fifth set, Woori Card’s Oh Jae-sung collided with a trash can and a stairwell while trying to save the ball, and Kim Dong-min was seriously injured. Hong Dong-sun of Sangmu showed determination by getting up again and scoring points even after collapsing from muscle spasms.

The ultimate winner was Sangmu. After recovering from a dramatic victory in the fourth set, Sangmu dramatically reversed his 8-11 deficit in the fifth set as well.

Sangmu brought the flow by turning Ahi’s quick open with Hong Sang-hyuk blocking, followed by Hwang Taek’s opening and Lim Jae-young’s rear attack evenly, following 13-13.

Lim Jae-young’s rear attack then succeeded and reached the match point, 토토사이트 모음 and immediately the opponent Song Myung-geun’s quick open was out, and Sangmu won dramatically.

The final ranking of Group B will be decided after the final group match between Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and Korea Electric Power Corp. at 7 p.m. at the same place.