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    10May, 2024
    Croatian Zavic to Pepper with the No. 1 overall pick…Burkina Faso to be the new president

    Croatian outside hitter Barbara Javic, 29, will wear the No. 1 overall pick and will play for Pepper Savings Bank.

    The Korea Volleyball Organization (KOVO) held the 2024 Women’s Foreign Player Draft on Monday (Sept. 9) at the Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    The seven women’s clubs were selected in the reverse order of their standings from the 2023-2024 season through a lottery. Pepper Savings Bank, Jungkwanjang, Korea Expressway Corporation, IBK, GS Caltex, Heungkuk Life Insurance, 메이저 토토사이트 and Hyundai E&C each selected one player.

    Pepper Savings Bank, which finished last in the league last season, received the first overall pick. Pepper Savings Bank head coach Jang Ji-yeon called out the name of 194-centimeter apogee spiker Zavic.

    With his height and offensive prowess, Zavic attracted a lot of attention at the tryout. With the selection of middle blocker Zhang Yu (China – 197 centimeters) in the previous Asian Quarterly Draft, Pepper Savings Bank now has the best height in the V-League.

    Zheng was lucky to be selected second overall after finishing third last season. After receiving the earlier-than-expected pick, head coach Ko Hee-jin asked for time.

    After much deliberation, Ko selected Vanya Vukiric (25-Serbia), who played for Korea Expressway Corporation. Vukiric was the third-leading scorer last season, but his contract was not renewed by Korea Expressway Corporation.

    Chung, who has an Asian quota player, Mega, was expected to select an outside hitter, but he chose Apojit Vukiric. Club officials, who had Vukiric’s name in mind, breathed a sigh of disappointment.

    Next, Korea Expressway Corporation selected left-handed outside hitter Merelin Nikoleva (21-Bulgaria-183 cm) with the third pick. IBK, which needed height reinforcements after drafting setter Chen Xintong (China), selected apo jit spiker Victoria Danchak (24-Ukraine-191 cm) at No. 4.

    Fifth-ranked GS Caltex and seventh-ranked Hyundai E&C re-signed Moma (31-Cameroon) and Silva (31-Cuba), respectively, the day before. Sixth-ranked Heungkuk Life, which was virtually last in line, called for time when all the players they had in mind were selected. Heungkuk Life head coach Marcello Abondanza chose Turku Bourge (25-191 centimeters), an apogee spiker from Turkuye.

    Moma, Silva, and Vukiric, a second-year player, will each earn $300,000 (about 410 million won). The newcomers to the V-League will earn $250,000 (approximately KRW 343 million) per year.

    27Feb, 2024
    ‘Mega’ gusts of wind from Ini…sweep through the V-League

    Jung Kwan-jang is looking forward to the spring volleyball season with a positive outlook, thanks to the performance of Megawatti Puttiwi (registered name Mega).

    Mega, who arrived in Korea under the Asian quota system that professional volleyball introduced this year, has made waves in the women’s game since joining the league. An outside hitter and right-side spiker, Mega scored 138 points in the first round and was named the inaugural Asian Quarterfinal Most Valuable Player (MVP). A former Indonesian player with experience in the Thai-Vietnamese League, 토토 Mega caught the attention of volleyball fans by wearing a hijab to every match. She is the only one of the seven players from the Asian Quarter to be named the Most Valuable Player through five rounds this season.

    Chung’s performance this season has followed her offense. After finishing Round 1 in third place, he struggled in Rounds 2 and 3 with a 3-9 record, but rebounded in Round 4 with a 4-2 record and continued his upward trend in Round 5 (5-1). This was in line with Mega’s round-by-round offensive success rate trend (48.46%→38.17%→42.32%→46.06%→47.43%). As Mega’s offense revived, so did the team’s performance. As of the 26th, Mega has scored 660 points in 31 V-League games (118 sets), ranking seventh in scoring, fifth in total offense (43.38% success rate), and second in serving, making him the de facto starting foreign player.

    As Mega’s “megaton” offense intensifies, Jung is also feeling the “mega effect. “After Mega became the best player in the first round, Indonesians in Korea came to visit the stadium. Just like Son Heung-min in Korea, Indonesians feel that Mega is honoring the country,” he explained. The number of subscribers to Jung’s YouTube account, Ginseng TV (Teevee), has surged from about 30,000 to about 150,000 since Mega’s signing, with about 80 percent of the subscribers being Indonesians, Jung said. SPOTV has been broadcasting the V-League in Indonesia since the third round.

    The trio of Giovanna Milana (registered name Jia), Mega, and So-Young Lee has been revitalized since the fourth round, when domestic ace Lee So-Young started playing full-time. Spring volleyball for the first time in seven years is within reach. In the first match of the sixth round, the team won three points against second-place Heungkuk Saengsim and went on a four-game winning streak to move into sole possession of third place (53 points, 17 wins, 14 losses). On the 27th, they will try to make it five in a row against Korea Expressway Corporation.