First V-League with a 20-year History
There has been no competition in the history of the V-League, which marks its 20th season. Both the men's and women's teams have to go to the final round to determine the top place in the regular league.
The 2023-24 V-League of Dodram played 34-35 games per team. All teams have only one to two games left.
However, no decision has been made on the future direction of No. 1 ranking in the regular league. There is only one point difference between the top and second ranking teams in both men's and women's teams.
On the 12th, both men's and women's teams could have been decided on the top of the regular league, but it failed. The men's leading Woori Card was caught up by fourth-ranked Hyundai Capital, and the women's leading Hyundai Engineering & Construction was completely defeated by the top-ranked rival Heungkuk Life Insurance.
In the men's division, Woori Card is ranked first with 23 wins and 12 losses 69 points, and Korean Air is ranked second with 22 wins and 13 losses 68 points. In the women's division, Hyundai Engineering & Construction is ranked first and second with 25 wins and 10 losses 77 points and Heungkuk Life Insurance with 27 wins and 8 losses 76 points.
The first and second-place competitors all have only one game left, so the direct team to the championship match will be decided only in the final match.
In the V-League, which was launched in 2005, only four times, including three in the men's and one in the women's, were decided in the final match.
Hyundai Capital 2nd place Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in the original season, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 2nd place Hyundai Capital in the 2006-07 season, Hyundai Capital 2nd place Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in the 2008-09 season, and Heungkuk Life Insurance 2nd place Korea Expressway Corporation in the 2018-19 season confirmed the top spot in the final match.
This season is the first time for both men's and women's teams to be ranked first in the final match. An all-time season is unfolding, making it impossible to take your eyes off it until the end.
Coincidentally, the final match schedule is similar in men's and women's teams. Second-ranked Korean Air KB Insurance on April 14 and Heungkuk Life Insurance GS Caltex on April 15 will play first, while top-ranked Woori Card Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance on April 16 and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Pepper Savings Bank on April 16 will play their final matches.
For now, Woori Card and Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which are leading by even one point, are in a more advantageous position. This is because if they win three points in the final match, they can confirm the first place on their own regardless of the results of second-place Korean Air and Heungkuk Life Insurance.
Second place Korean Air and Heungkuk Life Insurance are in a position to win the final match unconditionally and watch the last match of the first-place teams.
The number of cases in the V-League varies because the winning team 2 points and the losing team 1 point share points if they go to the full set.
For example, in the case of the women's team, if Heungkuk Life has 79 points after 3 points in the final match, Hyundai E&C will add two points with a full-set victory to rank second, losing out on multiple wins even if the points are tied.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which is ahead of Hyundai Engineering & Construction in multiple wins, can continue its faint hope if it adds one point even if it loses the final match.
On the other hand, the men's team is relatively simple. Korean Air can come from behind only when it wins the final match, and Woori Card can maintain its No. 1 ranking only when it wins.
Public Last updated: 2024-03-13 05:02:24 AM