
Heungkuk Life Insurance confirmed first place in group with 3 consecutive wins
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This is a report on the results of the group stage match of the 2026 Yeosu NH Nonghyup Cup professional volleyball competition.
In women's professional volleyball, IBK Industrial Bank defeated Cheong Kwan Jang and advanced to the semifinals of the cup competition.
IBK Industrial Bank defeated Cheong Kwan-jang with a set score of 3-1 (25-19 25-20 25-27 25-15) in the women's group A match of the 2026 Yeosu NH Nonghyup Cup Professional Volleyball Tournament held at Jinnam Gymnasium in Yeosu, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the 15th.
IBK Industrial Bank, which took second place in Group A with 2 wins and 1 loss, will compete with Korea Expressway Corporation, first place in Group B, to advance to the finals at 4:30 pm on the 17th.
CheongKwanJang finished the competition with 1 win and 2 losses.
Victoria Danchak (registered name: Victoria) scored 38 points, including 4 blocking, while Miwako Osanai (registered name: Miwa) and Jeongmin Choi added 12 points each.
In Cheonggwanjang, Jong-Hwi scored 21 points and Park Hye-min scored 16 points.
IBK Industrial Bank took the lead in the first set, 5-5, down three points thanks to the opponent's consecutive errors and Victoria's open attack.
Victoria then blocked Shin Eun-ji's attack at 24-19 and took the first set.
In the second set, at 20-18, Lee Joo-ah's blocking and the opponent's error led to a 24-18 lead, and the set ended with Choi Jeong-min's open attack at 24-20.
They tied the game by scoring four consecutive points at 17-21 in the third set, but lost the set at 25-25 after conceding a series of points on Jeong Kwan-Jang Park Hye-min's quick open and Lee Ji-su's serve ace.
At 9-8 in the final 4th set, Victoria's blocking and Lee Joo-ah's serve ace led to a 5-point victory and ran away to 14-8.
IBK Industrial Bank, which maintained its lead, ended the game at 24-15 when Lee Joo-ah blocked Jeon Da-bin's attack.
In another match in Group A held at the same venue, Heungkuk Life Insurance defeated SOOP with a set score of 3-0 (25-12 25-20 25-19).
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which took first place in Group A with three consecutive wins, will compete with the winner of the GS Caltex-Hyundai Engineering & Construction match held on the 16th to advance to the finals at 1:30 pm on the 17th.
Jastis Yakuji (registered name Jastis) led the attack with 16 points and Pyo Seung-ju with 10 points.
At 5-4 in the first set, Heungkuk Life Insurance won 8 points thanks to Jung Ho-young's blocking and Lim Hye-rim's serve scoring, and ran away to 13-4.
In the second set, after widening the gap at 5-4 with five consecutive points, they trailed to 22-20, but the remaining three points were filled by Seung-joo Pyo's open attack and the opponent's consecutive attack errors.
In the 3rd set, he scored 4 consecutive points at 11-9 and ended the game at 24-19 with Moon Ji-yoon's rear attack.
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The semifinal match between IBK Industrial Bank and Korea Expressway Corporation was held on the 17th.
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