Skywalkers
No.2 Skywalkers became Korean Men’s volleyball Championship (NH Nonghyup Professional Volleyball 2016-2017 V-League) winners for the first time after the season 2006/2007, third time overall.
The team from Cheonan won the playoff finals against Regular Season champions Korean Air Jumbos by a 3-2, prevailing in a decider on the road – 3-1 (24-26, 27-25, 25-22, 25-20).
Jumbos’ fans will now surely regret for Game 2 of the series when their players dropped 2-0 lead in sets after previously taking Game 1. Thus, Skywalkers beat the odds which say that a team who wins opening game of the finals has more than 83% chance to ultimately become champion.
Of course, losing a decider for the national title never comes easy. Jumbos coach, a 66-year-old Park Ki-Won, said after the match that the level of the V-League refereeing this season needs be reconsidered, adding it is a serious problem for him personally.
Skywalkers opposite Moon Sung-Min was awarded MVP of the finals, finishing Game 5 with 23 points. Croatian receiver Danijel Galić added 17 for the new title holders. As for Jumbos, Slovenian opposite Mitja Gasparini scored 31 points, while receiver Jung Ji-Seok contributed with 14.
PLAY OFF – FINAL / FINAL – 1ST PLACE MATCH
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DATE/TIME |
TEAMS |
SCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
STATS |
VIDEOS |
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25.03.13:00 |
3 0 |
27 25 |
27 25 |
25 22 |
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27.03.18:00 |
2 3 |
25 17 |
25 23 |
22 25 |
19 25 |
12 15 |
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29.03.19:00 |
1 3 |
25 12 |
23 25 |
22 25 |
18 25 |
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01.04.14:00 |
3 0 |
26 24 |
30 28 |
25 19 |
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03.04.19:00 |
1 3 |
26 24 |
25 27 |
22 25 |
20 25 |
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