Expectations for "Shin Ho-jin-Chae-hwan's great performance" and OK Financial Group's first cup competition to recruit coach Ogino
OK Financial Group, which reorganized its power by recruiting a Japanese head coach for the first time in men's volleyball history, lifted its limit of winning the professional volleyball cup tournament.
OK Financial Group, led by head coach Ogino Massage, beat Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 3-1 (25-23 22-25 25-23 25-20) in the men's final of the 2023 Gumi-Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Tournament at Park Chung-hee Gymnasium in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on the 13th. It is OK Financial Group's first cup victory since the 2013-2014 season. OK Financial Group has won two championship matches (2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons), but three runner-ups (2015, 2019, 2021) were the best in the cup competition. OK Financial Group, the only team in the men's division that did not win the cup, quenched its thirst with the victory. The prize money is 50 million won.
OK Financial Group, which finished fifth last season, brought manager Ogino right after the season to reform the team's atmosphere. Ogino is the first Japanese coach in men's volleyball history. On his debut stage, Ogino led the team to the top and proved his leadership, raising expectations for the new season.
In addition, Shin Ho-jin and Cha Ji-hwan, who were selected as the MVP of the tournament with 27 out of 31 votes in the press team's vote, are also noteworthy. Shin Ho-jin scored 34 points and 12 back attacks with a 72.34% attack success rate. Cha also scored 23 points, including two serve points, leading the team's attack with Shin Ho-jin.
The third set, which was set score 1-1, was the match. In 23-23, which led to the seesaw game, OK Financial Group took the set point with Shin Ho-jin's quick opening. Cha Ji-hwan then finished the chance saved by Park Won-bin with defense and took the lead. In the fourth set of match points, Shin Ho-jin finished with a back attack. The players cheered and enjoyed the joy of winning their first cup competition. The Rising Star Award was taken by OK Financial Group's Lee Jin-sung. 스포츠중계
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which was at the bottom of the regular league last season, challenged to win for the third time in five years and career since 2018, but was blocked by OK Financial Group's sharp attack. However, he succeeded in reversing the atmosphere with the achievement of finishing second in the cup competition.
For Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Park Sung-jin scored 30 points. Park Sung-jin received the Skills Development Award (MIP). And Shin Ki-ho faced off with 16 points, but failed to find a breakthrough in the height fight, which was pushed back by 10-14 blocking points. Only Jeon Jin-sun and Kwak Myung-woo of OK Financial Group were blocked by four attacks each.