Men's volleyball team finished the tournament in 7th place with difficulty
The men's volleyball team led by coach Lim Do-heon won 3-2 (29-27 19-25 25-19 21-25) in the men's volleyball 7th place match against Indonesia held at the China Textile City Sports Center Gymnasium in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China on the 26th. They won a hard-fought victory (15-8).
As a result, Lim Do-heon-ho, who had set himself the goal of winning the gold medal for the first time in 17 years since the 2006 Doha Games, ended the schedule with a poor result of 7th place.
Korea left for Hangzhou confident of winning the Asian Games, but was anxious from the start.
After suffering a shock loss in the first game against India, who were considered to be one step below their objective strength, Korea was defeated 0-3 by Pakistan in the round of 12, putting their hopes of winning a medal out of reach early on.
This is the first time in 61 years that men's volleyball has won no medal at the Asian Games.
Afterwards, they won against Bahrain and Thailand and advanced to the 7th place match, but the last match was also disappointing.
Korea, ranked 27th in the world, barely won against Indonesia (57th) after a close match that went from the first set to a deuce. However, they were unable to maintain their momentum and lost the second set. 스포츠토토
They regained the upper hand by winning the 3rd set, but lost the 4th set, and the match ended up going to the 5th set. In a situation where they could have easily lost, Korea showed their courage and won the last set, placing them in 7th place.
In Korea on this day, Heo Soo-bong (Hyundai Capital) led the attack with 29 points, and Ji-seok Jeong (Korean Air) supported with 15 points.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Japan defeated Bahrain and won the bronze medal. Iran and China advance to the finals and compete for the gold medal.