Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Volleyball returns Saturday as Hillstate, Jumbos start long title defense

The 2024-25 V League season kicks off Saturday as the seven men's and seven women's teams begin a six-month fight for the regular season title and a ticket to the postseason.

2024-10-17

Hillstate clinches fifth KOVO Cup title with 3-1 win over Red Sparks

Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate defeated the Daejeon Jung Kwan Jang Red Sparks 3-1 in the 2024 Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) Cup final at Tongyeong Gymnasium in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, on Sunday, claiming their fifth cup.

2024-10-06

Kim Yeon-koung tells culture minister how to revamp Korean volleyball

Korean volleyball legends Kim Yeon-koung, Han Yoo-mi, Han Song-yi and Lee Sook-ja joined Culture Minister Yu In-chon Thursday to discuss the future of the sport in Korea and the need to overhaul the country's player development system

2024-06-20

Kim Yeon-koung's big retirement bash — in pictures

Korean volleyball's biggest star Kim Yeon-koung officially retired from international volleyball with a star-studded series of games at Jamsil Arena in southern Seoul over the weekend.

2024-06-10

Five join V League through Asia Quota draft as Mega and Srithong re-sign

Five new players from China, Kazakhstan and Australia joined the V League through the 2024-25 Asia Quota draft that finished at Jeju Sun Hotel & Casino in Jeju on Wednesday.

2024-05-01

'I want to lead the Indonesian national team to the Olympics': Megawati

Mega, 24, joined the Daejeon Jung Kwan Jang Red Sparks ahead of the 2023-24 V League season through the Asia Quota draft and led her side to the postseason for the first time in seven years.

2024-04-23

Rising stars Mega and Srithong look for a second year in the V League

Six of the seven Asia Quota picks in the women’s V League from last season have rejoined the expanded Asia Quota draft for the 2024-25 season, the Korea Volleyball Federation announced Monday.

2024-04-16

V League free agent market still hot with one week to go

Over a week has passed since the V League free agent market opened, but some of the biggest names like Kang So-hwi of GS Caltex Seoul Kixx and Jeong Ji-yun of Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate are yet to sign a deal as of press time

2024-04-11

Kim Yeon-koung says she isn't finished with Pink Spiders yet

V League MVP Kim Yeon-koung has committed to staying with the Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders despite finishing the 2023-24 season without any silverware.

2024-04-09

Jumbos beat Okman to win V League Championship 3-0 for title sweep

The Incheon Korean Air Jumbos beat Ansan OK Financial Group Okman 3-2 in the third Championship game on Tuesday to win the best-of-five series 3-0 and become the first team to sweep both the league and championship for a fourth straight season.

2024-04-03