The final participant in the professional volleyball foreign player tryout has been decided.
The Korean Volleyball Federation (KOVO) announced today (12th), “For the 2023 KOVO foreign player tryout, 86 men and 55 women applied, and after evaluation by each club, the top 40 men and women were put on the final list of candidates.” .
Here, 46 male and 44 female players, including those who applied for tryouts, among the players who played an active part in the V-League in the 2022-2023 season will participate.
In this tryout, a large number of players familiar with the fans expressed their intention to try again.
In the women’s division, Yasmin Bedardt (registered name Yasmin), who showed her best skills at the beginning of the 2022-2023 season but could not complete due to injury, stands out.
Yasmin played an active part as Hyundai Engineering & Construction’s main gun this season, but failed to overcome the injury and dropped out of the race.
Catherine Bell (registered name Catbell), who led the Korea Expressway Corporation to the championship this season and became the MVP of the championship, also submitted an application.
Yelena Mrazenovic (registered name Yelena), who played for second place Heungkuk Life Insurance, also dreams of staying in Korea.
Dalí Santana (registered name Santana), who played for IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, and Moma Basoko Letizia (GS Caltex), who played an active role at GS Caltex, were also nominated for the final nomination.
Here, Palma Dalira from the Cuban national team and Banja Savic from the Serbian national team were also selected as final candidates.
Helen Russo, who played for Hyundai E&C in the 2020-2021 season, and Katarina Jovic (registered name Katarina), who was released from playing for Korea Expressway Corporation earlier this season, are also prominent candidates.
Willow Johnson, the daughter of American professional baseball ‘Legend Pitcher’ Randy Johnson, is also challenging again.
Johnson knocked on the V-League door in 2022 as a left-handed apogee spiker like his father, but was not named.
For the men’s division, six players who played an active part in Korea in the 2022-2023 season submitted applications.
Lincoln Williams (registered name Lincoln, former Korean Air), Tyce Dull Host (registered name Thais, former KEPCO), Riverman Agamez (registered name Agamez, former Woori Card), Leonardo Leyva Martinez (registered name Leo, former OK) Financial Group), Andres Viyena (registered name Viyena, former KB Insurance), and Ahmed Iqbairi (registered name Ikbairi, former Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance) will participate.
Okello Daudy, who played for KEPCO in the 2021-2022 season, OK Financial Group and Hyundai Capital, Yosbani Hernandez, who played for Korean Air, and Goergi Groser, who played for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in the 2015-2016 season, are also listed.
Top players such as Igor Bogachev, who played for the German national team, and Jose Masso from Cuba will also participate.
The tryout will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, and the draft will be held after three days of practice matches and meetings for invited players.
The men’s division will be held from the 6th to the 8th of the following month, and the draft event will be held on the 8th, and the women’s division will be held from the 11th to the 13th of the following month.
The order of nominations will be determined by lottery after marbles are awarded based on last season’s final performance. 토토사이트
In the men’s category, 7th Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 35 balls, 6th KB Insurance 30 balls, 5th OK Financial Group 25 balls, 4th Woori Card 20 balls, 3rd place KEPCO 15 balls, 2nd place Hyundai Capital 10, 1st place Korean Air puts 5 marbles and draws.
In the women’s division, Pepper Savings Bank ranked 7th with 35 marbles, IBK Industrial Bank ranked 6th with 30 beads, GS Caltex ranked 5th with 25 beads, KGC Ginseng Corporation ranked 4th with 20 beads, Hyundai Engineering & Construction ranked 3rd with 15 beads, and Heungkuk Life Insurance ranked 2nd. Of these 10, Korea Expressway Corporation in first place receives 5 marbles.
It is the first time in four years since 2019 that the V-League has conducted face-to-face tryouts for foreign players.
In the meantime, in the aftermath of the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the federation has selected foreign players only with game videos and data.