Korean Air, which achieved a combined victory in the professional volleyball men’s division for three consecutive seasons, set its next goal for a fourth consecutive season. The combined championship for four consecutive seasons is a record that even Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which established the dynasty in the early days, could not achieve.

Korean Air defeated Hyundai Capital with a set score of 3-2 (23-25 ​​13-25 25-22 25-17 15-11) in the third round of the Dodram 2022-2023 V-League Men’s Championship held at Cheonan Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium on the 3rd. and won the unified championship.

With this, Korean Air achieved a combined championship for three consecutive seasons. The combined championship means winning the championship match following the regular league first place.

Following the 2020-2021 season and the 2021-2022 season, Korean Air also won the championship following the regular league 1st place in this 2022-2023 season.

After winning the championship, Korean Air captain Han presented a new goal at a press conference, saying, “I want to aim for a 4th consecutive victory, which no one has done yet.”

In fact, since the launch of the V-League in 2005, there have been no 4 consecutive championships in both men’s and women’s divisions.

In the early days, when there were no opponents, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the championship in seven seasons from the 2007-2008 season to the 2013-2014 season. During this period, there were several times when we failed to win first place in the regular league, which is a condition for a combined championship. Because of this, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance failed to win 4 consecutive championships.

In the 2008-2009 season, Samsung Fire & Marine lost first place in the regular league to Hyundai Capital, which had Park Cheol-woo and Yoon Bong-woo at the fore, but won the championship through playoffs and championship matches.

In the 2010-2011 season, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance gave away first place in the regular league to Korean Air, where Kim Hak-min and Han played an active role, and fell to third place after Hyundai Capital, but later won the championship by winning the playoffs and the championship game.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which reigned as the strongest by winning the combined championship for three consecutive seasons, came down from the throne in the 2014-2015 season, losing to OK Savings Bank, the predecessor of OK Financial Group. OK Savings Bank, which has Simon with the world’s best skills, Song Myeong-geun, Lee Min-gyu, and Song Hee-chae, dismissed Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which Leo endured, with three victories in the championship. 안전놀이터

After a crushing defeat by OK Savings Bank, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance has not regained its old reputation and is still far from the championship.

Attention is focusing on whether Korean Air, which has won three consecutive championships for the first time after Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, can become a dynasty comparable to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, as Han said. Korean Air has established itself as a strong team by maintaining first and second place ever since OK Savings Bank Simon left Korea. Korean Air finished runner-up in the 2016-2017 season, won the 2017-2018 season, finished runner-up in the 2018-2019 season, and ranked second in the regular league in the 2019-2020 season when the league ended early due to Corona 19.

If Korean Air, which has maintained a top-notch performance by winning and runner-up for 8 years in a row, achieves 4 consecutive combined championships for the first time next season, it is expected that it will be able to engrave its name in Korean volleyball history as a strong team comparable to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.