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Hyundai Capital Overcomes Korean Air's Bad Perfection and Tops Up as a Opponent

Hyundai Capital beat Korean Air with a set score of 3-2 (15-25, 25-23, 19-25, 25-19, 15-13) in the men's final of the 2024 Tongyeong-Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship held at Tongyeong Gymnasium in Gyeongnam on the 28th.

With this victory, Hyundai Capital has grabbed the top spot in the cup competition for the first time in 11 years since the Ansan event in 2013. Coach Blanc, who took the helm of Hyundai Capital starting this season, immediately took the lead in the first competition and showed off his prowess as a world-class master.
It was a great match like the final.

If Korean Air wins one set first, the game eventually passed to the fifth set amid the flow of Hyundai Capital's direct counterattack.

With the seesaw game unfolding from 13-13, Hyundai Capital took a step closer to winning the championship with ace Huh Soo-bong's offensive score. Hyundai Capital then dramatically confirmed the championship as Korean Air's Yosvani's attack was blocked.

Hyundai Capital's victory is significant in that it won the men's strongest team, Korean Air.

Hyundai Capital has been considered as a strong team that can block Korean Air from dominating the league in recent seasons, but lost face to face as it had only one win (five losses) in last season's face-to-face confrontation. It has dedicated a point to Korean Air in every game by winning a full set even with its only one win.

He also failed to display his best performance, but he also lost to Hyundai Capital in the group league. However, he did not lose to manager Blanc twice.

Blanc, who took the helm of Hyundai Capital ahead of this season, served as the head coach of the French men's national team from 2001 to 2012, and served as the head coach of the Polish men's national team from 2013 to 2016.

Blanc, who took over as the head coach of the Japanese men's national team in 2017, is expected to show his leadership at Hyundai Capital as he has been the coach from 2022 and achieved excellent results such as third place in the 2023 "VNL" and advancing to the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Hyundai Capital, which recruited Blanc, has emerged as a strong candidate to prevent Korean Air's fifth consecutive win in the new season by winning the Cup.