Even professional volleyball foreign players 'like the Asian quarter'...The reason for renewing the contract with 5 members is
Even professional volleyball foreign players 'like the Asian quarter'...The reason for renewing the contract with 5 members is
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Five proven players have renewed their contracts ahead of the draft of foreign players to select players to play on the professional volleyball stage in the 2025-2026 season.
Among the 2024-2025 season runners, the men's Leonardo Leibah Martinez (registered Leo, Hyundai Capital), Andres Villena (registered name Villena, KB Insurance), the women's Giselle Silva (registered name Silva, GS Caltex), and Victoria Danchak (registered name Victoria, IBK Industrial Bank) signed with the original team.
Kyle Russell (registered Russell), who is wearing a Korean uniform as a substitute, will also play in the V-League next season.
Five of the 14 men's and women's clubs chose to accompany the proven players.
In particular, the men's "three strongest" Hyundai Capital, copyright and KB Insurance, which entered the spring volleyball in the 2024-2025 season, all re-signed Leo, Russell, and Villena, who played previously.
copyright and KB Insurance re-signed Japanese Ribero Iga Ryohei and Bahrain-based outside heater Mohamed Yakub, who played in the 2024-2025 Asian quarter draft, respectively.
This preferential treatment for experienced V-League players is not much different from the landscape in which 10 experienced V-League players out of 14 people selected during the Asian quarter draft held on the 11th of last month.
Therefore, there is a greater possibility that additional players who have experienced the V-League will be selected during the foreign player draft in Istanbul, Turkiye, on the afternoon of the 9th.
This is because there are not many top players with superior skills in the foreign player draft.
Among the players playing in overseas leagues, top players are reluctant to participate in tryouts that are conducted like audition programs.
In addition, many of the invited big fish players are absent due to signing contracts with other teams or issuing visas.
In fact, Cuban Apogit Spikers Jesus Herrera and Miguel Gutierrez, who were considered big fish among the men's invitations, gave up participating in the tryout by signing with another team.
In addition, Luis Elian, who led KEPCO's early splash in the 2024-2025 season, and Thomas Edgar, who played for LIG Insurance for two seasons from the 2013-2014 season, were also absent due to various reasons.
In the women's division, Barbara Zavic, who was named to Pepper Savings Bank in the 2024-2025 season and was initially expelled, did not participate due to the "club team schedule."
In the two practice games held in the country on the 7th and 8th, the general evaluation is that none of the men's and women's faces showed overwhelming skills.
For this reason, there is a high possibility that additional V-League experienced players will be selected in the draft.
In the men's division, Mihil Ahi (registered name Ahi) who played for Woori Card and Mattei Kok (registered name Mattei) who played for Woori Card in the 2023-2024 season were also reportedly impressed.
In the women's division, Letizia Moma Vasoko (registered name Moma) who played for Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Merelin Nicolova (registered name Nicolova), a former member of the Korea Expressway Corporation, are also expected to be nominated.
In addition, Korean-American Rebecca Lashem, who wore the IBK Industrial Bank uniform in the 2021-2022 season, and Willow Johnson (USA), who played for Heungkuk Life as the daughter of "Big Unit" Randy Johnson, are also expecting to re-enter the V-League. 스포츠토토
An official from the men's team said, "In the draft, Apogit Spiker Sharon Benan Evans (copyright) of the Sakai Blazers in Japan's first division is expected to receive the first nomination," adding, "Middle blocker Jose Maso, who played for the Cuban national team, and outside heater Denislav Baldarov, who played for the Bulgarian national team, are also drawing attention."
An official from the women's team said, "It is highly likely that Moma, who played for Hyundai E&C, will be the first candidate," adding, "Apogit spiker Elisa Zanetti of Italy, outside heater Kudryashova of Russia, and Apogit spiker Joe Weatherington of the U.S. were also well received."