Four men’s teams confirmed renewal of contracts, Hyundai Capital, Woori Card, and Samsung Fire & Marine select new foreign players
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- on May 09, 2023
Ahead of the final draft of the men’s foreign player tryout, four clubs confirmed the renewal of the contract with the foreign player who played last season.
The Korean Volleyball 스포츠토토Federation (KOVO) announced on the 8th that “Korean Air, Korea Electric Power, OK Financial Group, and KB Insurance have decided to renew contracts with foreign players who were with us last season.”
Korean Air decided to accompany Lincoln Williams, who accompanied the treble last season, and KEPCO decided to accompany Tyce Dull Host, who led the team to its first playoff victory, for the next season. OK Financial Group decided to renew the contract with Leonardo Leyva (registered name Leo), who broke the record for the most serves in a season last season, and Andres Vijena, who joined as a substitute and performed well with KB Insurance.
Hyundai Capital, Woori Card, and Samsung Fire & Marine are selecting new foreign players.
According to the final results of the last season, the order of nomination rights is 7th with 35 Samsung Fire & Marine Marbles, 6th with 30 KB Insurance, 5th with OK Financial Group 25, 4th with Woori Card, 3rd with 15 KEPCO, and 2nd with Hyundai. After being given 10 Capital and 5 marbles for No. 1 Korean Air, it is determined through a lottery.
Managers of each club agreed that in this tryout, which resumed overseas, there are no players who are judged to be better than the existing foreign players who played last season. Some players confirmed their participation in the tryout on the last day, so the deadline for notifying the renewal of the contract was delayed. They agreed, ‘Let’s watch and judge until the last practice match’.
However, José Maso (Cuba), who was classified as the biggest player, decided not to participate. Four clubs decided to join the existing foreign players in the 2023-24 season.
The remaining three clubs plan to select new foreign players in the foreign player tryout draft at 10:00 pm (Korean time) on the 8th.