Korean Air, which ranked first in the regular league, is one step closer to winning the combined championship for the second year in a row.
Korean Air won the first match once morest KB Insurance in the first round of the men’s championship match of the 2021-2022 V League by Dodram at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 5th with a set score of 3 to 1 (24-26 25-22 25-23 25-15).
With this, Korean Air, the defending champion, has a very advantageous position in this season’s championship game, which will be held in a best-of-three system.
On that day, Korean Air lost the first set following a close deuce match, but following the second set, they won the game and won the comeback.
Lincoln led the team to victory with 31 points (61.70% attack success rate), the most for both teams.
Next, Kwak Seung-seok and Jung Ji-seok contributed 15 points side by side.
Korean Air also took a big lead in team blocking (10-3) and serving goals (6-3).
In KB Insurance, foreign player Keita scored 27 points (attack success rate of 48.21%), but failed to overcome the barrier of Korean Air.
The second leg of the championship game will be held on the 7th by moving the venue to Uijeongbu.
/ Reporter Lee Jong-man malema@incheonilbo.com
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