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The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) acknowledged the misreading and bowed its head to the recent controversy over the video review of IBK Industrial Bank and Hyundai Construction.
KOVO officially announced on the 14th, "As a result of a close and precise analysis of the situation of the third set of IBK Industrial Bank-Hyundai Construction War at the appeal review committee held following the 13th, we concluded the video reading as 'misreading'."
Controversy erupted in the fourth round of the women's regular league match between IBK Industrial Bank and Hyundai Engineering & Construction at Hwaseong Indoor Gymnasium in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, on the 11th.
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea led 22-20 in the third set, when Hyundai Engineering & Construction was trailing by a set score of 0-2. Hyundai Engineering & Construction's score was recognized as the attack attempted by IBK Industrial Bank's Victoria Danchak (registered name Victoria) went off the court. However, IBK Industrial Bank applied for a video review, and the decision was soon reversed. Three judges, including the game commissioner, the referee and the judge, decided that the ball was hit by the fingertips of Kari Geisberger (registered name Kari) of Hyundai Engineering & Construction and was out.
In response, director Kang Sung-hyung of Hyundai Engineering & Construction strongly protested, saying, "Don't we watch the video review video, it's frustrating." The game was suspended for a while, and coach Kang Sung-hyung was even warned of the delay. The reversal of the decision resulted in great results. Hyundai E&C lost three sets as it was, and IBK Industrial Bank won three sets to take a dramatic come-from-behind victory.
The controversial scene was also discussed in KOVO. The appeals review committee, which was established in November last year to improve the reliability and fairness of the league, was held on the 13th, but it was not easy to reach a conclusion. As a result of checking Star News, KOVO again requested a high-definition broadcast screen from the broadcasting company, and held a screening committee again on the 14th to continue the discussion. As a result of the two-day discussion, Kang Sung-hyung's criticism was justified.
KOVO bowed its head, saying, "I sincerely apologize to the Hyundai Engineering & Construction club, the team, and the fans for making an error during the reading process and causing great confusion and disappointment." KOVO will continue to seek improvement measures for reading standards and procedures to prevent the same confusion from repeating in the future. We will do our best to prevent the recurrence of similar cases by establishing video reading standards," he added.
The controversy was different over the same scene, with all three on-site video analysts coming to the same conclusion. KOVO expressed its intention to technically solve this situation where there is a limit to reading with the naked eye.
KOVO said, "For a more objective and accurate decision, the federation plans to improve the video reading system with the aim of introducing AI video reading technology that includes high-speed multi-angle image analysis, machine vision-based line reading, and player and ball location tracking algorithms in the 2026-2027 season."
"With this incident, the federation will do its best to correct the fairness of league management again and restore the trust of the fans through institutional supplementation," he said, expressing his apology again.
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