'Shock reversal' Hyundai Capital competes for first place in the regular league that ended in vain... "Korean Air is confirmed to be No. 1 in a row" after a reversal to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which has lost 13 consecutive games

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The competition for first place in the men's professional volleyball regular league ended somewhat futile. This is because Hyundai Capital, which had been trailing the leader Korean Air, was caught up in Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, the lowest.

Hyundai Capital suffered a come-from-behind loss to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance by 1-3 (25-22, 19-25, 23-25, 20-25) in the men's home game of Jin Air 2025-2026 professional volleyball V-League against Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance at Cheonan Yoo Gwan-soon Gymnasium on the 13th.

Hyundai Capital, which remained at 66 (21 wins and 14 losses) due to the loss, failed to close the gap with Korean Air (69 points, 23 wins and 11 losses), which played one less game.

As a result, Hyundai Capital's possibility of retaking the top spot disappeared regardless of the final regular league match against Korean Air, which will be held at the same place on the 19th.

This is because even if Hyundai Capital wins the last remaining Korean Air match, and on the contrary, Korean Air falls into a swamp of two consecutive losses and ties points, it is impossible to reverse the ranking.

If the points are the same, the V-League considers multiple wins, set loss, and score loss, but Hyundai Capital is behind in multiple wins even if it is tied with Korean Air.

In the end, the competition for first place in the regular league, which was expected to be held by Korean Air and Hyundai Capital until the end of the season, will be over.

As Korean Air and Hyundai Capital are scheduled to face off in the final regular league match, there was a possibility that it would be a "top-ranked regular league match," but the competition for first place will also end amid a major reversal in which Hyundai Capital knelt down to the lowest-ranked Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which was in the midst of 13 consecutive losses.

On this day, Hyundai Capital scored 22 points for Heo Soo-bong and 21 points for Leo, but all other players scored less than 6 points. On the other hand, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance escaped from a long losing streak, with Ahi scoring 26 points, the most by both teams, with Lee Yoon-soo (13 points) and Dosanji Lee Woo-jin and Yang Hee-joon (10 points) scoring double digits. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's season performance is 6 wins and 29 losses (19 points).

Meanwhile, regardless of the results of the remaining two games, Korean Air, which has been confirmed to be No. 1 in the regular league, recaptured the top spot in the regular league for the first time in two seasons after the 2023-2024 season and went straight to the championship game. Hyundai Capital, which has been confirmed for second place, will play the playoffs with the third place in the regular league, with KEPCO, KB Insurance (55 points or more), and Woori Card (52 points) competing fiercely for third place. There is also a high possibility of a semi-playoff between the third and fourth places.

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