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There was no reversal drama. The top spot in the men's and women's regular leagues in the 2025-2026 professional volleyball V-League was confirmed by Korean Air and Korea Expressway Corporation, respectively.
The Women's Professional Volleyball Road Corporation defeated Heungkuk Life Insurance 3-0 (25-19, 27-25, 25-17) in an away game for the women's professional volleyball team at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 13th and confirmed the top spot in the regular league on its own.
The Korea Expressway Corporation, which accumulated 69 points (24 wins and 11 losses) with the victory, widened the gap with second-place Hyundai Engineering & Construction (65, 22 wins and 13 losses) to four points and ranked first in the regular league for the first time in eight years regardless of the final results of the regular league match.
The Korea Expressway Corporation, which reached the top of the regular league for the fourth time in its career after the 2005 and 2014-2015 seasons and the 2017-2018 seasons, the first year of the V-League, will go straight to the championship game.
On the other hand, Hyundai Engineering & Construction will prepare for the playoffs by confirming its second place in the regular league regardless of the final result of the match with GS Caltex.
With Heungkuk Life Insurance finishing its regular league schedule first with 57 points (19 wins and 17 losses), the results of the remaining two games between fourth-ranked GS Caltex (54 points) and fifth-ranked IBK Industrial Bank (51 points) will determine whether the women's third place and the semi-playoff will be made. The semi-playoff will be held if the difference in points between the third and fourth places is within three points.
The Korea Expressway Corporation received 100 million won in regular league women's prize money through an award ceremony held after the game.
On the same day, the men's Korean Air also confirmed the top spot in the regular league.
Korean Air stood at the top of the regular league thanks to the news of second-ranked Hyundai Capital's 1-3 (25-22, 19-25, 23-25, 20-25) complete defeat of the lowest-ranked Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in the men's regular league held at Cheonan Yoo Gwan-soon Gymnasium on the 13th.
Korean Air has 69 points (23 wins and 11 losses) with OK Savings Bank (away) on the 15th and Hyundai Capital (away) on the 19th, while Hyundai Capital, which lost on the day, remained at 66 (21 wins and 14 losses) with only Korean Air remaining on the 19th.
Even if Korean Air loses both of its remaining two games and ties with Hyundai Capital, Korean Air's top regular league player was confirmed on the same day according to league regulations that determine multiple wins when points are tied first.
It is the eighth time in two seasons since the 2023-2024 season that Korean Air has ranked first in the regular league. Korean Air, which went straight to the championship game two years ago and became the unified champion, will also go to the championship game this season and try to win the championship.
On the other hand, Hyundai Capital, which was aiming for a drama that turned around through the final regular league showdown, was confirmed to be second in the regular league as it suffered an unexpected shock loss to the lowest-ranked Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which had been in a swamp of 13 consecutive losses. Hyundai Capital will try to advance to the championship finals by playing a playoff against the third-place or semi-playoff winning team in the regular league.
Korean Air's regular league No. 1 award ceremony will be held after the OK Savings Bank match to be held at Gangseo Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 15th. The men's regular league prize money is 120 million won.
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