It was worth running 70km of 'Uijeongbu → Suwon'! Fan meeting enjoyed by both players and fans, and KB Insurance ends with smiles in the 2025-2026 season

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Professional volleyball Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars finished the 2025-2026 season with laughter.

KB Insurance Volleyball Team (hereinafter referred to as KB Volleyball Team) held a fan meeting for the 2025-2026 season at the KB Insurance Talentium located in Suwon Special City on the 4th.

The 2025-2026 season was a season where expectations and regrets coexisted for KB Insurance. Despite the bad news of the head coach being replaced during the season, he quickly settled the mood under the guidance of Ha Hyun-yong (44), acting coach, and succeeded in advancing to spring volleyball for the second consecutive year.

It was most encouraging that Libero, including Kim Do-hoon (28) and Lee Hak-jin (19), showed remarkable growth. KB Insurance ranked first in the league in the dig category with an average of 11.236 per set, and ranked second in the league with an average of 16.779 per set in the overall defense. It was a shame that the spring volleyball, which had a hard time advancing, ended in one game.

However, there was no regret from the 80 fans who gathered at the fan meeting on this day. This year's fan meeting was held in Suwon, the accommodation of the KB volleyball team, for membership members. This is because Uijeongbu Gymnasium, its home stadium, did not deserve to hold the event due to the renovation work.

As it is based in Uijeongbu-si, most of the fans came from northern Gyeonggi-do. It is at least 70km from Uijeongbu Gymnasium, and it is a long distance that takes an hour and a half more on weekends. However, regardless of the distance, fans rushed all the way to Suwon in southern Gyeonggi Province.

Sisters Yoon Na-ra (14) and Yoon Na-ye (11) who came with their parents from Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, said, "It was a pity that I couldn't go as many as 10 games this season. My parents took me there, and I'm really looking forward to it," he said with a big smile.

"My dad likes volleyball, so I got to watch it. At first, I watched women's volleyball, and it was fun because KB players flew the ball hard and played volleyball quickly. I think I did well in the playoffs this year as well. I really enjoyed this season," he added.

It was worth coming all the way. The event began with a welcome greeting from captain Hwang Taek-ui (30) and congratulating the fans who enjoyed this season the most. Lim Sung-jin (27) and Lee Hyun-seung (25), who will join the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu) as of April 27, left their last greetings. Veteran Park Sang-ha (40), who just celebrated his birthday, received a warm congratulatory ovation.

The highlight of this year's fan meeting was the Starz detective team using all layers of Insanium. It was a kind of room escape concept where players and fans teamed up to perform missions in various spaces such as a manager's office, a power analysis room, a weight training room, a gym, a book cafe, a cafeteria, a club bus, and a table tennis court.

For this event, KB volleyball team officials from general manager Hwang In-seok to the youngest employee put their heads together even though they were busy preparing for spring volleyball for a month ago. Fans can enjoy it to the fullest by conducting simulations in an unspecified number of people in one corner or fearing the collapse of the difficulty balance.

Prior to the full-fledged event, rookie players such as Lim Ji-woo, Lim Dong-kyun, and Lee Hak-jin solved the awkwardness and raised the atmosphere through group ice breaking through talent shows and talk shows.

The Starz detective group event, which took place in a more united atmosphere, drew an explosive response than expected. In the power analysis room, there were plenty of elements to enjoy, such as season records of key and non-mainstream players and names of dogs that only fans could know. It was also outstanding that the team bus also tried to convey the image of the KB volleyball team as much as possible, recreating the appearance of the players when they were moving and the fans experienced it.

The most popular response was the section where players and fans were together in the weight training room. In this section, which was held in the form of a sports competition, everyone went back to the time when they played together at sports events as children. Even after the event, the team responded to autographs and photos with fans and saw them off in person, finishing the 2025-2026 season with a smile.

An official from the KB Volleyball Team said, "I thought fans who come to fan meetings every year might be bored if it's the same way. I wanted to twist it at least once, so I prepared hard, but everyone enjoyed it so much that I'm relieved," he said.

Kim Do-hoon, who also attended the fan meeting last year, also said, "I remember having fun talking to fans last year. Our fans have many family units. Sometimes, people who come with family members cheer me up like my son, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Every time I do that, I sometimes feel like a player-to-fan, but I also feel like I'm a family member. I hope you have fun today (4th) and return with good memories," he said.

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