'Complete 0-3 defeat in Korea-Japan match' women's volleyball team defeats Hong Kong to finish third at East Asian Championship... Yook Seo-young, Lee Da-hyun, and Jung Yun-joo combine for 38 points

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The Republic of Korea Yeo Ja-bae-gu (CEO) team (world ranking No. 27) finished third at the 2026 East Asian Championship.

Led by head coach Cha Sang-hyun, South Korea defeated Hong Kong (world ranking No. 115) 3-0 (25-13, 30-28, 25-13) in the third-place match held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium on the 16th (Korea time).

Yook Seo-young of IBK Industrial Bank of Korea scored a team-high 14 points, while Lee Da-hyun of NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki contributed with 13 points including five blocks. Jung Yun-joo of Heungkuk Life also recorded double-digit scoring with 11 points.

South Korea took the first set comfortably with a score of 25-13. In the second set, they trailed 13-16 but pushed the game to deuce and eventually won 30-28 after five deuce rounds. Having seized the momentum, South Korea closed out the third set 25-13 to conclude their tournament journey.

Earlier in the group stage, South Korea defeated both Mongolia and Hong Kong to finish first in Group A and advance to the semifinals, but suffered a complete 0-3 defeat against Japan, dropping them into the third-place match.

The Yeo Ja-bae-gu (CEO) team will compete at the 2026 Asian Championship held on the 21st in Tianjin, China. The champion of this tournament will qualify directly for the 2028 LA Olympics, while the top three teams will advance to next year's FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup.

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