Samsung Fire and Japanese invitee Panasonic have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Professional Volleyball Cup after winning their second consecutive qualifying match Panasonic defeated Korea Electric Power 3-0 in straight sets (25-21 25-16 25-19) in the second qualifying match of the Men’s Group B of the 2023 Gumi Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Competition (the Cup) at Park Jung-hee Gymnasium in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on 9 September The powerhouse Panasonic, who finished third in the 2022-2023 Japan V-League, put pressure on KEPCO with solid defence The difference in the receiving line was evident in the service aces. Panasonic had six service aces, while KEPCO had just one Panasonic also held a 9-7 advantage in blocking KEPCO, which had been in the driver’s seat throughout the first set, managed to tie the score at 18-21 after a service error by Tarumi Yuga and back-to-back blocking points by Park Chul-woo and Lee Ji-seok However, that was as close as they would get Panasonic regained the lead with a kill from Yasunari Godama and widened the gap with a service ace from Kenyu Nakamoto Lee Ji-seok’s quick opener was blocked by Shimizu Kunihiro, and Nakamoto served to end the first set 25-21 in Panasonic’s favour After dropping the second set, KEPCO came out strong at the start of the third set to take a 6-3 lead However, Kang Woo-seok’s open attack was blocked by Keitaro Nishigawa, and Kang made a double contact error to give up the lead, and Nakamoto’s open attack after a rally resulted in a 6-6 tie Park Chan-woong’s fastball was blocked by Godama, and KEPCO went back in front Panasonic then tried a variety of attacks to widen the gap KEPCO’s offence suffered a major setback when Gong Jae-hak injured his Achilles tendon and Seo Jae-duk injured his hand against Samsung Fire on the 7thGong will undergo surgery and is unlikely to play in the 2023-2024 season, while Seo will undergo a short rehabilitation Lee Tae-ho scored a team-high 18 points, but it wasn’t enough to make up for the absence of Seo and Gong With two losses, KEPCO is 카지노사이트 out of the running for qualification Samsung Fire swept Hyundai Capital in straight sets 3-0 (25-17 25-17 25-19), led by the firepower of wing attackers Kim Jung-ho, Shin Shin-ho and Park Sung-jin Samsung Fire recorded a high team attack success rate of 57.33 per cent. This was 18.05 percentage points higher than Hyundai Capital’s 39.28 per cent attack success rate Samsung Fire’s three wing players were able to break through the Hyundai Capital blocking wall by actively trying to attack the pipe (behind the centre) Kim Jung-ho (16 points – 60% attack success rate), Shin Shin-ho (15 points – 63.16%), and Park Sung-jin (13 points – 60%) all showed off an accuracy rate of over 60%Hyundai Capital was unable to make up for the absence of Jeon Kwang-in and Heo Su-bong, who joined the national team training, and Choi Min-ho, who is rehabbing, and lost two straight games to crash out of the qualifiers Samsung Fire and Panasonic, who qualified for the semi-finals early, will meet on 11 November to decide first and second place in the group.