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The women's professional volleyball team Hyundai E&C finished the 2026 Jeju Korea-China-Japan Women's Volleyball Top Club Super Match with two losses.
Hyundai E&C lost to Japan's representative Osaka Marvelous with a set score of 0-3 (20-25, 17-25, 26-28) in the second day of the tournament held at the Jeju Halla Gymnasium.
Having also lost 0-3 to China's representative Shanghai Bright Ubest the previous day, Hyundai E&C failed to win a single set in both matches.
Meanwhile, Osaka, which defeated Heungkuk Life 3-0 the previous day, secured two consecutive victories.
Osaka's Kotona Hayashi and Airi Furukawa led the victory by scoring 16 points each.
In particular, Hayashi showed high efficiency with an attack success rate of 59.26% and only three errors.
For Hyundai E&C, Lee Chae-young put up a hard fight, scoring a match-high 17 points, including three blocks.
Hyundai E&C fell behind 3-8 early in the first set and chased to 12-14 propelled by Kang Seo-woo's service ace and Bae Yu-na's block, but conceded the first set after allowing a quick open attack to Airi Furukawa at 20-24.
In the second set, leading 9-7, they lost momentum by giving up eight consecutive points and, failing to regain the flow thereafter, dropped the second set 17-25.
In the final third set, down 12-15, they scored six consecutive points fueled by Gu Sol's two blocks and Lee Chae-young's three points to turn the game around to 18-15.
However, after allowing a 20-20 tie and following a deuce battle, they conceded consecutive quick open attacks to Furukawa and Hayashi at 26-26, losing 26-28.
In the subsequent match, Heungkuk Life lost to Shanghai 0-3 (17-25, 19-25, 18-25).
Consequently, Heungkuk Life concluded the tournament with two losses, while Shanghai finished with two wins.
Shanghai's Wang Yindi scored the most points among players from both teams with 13 points.
Heungkuk Life's Moon Ji-yoon garnered 11 points, but her success rate was low at 28.13%.
In the first set, Heungkuk Life chased from 13-17 to 17-19 combined with consecutive blocks by Byun Ji-soo and Pyo Seung-ju, but surrendered six consecutive points and lost 17-25.
In the second set, leading 8-9, they conceded three points in a row to turn the score over to 9-12, and after giving up four consecutive points again from 10-12, failed to narrow the gap and lost 19-25.
In the third set where they fell behind early, they chased to 18-24 from 15-24, but lost as Moon Ji-yoon's back attack was blocked.
(Photo provided by KBSN, Yonhap News)
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