"Bus Went to the Wrong Place"... South Korea Men's Volleyball Team Suffers Blow as Training is Canceled

Another transportation issue has occurred at the Asian Games.

The organizing committee for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games assigned the wrong shuttle bus to the South Korean men's volleyball national team today (the 28th), preventing the team from holding their morning training session.

An official from the Korea Volleyball Association stated, "The national team was scheduled to train on the morning of the 28th and then play their second group stage match against Taiwan at 7:00 PM," adding, "The team boarded the shuttle bus assigned by the organizing committee for the morning training, but the bus took us to the wrong venue."

The official continued, "Since that venue was about an hour away by vehicle from the training facility, it was impossible to move back and train," and said, "In the end, the morning training was canceled."

The official explained, "Transportation issues have been occurring frequently in this tournament, so we repeatedly checked and re-checked with the organizing committee three to four times yesterday, yet this situation still happened," and added, "Players need to boost their match sense in the morning to perform smoothly in the afternoon, so the situation has turned out unfavorably."

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games have revealed numerous problems regarding accommodations, transportation, and training environments.

Among them, the transportation issues are severe enough to negatively impact the players' performances.

The men's basketball national team suffered an incident on the 20th, the day of the final against Japan, where they were unable to train because the vehicle to transport them to the training ground in the morning failed to show up.

The South Korean under-23 (U-23) men's football national team also experienced disruptions to their schedule on the 16th when no vehicle was dispatched to move to the training ground. On the 15th, the day of the match against Qatar, they went through the absurd experience of the driver not knowing the proper destination and heading to the wrong baseball stadium, ultimately arriving at the venue 30 minutes later than scheduled.

Athletes from other countries are also experiencing similar incidents.

The women's volleyball placement match scheduled to be held on the 21st was even delayed in starting because the bus to transport the Vietnam national team arrived 1.25 hours late.

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