2023–24 V-League (South Korea) Explained

2023–24 V-League
League:	V-League
Sport:	Volleyball
Duration:	14 October 2023 – April 2024
No Of Teams:	M: 7 W: 7
Season:	Regular season (Men's)
Top Seed:	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
Top Scorer:	Yosvany Hernandez (Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs)
Season2:	Regular season (Women's)
Top Seed2:	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
Top Scorer2:	Gyselle Silva (GS Caltex Seoul KIXX)
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	W: Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
Finals Runner-Up:	M: Ansan OKman W: Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders
Finals Mvp:	M: Jung Ji-seok
Seasonslist:	Template:V-League (Korea)
Seasonslistnames:	V-League
Prevseason Link:	2022–23 V-League (South Korea)
Prevseason Year:	2022–23
Nextseason Link:	2024–25 V-League (South Korea)
Nextseason Year:	2024–25

The 2023–24 V-League season was the 20th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season ran from 14 October 2023 to April 2024.^[1]

Teams

Men's clubs

style=background:red colspan=8	2023–24 V.League (South Korea) Men's
Club	Head Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ansan OK Financial Group Okman	Masaji Ogino	Ansan	Sangnoksu Gymnasium	2,700
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	Choi Tae-woong	Cheonan	Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium	5,482 http://www.skywalkers.co.kr/skywalkers/sky/homeground
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	Kim Sang-woo (volleyball)	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000 http://www.bluefangs.co.kr/bluefangs1213/fangs/homecourt.html
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	Hu In-jeong	Uijeongbu	Uijeongbu Gymnasium	6,240 https://www.kbstarsvc.co.kr/game/homeground_stadium.asp
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	Tommi Tiilikainen	Incheon	Gyeyang Gymnasium	4,270
Seoul Woori Card WON	Shin Young-Chul	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507 http://www.sisul.or.kr/global/main/en/sub/gymnasium.jsp
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	Kwon Young-Min	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317 http://home.kepco.co.kr/kepco/SP/A/htmlView/SPAAHP004.do?menuCd=FN1104010401

Foreign Players

style=background:red colspan=3	The list of 2023–24 V.League (South Korea) Men's Foreign Players
Club	Player	From AVC
Ansan OK Financial Group Okman	Leonardo Leyva Martinez (NORCECA)	Batsükh Bayarsaikhan
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	Ahmed Ikhbayri (CAVB)	Tsai Pei-Chang
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	Yosvany Hernandez Cardonell (NORCECA)	Enkh-Erdene Jargaltsogt
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	Andrés Villena (CEV)	Liu Hung-Min
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	Lincoln Williams (AVC)	Marck Espejo
Seoul Woori Card WON	Matej Kök (CEV)	Issei Otake
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	Thijs Ter Horst (CEV)	Ryohei Iga

Women's clubs

style=background:black colspan=8	2023–24 V.League (South Korea) Women's
Club	Head Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Daejeon CheongKwanJang Red Sparks	Ko Hee-Jin	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000 http://www.bluefangs.co.kr/bluefangs1213/fangs/homecourt.html
Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-pass	Kim Jong-Min	Gimcheon	Gimcheon Gymnasium	6,000
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	Cha Sang-Hyun	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507 http://www.sisul.or.kr/global/main/en/sub/gymnasium.jsp
Hwaseong IBK Altos	Kim Ho-Chul	Hwaseong	Hwaseong Gymnasium	5,158
Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	Marcello Abbondanza	Incheon	Samsan World Gymnasium	7,140
Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate	Kang Sung-Hyung	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317 http://home.kepco.co.kr/kepco/SP/A/htmlView/SPAAHP004.do?menuCd=FN1104010401
Gwangju AI Peppers	Joseph Trinsey	Gwangju	Yeomju Gymnasium	8,500

Foreign Players

style=background:black colspan=3	The list of 2023–24 V.League (South Korea) Women's Foreign Players
Club	Player	From AVC
Daejeon CheongKwanJang Red Sparks	Giovanna Milana (NORCECA)	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi
Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-pass	Vanja Bukilić (CEV)	Thanacha Sooksod
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	Gyselle Silva (NORCECA)	Darin Pinsuwan
Hwaseong IBK Altos	Brittany Abercrombie (NORCECA)
Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	Willow Johnson (NORCECA)	Reina Tokoku
Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate	Laëtitia Moma Bassoko (CAVB)	Wipawee Srithong
Gwangju AI Peppers	Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani (NORCECA)	Mar-Jana Phillips

Season standing procedure

1. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser.
2. Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser.
3. Standings – Points, matches won, Sets ratio, Points ratio, then Result of the last match between the tied teams
4. If the 4th-placed team finishes within three points of the 3rd placed team, an extra league game is played between these two teams.

Regular season

• If the fourth ranked team finishes within three points of the third ranked team, a semi playoff will be held between the two teams to decide who advances to the playoff game.

League table (Men's)

width=20		width=250	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=50	Qualification
1		36	23	13	71	1.615	1.073	Championship
2		36	23	13	70	1.474	1.039	Playoff
3		36	20	16	58	1.014	1.003	Semi-playoff
4		36	18	18	55	1.042	1.018
5		36	18	18	53	0.985	0.991
6		36	19	17	50	0.986	0.973
7		36	5	31	21	0.384	0.909

Source: League table (Men's)

League table (Women's)

width=20		width=250	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=50	Qualification
1		36	26	10	80	1.765	1.077	Championship
2		36	28	8	79	1.979	1.089	Playoff
3		36	20	16	61	1.175	1.034
4		36	18	18	51	0.913	0.994
5		36	17	19	51	0.986	1.013
6		36	12	24	39	0.682	0.946
7		36	5	31	17	0.386	0.865

Source: League table (Women's)

Final stage

Bracket (Women's)

Top Performers

Men's (Points)

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Yosvany Hernandez	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	1068
2	Leonardo Leyva	Ansan OKman	955
3	Andrés Villena	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	923
4	Ahmed Ikhbayri	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	892
5	Thijs Ter Horst	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	726
6	Matej Kök	Seoul Woori Card WON	669
7	Lim Dong-hyeok	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	559
8	Heo Su-bong	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	544
9	Kim Ji-han	Seoul Woori Card WON	496
10	Lim Seong-jin	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	432

Source: 남자부 선수 기록

Women's (Points)

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Gyselle Silva	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	1005
2	Brittany Abercrombie	Hwaseong IBK Altos	942
3	Vanja Bukilić	Gimcheon Hi-pass	935
4	Laetitia Moma Bassoko	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	886
5	Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani	Gwangju AI Peppers	827
6	Kim Yeon-koung	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	775
7	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi		736
8	Giovanna Milana		690
9	Yang Hyo-jin	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	546
10	Jelena Mladjenović	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	501

Source: 여자부 선수 기록

Player of the Round

Men's

Round	Player	Club
1	Yosvany Hernandez	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs
2	Lim Seong-jin
3	Matej Kök	Seoul Woori Card WON
4	Leonardo Leyva	Ansan OKman
5	Lim Dong-hyeok	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
6	Leonardo Leyva	Ansan OKman

Women's

Round	Player	Club
1	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi
2	Kim Yeon-koung	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders
3	Brittany Abercrombie	Hwaseong IBK Altos
4	Kim Da-in	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
5		Kim Yeon-koung	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders
6	Laetitia Moma Bassoko	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate

Final standing

Men's League

width=40	Rank	width=240	Team
	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
	Ansan OKman
	Seoul Woori Card WON
4	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers
5	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm
6	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs
7	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars

Women's League

width=40	Rank	width=240	Team
	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders
4	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX
5	Hwaseong IBK Altos
6	Gimcheon Hi-pass
7	Gwangju AI Peppers

Notes and References

1. Web site: [보도자료] 19번째 대장정의 시작! 도드람 2022~2023 V-리그 개막::KOVO 한국배구연맹:: ]. www.kovo.co.kr . 4 January 2023 . ko.