In the 'Preview Championship Series' game between Korean Air, the 1st place in professional volleyball, and Hyundai Capital, the 2nd place, controversy over video readings arose again.
In a situation where Hyundai Capital faced the second set 23-23 with a set score of 1-0, Hyundai Capital Heo Soo-bong delivered a powerful spike serve.
Korean Air's libero Park Ji-hoon stably caught the ball, and setter Han set the ball accurately, and Lincoln solved it, giving Korean Air the set point.
Then, I applied for a video review right from the Hyundai Capital bench.
The moment Park Ji-hoon served, Jung Ji-seok, who was next to him, also threw himself and tried to receive together, but it was because it was claimed that it was a four-hit because it brushed by Jung Ji-seok's hand.
The match commissioner checked the relay screen caught in the air and immediately accepted the Hyundai Capital bench's argument and overturned the decision.
This time, Korean Air players were greatly agitated.
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Jeong Ji-seok, who tried to receive, felt unfair, saying, "I couldn't really reach it," and other players also protested to the referees.
At this time, a close-up screen caught from behind the court flowed on the relay screen, and the commissioner who saw it belatedly issued another video reading result saying, "It was confirmed that it was not a four-hit."
I only looked at the screen caught in the air and announced the reading result hastily, and then looked at another screen and overturned the result.
This time, Choi Tae-woong, head coach of Hyundai Capital, stepped up.
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When coach Choi protested against the overturning of the decision, assistant referee Jeon Yeong-ah only repeated, "I'm sorry."
Director Choi raised his voice, saying, "They said they couldn't reread it on the 27th, so why are the rules going back and forth?"
The match coach Choi mentioned is a match between KB Insurance and KEPCO.
At the time, Hu In-jeong, director of KB Insurance, applied for a video review of KEPCO's Park Chan-woong's net touch.
Looking at the slow screen, Chan-Woong Park's arm was obviously touched, but the competition committee member in charge of the video review announced a no-touch.
In response to coach Hu's protest at the time, the assistant referee insisted that "the reading is a mistake, but it cannot be overturned even if it is unfair" even though there is a rule for rereading at the discretion of the referee.
In the end, the assistant referee and match commissioner of the match were excluded from assignment for 3 games, and the referee was suspended for 1 game.
The match commissioner, who was punished for an incorrect reading 10 days ago, again brought controversy on this day with a careless decision.
(Photo = Provided by the Korea Volleyball Federation, Yonhap News)