Senior and junior high school students → Heungkuk Life Insurance's 'Yeon Sisters' who won the championship three times...Kim Yeon-kyung, "Yeon-joo, I'm coming first," Hwang Yeon-ju, "I'm your junior, but you're amazing and thank you."
Senior and junior high school students → Heungkuk Life Insurance's 'Yeon Sisters' who won the championship three times...Kim Yeon-kyung, "Yeon-joo, I'm coming first," Hwang Yeon-ju, "I'm your junior, but you're amazing and thank you."
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Hwang Yeon-ju (born in 1986), and Kim Yeon-kyung (born in February 1988), have a one-year relationship between Wongok Middle School and Hanil Jeonsan Girls' High School (now Hanbom High School). The two, who played together for a long time in middle and high school, were also in their early days in the professional league. Hwang Yeon-ju was named Heungkuk Life Insurance as the second overall pick in the 2005 rookie draft, the first draft since the launch of professional volleyball, and Kim Yeon-kyung accepted Heungkuk Life Insurance's uniform as the first overall pick in the 2005-2006 rookie draft.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which had the strongest two guns called "left Kim Yeon-kyung, right Hwang Yeon-ju" and "Yeon sisters" by fans, was the strongest team in the early days of the V League. Including the two, it won the championship game three times from 2005 to 2006, 2006 to 2007, and 2008 to 2009 with outstanding players in each position called "Hungguk Life 7 Princess."
Kim Yeon-kyung, who will retire after this season, greets her fans after the women's professional volleyball match between Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance at Suwon Indoor Gymnasium in Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province on Monday. News 1
The "Yeon sisters" were disbanded when Kim Yeon-koung entered the Japanese league after winning the championship in the 2008-2009 season. And Hwang Yeon-ju finished the 2009-2010 season and became an FA and advanced to Hyundai E&C. Starting with Japan, Kim Yeon-koung also played an active role in overseas leagues such as Turkiye and China, dominating as the world's best outside heater. Hwang Yeon-ju, who is 177 centimeters tall but played as the best Apogit Spiker in Korea by taking advantage of her unique jumping ability and left-handedness, holds various records and has won five championships in the V-League alone as the "Queen of Records."
In 2025, a long time later, Hwang Yeon-ju turned 40 in the Korean age, and Kim Yeon-kyung was 38 years old. It was Kim Yeon-kyung who left the court first. In an interview with Su-hoon after the match against GS Caltex in Incheon on the 13th, Kim Yeon-kyung officially declared, "I will retire when I finish the season regardless of the team's performance this season."
He has played in the V League for eight seasons, including this season, but he has six regular league MVP trophies and is Kim Yeon-koung, the strongest regular league MVP candidate this season. As the ridiculous award of seven MVP trophies in eight seasons (one is scheduled), the remaining six clubs, except Heungkuk Life Insurance, decided to open the first retirement tour of the V League in response to the announcement of retirement of Kim Yeon-koung, a super star who has not been released.
The first official event of the retirement tour took place at Suwon Gymnasium on Monday after a five-round showdown between Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance Co. The result of the showdown, which took place before the retirement tour event, was completely won by Heungkuk Life Insurance Co. with a set score of 3-0 (25-18 25-15 25-17). With all the main players showing even performance, Kim didn't need to go to the front of the attack. Kim scored 11 points (47.83 percent attack success rate). Tutku led the team's offense with 15 points, the most among both teams, while Peach showed off her outstanding presence in the court with 13 points, including six blocks. Jeong Yun-joo, Kim's partner in outside heater, also contributed with 13 points. Captain Kim Su-ji also performed her part by scoring six points, including two blocks.
On the other hand, Hyundai Engineering & Construction lost without doing anything, as the score per set shows. Hwang Yeon-ju, who is in charge of the backup apogit of Moma (Cameroon), also stood on the court the most after making his first appearance of the season against IBK Industrial Bank on the 4th. He showed off his formidable offense by scoring five points.
Kim Yeon-koung's retirement tour event was held after the game. With Hyundai E&C players and coaching staff all lined up, Yang Hyo-jin, a close junior who has been a roommate of Kim for a long time in the national team, delivered a Hyundai E&C uniform with Kim Yeon-koung's number 10. Kang Sung-hyung, who served as a head coach and player for the national team, also congratulated Kim on his retirement tour by giving a bouquet of flowers.
Kim Yeon-kyung, who grabbed the microphone after receiving souvenirs and bouquets of flowers, joked, "I'm coming first," looking back at Hwang Yeon-ju, a senior middle and high school student, and said, "Thank you to all the Hyundai E&C officials who prepared. We still have a lot of schedules left for Hyundai E&C. Please support Hyundai E&C and Heungkuk Life Insurance," in front of the home fans of Hyundai E&C.
After the retirement ceremony, Kim and Hwang met on the court and chatted for a while. When asked what they talked about after meeting Hwang as he was leaving the stadium, she said, "Kim Yeon-kyung said, 'I can do it for another year thanks to you. I gave you a chance on purpose.' 바카라
The reason for this remark was as follows. Kim Yeon-koung had a large stake in the five points Hwang Yeon-ju posted on the day. Hwang's first score in the second set at 9-19 was also a score that Kim failed to score a quick open that she hit after moving behind the setter, and her score in the 11-20 was also a score that she made through Kim's blocking.
In the third set as well, Apogit Hwang Yeon-ju and outside heater Kim Yeon-koung had to have a showdown over the court. The quick open she hit 12-21 also passed Kim's block and fell to the front of the end line, scoring a point. At 13-21, Kim successfully attacked with Hwang Yeon-ju's one block in front. Soon after, Hwang Yeon-ju had Kim's one block and had her touch out through the quick open. Kim has a stake in four of the five points she posted on the day.
"When I was told, 'Hey, I'm going first,' I wanted to join as well," Hwang said, expressing his intention to extend his stay. After rehabilitating for a long time this season, Hwang Yeon-ju showed off his attack strength as a backup apogee spiker who can play three potential positions by double-changing. "I'm a junior, but he's an amazing player. I'm grateful. He made the most effort to improve volleyball," Hwang said.