Korean Air, the defending champion of men's professional volleyball, has a 3.57% chance. It had Yosvani Hernandez as the first choice in the foreign player draft.

The Korea Volleyball Federation KOVO held a men's foreign player draft for the 2024-2025 season at Dubai Science Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on the 11th. The final choices of each club, which had been searching for players through a two-day tryout that began on the 9th, were revealed on the day.

A total of 40 players were drafted this time. Among the 36 players who participated in the tryout as invited players, Yosvani, Leonardo Leyva Martinez, Artem Sushko, and Maxim Zigalov, who played in the V-League in the previous season, were waiting for the team's choice. Also, Andres Villena, who was re-challenged, will be accompanied by his original team KB Insurance at an annual salary of 550,000 U.S. dollars.

The first step in the official event was to draw lots in the draft rankings. In the reverse order of the last season's rankings, the lottery began with the marbles distributed by KB Insurance 35, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 30, Korea Electric Power Corporation 25, Hyundai Capital 20, Woori Card 15, OK Financial Group 10 and Korean Air 5, which ranked first, respectively.

A surprising result came out. Among 140 balls, Korean Air's orange ball was the first to come out of the drawers. Cheers erupted from the table of Korean Air, and the stadium was filled with excitement. In the second place, there were blue beads of Hyundai Capital that contained 20 beads. The order of nominations was then decided in order of KB Insurance, Korea Electric Power Corporation in the fourth place, Woori Card in the fifth place, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in the sixth place, and OK Financial Group in the seventh place.

Tommy Tilikainen, the coach of Korean Air, who overcame a mere 3.57% chance to become the lucky No. 1 player, nominated outside heater Yosvani, who failed to renew his contract with Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance. Yosvani had been in the Korean Air uniform as a substitute for Villena in the 2020-2021 season, and went back to Incheon after four seasons.

Coach Fabio Storty of Hyundai Capital has chosen Leo, the MVP of the last season, as his second choice, instead of Philippe Blanc, who couldn't be with him due to the Japanese national team. With this nomination, Hyundai Capital will be able to build a formidable offensive triangle-formation that can lead to Jeon Kwang-in, Heo Soo-bong, and Leo.

KB Insurance Co. called Villena's name in a fixed order, followed by KEPCO's Kwon Young-min, who chose "New Face" Louis Elian Estrada 24, Cuba, 2m1cm. Lewis, who can play both an outside heater and an apogit speaker, is Cuba's Shin Seong, who was born in 2000, dreaming of becoming the "second Leo." Lewis, who boasts dynamic jumps and high RBIs, was evaluated as having exceptional ability in attack, and he was a player who attracted the attention of many teams in this try-out.

Uricard Jaeheon Kim's chief coach, who took the mic instead of Mauricio Paes, who was absent due to the Iranian national team's leadership, chose apogit spiker Michael Ahi 25 years old, 1m96 centimeters. His height was a bit disappointing compared to other players, but he caught the eye with his powerful jump and energetic spike. He is also a resource that can handle an outside heater. He also received high marks for his active attitude in testing. 스포츠토토

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which was pushed to the sixth place after receiving the second-most 30 balls, asked for time and was in deep agony. Coach Kim Sang-woo, who passed through the dango, nominated Mattei Kok 27 years old, Slovenia, 1m96cm, who left the game due to injury while playing for Woori Card last season. Lastly, Ogiino Masah, director of OK Financial Group, chose Apogit Spiker Manuel Luconi 25 years old, Italy, 192cm.

Meanwhile, new players will receive an annual salary of 400,000 dollars about 500 million won for the upcoming season and 550,000 dollars about 700 million won for the renewed player. Maxim and Artem failed to get re-employed, and Kyle Russell, Ronald Jimenez, and Thomas Edgar, who are other "V-League experienced workers," were unfortunately not called by the club.