Yosubani was nominated by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance as the second overall pick.
At the 2023 KOVO (Korean Volleyball Federation) men’s foreign player draft held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Umraniye Grand Ballroom in Turkey on the 8th at 4:00 pm (10:00 pm Korean time), Yosbani was nominated by Samsung Fire & Marine as the second overall pick. .
In this selection of foreign players, which was held as a face-to-face event four years after the tryout held in Toronto, Canada in 2019, four out of seven clubs exercised the priority of nomination. Accordingly, Korean Air (Lincoln), KEPCO (Thais), OK Financial Group (Leo), and KB Insurance (Villena) decided to accompany foreign players who were with them last season for the new season.
The remaining three clubs selected new players on the spot. First, a bead lottery was held. According to the final results of the last season, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance ranked 7th with 35 marbles, KB Insurance 6th with 30, OK Financial Group with 25, 4th with 20 Woori Card, and 3rd with KEPCO with 15. 2nd place Hyundai Capital was given 10 marbles and 1st place Korean Air was given 5 marbles, and then the ranking was determined through a lottery. The clubs that exercised the right of priority also participated in the bead lottery to maintain the same odds.
OK Financial Group as the 1st, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance as the 2nd, KB Insurance as the 3rd, Korean Air as the 4th, Hyundai Capital as the 5th, Woori Card as the 6th, and KEPCO as the 7th as the last. Excluding the four clubs that exercised the right of priority, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Hyundai Capital, and Woori Card were in order.카지노사이트
Samsung Fire & Marine Manager Kim Sang-woo went up to the podium and called Yosbani Hernandez (Cuba-Italian dual citizenship/201cm/OH-OP). Yosbani was nominated for OK Savings Bank in the 4th overall in the 2018 tryout held in Monza, Italy, and was nominated for Hyundai Capital in the last 7th place in the 2019 tryout held in Toronto, Canada. Afterwards, Yosubani wore a Korean Air uniform as a substitute foreign player for the 2020–2021 season and led the team to victory in the championship match. With this nomination from Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Yosubani will be active in the fourth team of the V-League.
5th pick Hyundai Capital coach Choi Tae-woong chose Ahmed Iqbairi (Libya/200cm/OP), who played for Samsung Fire Insurance last season. Ikhbairi has been active in the V-League for two consecutive seasons.
In the 6th place, Woori Card head coach Shin Young-cheol nominated Matei Kok (Slovenia/199cm/OH). He is the only player without V-League experience. I enjoyed the joy of being selected alone among 34 people who sweated on the spot and aimed to go to Korea.
Among the seven players nominated this time, Matei Kok, a new player, will receive an annual salary of $400,000 (tax included). Those in their second year or more will receive an annual salary of $550,000 (tax included).