Kim Yeon-koung (Korean: 김연경; Hanja: 金軟景; RR: Kim Yeon-gyeong, Korean pronunciation: [kim.jʌngjʌŋ]; born 26 February 1988 in Ansan) is a South Korean female professional volleyball player and a member of the FIVB Athletes' Commission. She is the outside hitter and captain of the South Korean National Team, and currently plays for Heungkuk Life.
Kim signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe in 2011 after playing for Heungkuk Life in South Korea for four seasons and JT Marvelous in Japan for two seasons. She signed another two-year extension with Fenerbahçe and extended it for anonther season in 2016. She spent the 2017–18 season in the Chinese Volleyball league, and came back to Turkey in the following year with Eczacıbaşı VitrA.
Kim was the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer of the 2012 London Olympics, despite South Korea finishing 4th place. She holds the Olympics records for highest score of 207 points in eight games, topping Gamova's record of 204 points in 2004 Athens.
She is currently regarded as one of the best and richest volleyball players in the world.
2013–14 Turkish League – "Best Scorer" 2013–14 Turkish League – "Best Spiker" 2013–14 CEV Cup – "Most Valuable Player" 2014–15 Turkish Volleyball Cup – "Most Valuable Player" 2014–15 Turkish League – "Most Valuable Player" 2014–15 Turkish League – "Best Scorer" 2014–15 Turkish League – "Best Spiker" 2015 Turkish Super Cup – "Most Valuable Player" 2015–16 Turkish League – "Best Outside Spiker" 2015–16 CEV Champions League – "Best Outside Spiker" 2017–18 Chinese Super League – "MVP of the Round" (Round 2) 2017–18 Chinese Super League – "Best 7 of the Round" (Round 2) 2017–18 Chinese Super League – "Best Foreign Player" 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – "Best Outside Spiker" 2020 KOVO Cup – "Most Important Player"[39] 2020-2021 Dodram V-League – "MVP" (Round 1) 2020-21 Korean V-League - "Best 7 Left"[40] 2020–21 Korean V-League Regular Season – "Most Valuable Player"
Sarina Koga (古賀 紗理那, Koga Sarina, born May 21, 1996) is a Japanese volleyball player who won the bronze medal at the 2013 U23 World Championship with the Japan's U23 national team.
Koga played with the Kumamoto Shin-ai Girls' High School team, winning the 2011 All-Japan Junior High School championship and receiving the Excellent Player award. Koga played for the senior national team for the first time at the Alassio Cup in May 2013. She won the gold medal at the 2012 Asian Youth Girls Championship claimed by her National Junior team and she also won the Most Valuable Player award and Best Scorer of the tournament.
In October 2013, Koga competed in the 2013 FIVB Women's U23 Volleyball World Championship and won the bronze medal. Koga was named one of the best outside hitters.
On 23 Jan 2015 NEC Red Rockets announced her joining the team.
2011 All-Japan Junior High School Championship - Excellent Player Award 2012 Asian Youth Girls U17 Volleyball Championship (AVC) in Chengdu, China - Best Scorer and MVP 2013 All-Japan High School Championship - Excellent Player Award 2013 FIVB Women's U23 Volleyball World Championship in Tijuana, Mexico - Best Outside Hitter 2015/16 Japan V.Premier League - Best Newcomer Award (Rookie of the Year) 2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship (AVC) in Biñan City, Philippines - MVP (Most Valuable Player) 2017 Japan V.Premier League - Best6 and MVP (Most Valuable Player)
So
Well read on the Japanese side a little tip and finished expertly by Koga cross court
Going wide and Koga finishes
Heading towards the first technical timeout. This is looking good for japan. It's been so fast
so clever
And it's another point we must work directions
This has got to go over kim's got to touch it oh and she does
Kim from a standing start and the power of the block
Wasn't enough to keep it a in clay and b get it back over the net
That's her skill
there wasn't much room for
Try to draw them level
Looping serve, but in the end it's sent back with interest by Koga
Good dipping serve
Koga again off the block I
And the block just couldn't do it
Korea call a timeout and you can understand why
Lee so young
To keep career in this first set
Guess who's finished it. It's Koga
Top scorer so far that's eight for this first set and it's done the necessary
This has got to go back over and career can make hay
Couldn't finish
Koga waiting and it comes to her
How did she keep that in
And take that point
Off the block
Koga strikes again at the net
Hot wonderful dig
Kim waiting
Can't put it away still. Let's come back over the net. She'll wait and go again
Wonderful tip. How did they keep that up?
And off the net
Kim through the block in terms of the results in the delivery
15-9 it's nowhere near enough
Koga comes again and she's done it again. They've got it. So worked out
17-9
Good pick up there though
Kim off the block
That was more like it
Bundle of points four or five which is what?
Japan keep on accumulating out. She needs to follow up with a serve, which is going to test japan rock them back
That's a good effort
Nothing's really rocking koga, in fact quite the reverse
Change of setup the routine the rhythm's exactly the same
That's not going to damage a team currently so in the groove as japan
And this is just going to have to go over. It's a free ball
Set one small
The block takes the sting off and here goes kim and off the block. There's a point
Took the and in the best of five. That's never a good way to start the third set
more promising
And it's a japanese timeout
Kumi nakada the japanese coach has seen enough just a little word touch on the brakes for
The opposite continues with the serve
Off the block
Plotting composing now serve it here comes kim
It's an ace
And so that a right arm
Not even koga suyong every serve in this third set becoming more and more important it looks like the decisive one
Koga to the rescue
Ishikawa and koga top score at the moment together okumura the middle blocker to serve
Kim will rise and dispatch that spike
I mean enough of that
particularly for korea
Avoided the block of this third set
Thank you jim to serve
Keeps the ball in play goes for the reverse set
Koga
Doesn't make it stick
And the referee decides there was the ball did go to ground
Good deep serve
Koga again
gets involved
As ishikawa returns to the front line in place of hayashi
koga
How's the ball?
Can they get ahead again?
Good response side out korea 18 17 first off though. It's got to be a good serve
Okumura, it's in play for a start
Here's kim. Oh, yes
He delivered high quality drama in set three
Float serve net and off the block kim can complete
Koga
We're level again three
Prepares to put japanese in the lead
Off the block. Oh
Kuga has set up match point
It's in play
Kim will try to finish
Mami
koga
That's in she's measured it
Is there going to be
An appeal a challenge
Lavarini looks towards the second referee, but it's not it's all over. There's absolutely nothing he can do. He's stunned there
japan have taken this
27-25
The set was there and koga
Wow
What a finish in every sense