Kim Yeon-koung, the last match with the national flag Retirement ceremony for national team in Ju

Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance), who played 140 sets in 36 games, the most in her career this season, will retire in June after three years of retirement from the national team.

Kim Yeon-kyung's agency Ryan At Co., Ltd. said on the 4th, "To commemorate Kim Yeon-kyung's retirement from the national team, we will hold the 'Kim Yeon-kyung Invitational 2024' at Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul on June 8 and 9."

On the 8th, the first day of the competition, a national event game hosted by the Korea Volleyball Association and a national retirement ceremony will be held, and the World Women's Volleyball All-Star Game will be held on the 9th.

This is the last competition for Kim to play under the national flag. Kim retired from representing her country after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which was held in 2021, but she was unable to hold the retirement event she had prepared due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus infection disease (COVID-19).

The agency said, "The list of domestic and foreign players to participate in the tournament has not yet been confirmed," but added, "A large number of former and current star players from home and abroad who led the golden age of Korean women's volleyball will participate."

The competition can be viewed through NFTs and regular tickets, and NFT ticket buyers will be given the opportunity to purchase tickets first and purchase limited-edition digital and physical goods.

Existing KYK Foundation digital membership members will be able to purchase NFT tickets first through the FNCY Digital Goods platform on the 8th and 9th of this month. From the 10th, regular fans will also be able to purchase NFT tickets. Regular ticket sales will go on sale from May 20.

Meanwhile, Kim is considering retirement as a professional after the 2023-24 V-League. In the past season, Kim dreamed of a perfect retirement by quitting as a professional after retiring as a member of the national team, but she ended her career by one more year as she narrowly missed her goal of winning the championship title (No. 1 in the regular league and winning the championship title).

Kim Yeon-koung led the team with her formidable skills this season as well as in her heyday, but Heungkuk Life finished second in the regular league and second in the championship. There is a considerable possibility of retirement as she confessed throughout this season that she is "thinking about next season." However, fans are paying keen attention to the possibility of extending her active career to try to win the championship once again for the spectacular finale.

BY: 토토사이트