Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
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Full name | Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers Volleyball Club 천안 현대캐피탈 스카이워커스 배구단 | ||
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Short name | Hyundai Capital | ||
Nickname | Sky Walkers | ||
Founded | 1983 | ||
Ground | Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea (Capacity: 5,482) | ||
Owner | Hyundai Capital | ||
Chairman | Jung Tae-young | ||
Manager | Choi Tae-woong | ||
League | V-League | ||
2015-16 | 2nd | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers is a Korean professional volleyball team. It was founded in 1983 and changed to a professional team in 2005. They are based in Cheonan and are members of the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO). Their home stadium is Yu Gwan-Sun Gymnasium in Cheonan. Sean Rooney of the United States men's national volleyball team, who had won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, was a member of this team for two years. They have won the championship twice, in the 2006 and 2007 season.
History
In 1983, the team were established as Hyundai Motor Service Men's Volleyball Team. They had won the winter league five times, and tens of other amateur leagues, before the professional series started in 2005.
In 2002, they were refounded as Hyundai Capital Men's Volleyball team, but they had to stay the second place because Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Volleyball team row over so that had won the winter league for straight nine years. After the foundation of the professional league, they won the series in 2005. Finally, Sean Rooney joined them, and contributed to their championships in 2006 and 2007.
In 2008, they signed former Penn State player Matt Anderson and made him one of the first players to forgo his senior year in the NCAA to go pro.
Honours
- Champions (2) : 2005–06, 2006–07
- Runners-up (6) : 2005, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16
KOVO Cup
- Winners (4) : 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013
- Runners-up (1) : 2009
International
Korea, China, Japan Volleyball Club Competition
- Champions (1) : 2016
Season-by-season records
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Season | Rank | Postseason | Games | Wins | Loss | Points |
2005 | 1 | Runner-up | 20 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
2005–06 | 1 | Winner | 35 | 31 | 4 | 31 |
2006–07 | 2 | Winner | 30 | 24 | 6 | 24 |
2007–08 | 3 | Runner-up | 35 | 24 | 11 | 24 |
2008–09 | 1 | Runner-up | 35 | 28 | 7 | 28 |
2009–10 | 2 | Runner-up | 36 | 26 | 10 | - |
2010–11 | 2 | Playoff | 30 | 22 | 8 | - |
2011–12 | 3 | Playoff | 36 | 22 | 14 | 70 |
2012–13 | 2 | Playoff | 30 | 18 | 12 | 52 |
2013–14 | 2 | Runner-up | 30 | 21 | 9 | 61 |
2014–15 | 5 | Did not qualify | 36 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
2015–16 | 1 | Runner-up | 36 | 28 | 8 | 81 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 21 January 2016[1]
Nat | Number | Position | Name |
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16 | Left | Ki Dong Kyun | |
14 | Left | Kim Jae Hoon | |
9 | Left | Park Joo Hyung | |
8 | Left/Right | Song Jun Ho | |
7 | Left | Oreol Camejo | |
1 | Left | Lim Dong Kyu | |
13 | Left | Han Jung Hoon | |
12 | Right | Kim Joon Young | |
15 | Right | Moon Sung-min | |
19 | Centre | Kim Jae Hwi | |
18 | Centre | Shin Young Suk | |
10 | Centre | Yoon Bong Woo | |
4 | Centre | Jin Sung Tae | |
11 | Centre | Choi Min-ho | |
3 | Setter | Noh Jae Wook | |
6 | Setter | Lee Seung Won | |
17 | Libero | Shin Dong Kwang | |
5 | Libero | Yeo Oh Hyun |
Notable players
- Sean Rooney (2005–07)
- Matthew Anderson (2008–10)
- Héctor Soto (2010–11)
- Dallas Soonias (2011–12)
- Mitja Gasparini (2012–13)
- Liberman Agámez (2013–14)
- Kevin Le Roux (2014–15)
- Oreol Camejo (2015–16)