PROFESSIONAL CLUB PROFILE

Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-Pass

Women volleyball

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About the team

Inside Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-Pass

Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-Pass is one of the enduring company-backed clubs in Korean women’s volleyball. Operated by Korea Expressway Corporation, the team has a lineage that predates the professional V-League and has represented Gimcheon as its modern home base. Its history includes championship seasons and long stretches built around disciplined defense, experienced domestic players and carefully selected foreign scorers. The club’s public-enterprise identity also distinguishes it from teams linked to finance, construction or consumer brands, even though all compete within the same corporate-club structure that has shaped Korean professional volleyball.

For 2026–27, Kim Young-rae leads the team, with veteran Moon Jung-won serving as captain. The current group continues a club tradition in which stability and system play are often as important as star power. Korea Expressway Hi-Pass has remained relevant across several roster cycles because it has repeatedly rebuilt around strong serve-receive, organized floor defense and experienced leadership rather than relying on one permanent generation. Gimcheon provides a settled local setting for that identity, and the club’s long V-League presence gives it a historical depth that newer franchises cannot reproduce quickly. Its profile is therefore best read as a continuing institutional program rather than a single sponsor-era project. The club’s championship record also gives younger roster cycles a clear internal standard against which future teams are measured.

Club Information

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Official Club NameGimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-Pass
Native / Local Name김천 한국도로공사 하이패스
City / Home BaseGimcheon, South Korea
CountrySouth Korea
Current LeagueKorean V-League (Women)
Current Season / Cycle2026–27
Head CoachKim Young-rae
CaptainMoon Jung-won