{
  "id": 1390773,
  "title": "The U-17 Korean girls' volleyball team finished in sixth place at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship, which was held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from August 11 to 20.\n\nThe Korean team, led by head coach Park Soon-ja, was defeated by the Dominican Republic 1-3 (25-22, 21-25, 18-25, 20-25) in the fifth-place match on the final day of the tournament.\n\nIn the match, Korean middle blocker Son Seo-yeon recorded 17 points, including 10 blocking points.\n\nThe Korean team had previously lost to Japan in the quarterfinals and then lost to Brazil in the classification match for fifth place.\n\nIn the classification matches, Korea beat Argentina 3-2 and lost to the Dominican Republic to finish in sixth place.\n\nSon Seo-yeon, who played as a main player in the team, recorded a total of 179 points, including 47 blocking points, throughout the tournament, ranking third in scoring.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/u-17-6-179",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T23:32:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/volleyball/1273199.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}