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, South Korea (Capacity: 5,482) |
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| Owner | Hyundai Capital | ||
| Chairman | Jung Tae-young | ||
| Manager | Choi Tae-woong | ||
| League | V-League | ||
| 2016–17 | 1st | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers is a South 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 arena 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 the team for two years. They have won the championship three times, in 2006, 2007, and 2017.
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.
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