Song Myung-geun (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 송명근; born 12 March 1993) is a

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. He currently plays as an outside hitter for the Ansan OK Savings Bank. As a sophomore at Kyonggi University in 2012, Song made his first appearance for the South Korean national team and competed in the

2012 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 23rd edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 18 May to 8 July 2012. The Final Round was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Qualification *Top 13 teams of ...

, where the team finished in 14th place. He also competed in the World League in

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and

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, and won the gold medal at the

2014 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship The 2014 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2014 AVC Cup for Men was the fourth edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2013 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhs ...

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Song Myung-geun
profile at 2013 World League
Song Myung-geun
profile at 2014 World Championship
profile
at ''FIVB.org'' 1993 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games People from Cheonan Sportspeople from South Chungcheong Province 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub