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▲ Woori Financial Capital, winners of the PBA Team League 1st Round
Woori Financial Capital secured the first ticket to the postseason by defeating Harim on the final day of the first round of the Professional Billiards Association (PBA) Team League to claim the round title.
Woori Financial Capital beat Harim with a set score of 4-0 on the final day of the 2026-2027 Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League Gwangmyeong Tour, held at the Gwangmyeong Citizens Gymnasium in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province.
With this victory, both teams finished with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, but their fates were decided by points.
Woori Financial Capital accumulated 20 points, dramatically surpassing Harim (18 points) to reach the top of the first round.
In the PBA Team League, if a match goes to a full set (4-3), the winning team receives 2 points and the losing team receives 1 point; in all other cases, the winning team earns 3 points.
With this victory, Woori Financial Capital earned a spot in the postseason and a prize of 10 million won, which was newly established for round winners this season.
The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the first round went to Kang Min-gu, who performed exceptionally well throughout the tournament with 12 wins and 3 losses (7 wins and 1 loss in singles, 5 wins and 2 losses in doubles) and an average of 1.620.
This is Kang Min-gu's first time winning the Team League Round MVP award, and he received a prize of 1 million won.
Woori Financial Capital team leader Eom Sang-pil shared his thoughts on the victory, saying, "I think our greater experience in big matches worked to our advantage against the young players of Harim," adding, "Winning the first round will allow us to play the rest of the season with much more ease."
(Photo: Provided by PBA, Yonhap News)
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