PBA Rim League Opens on the 15th… 9 Teams Fiercely Compete for 100 Million Won in Prize Money.
The team that was considered the strongest candidate to win the 2024-2025 season of the PBA Team League was NH Nonghyup Card.
When asked to choose a candidate to win the championship excluding their own team at the media day of the 'Welcome Savings Bank 2024-2025 PBA Team League' held at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 10th, the captains of the nine PBA Team League teams gave the most votes to NH Nonghyup Card, with 4 votes.
Seong-won Choi (Huons) said, "The members are so solid.
They could have split up, but they didn't.
They need to give (players) to other teams, but I'm jealous because they're holding on to them so much.
He said, "The team with the most solid power", and Lee Chung-bok (High1 Resort) analyzed, "The team is well-organized and the team members' average is good, so they are a candidate for the championship." 메이저사이트
NH Nonghyup Card formed a team of 7 people including captain Jo Jae-ho, Kim Hyeon-woo, Ma Minh Cham (Vietnam), Antonio Montes (Spain), Kim Min-ah, Kim Bo-mi, and Jeong Su-bin.
Compared to last season, only female player Jeong Su-bin is new, and the rest of the players have kept the same team, so the good organization is considered a strength.
NH Nonghyup Card visited Incheon Eulwangri during the off-season and held a workshop to strengthen teamwork.
Captain Cho Jae-ho said, "Last year, our team came in first in the regular league but unfortunately fell short, so of course our goal is to come in first in the regular league and advance directly to the finals," and Kim Min-a said, "The strength is that there aren't many changes in team members.
I think we can have fun and do well in this team league."
Last season, Huons, which finished last in the regular league, received votes from three teams as a candidate for the championship ahead of the opening of this season.
Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car) said, "Huons' Lee Sang-dae and Robinson Morales (Spain) are very good players, and Lee Shin-young and Cha Yu-ram have become stronger with the new additions.
I will trust them and look forward to this season."
Eom Sang-pil (Woori Financial Capital) warned, "Huons players have proven their skills in two tour competitions this season.
The female players were weak, but this time, I saw that their skills have improved several levels."
Kim Jae-geun (Crown Haitai) said, "I will vote for Huons as a show of support based on last year's results (last place).
Cheer up, Huons," causing laughter.
Cha Yu-ram (Huons), who returned to the PBA at the end of last season and is returning to the team league in earnest this season, said, "I personally admired Choi Seong-won's pro game style, and now I can watch it up close.
Since we're teammates, I'm also looking forward to him sharing his secret weapon with me.
I will do my best not to be a loophole."
The PBA Team League, now in its fifth year, is a fiercely contested competition for the winner's prize money of 100 million won (runner-up 50 million won).
The team league regular season will consist of rounds 1 to 5, and the postseason will begin in February next year.
The MVP of each regular season round will receive 1 million won, and the postseason final MVP will receive 5 million won.
The season will be played with a 9-team system just like last season, and Woori Financial Capital, which took over the Blue One Resort team, will participate in the league as a new team.
Unlike last season, where the teams that advanced to the championship finals were decided through a tournament system, this season the rules have changed so that the 1st place team in the regular season advances directly to the finals.
In the men's doubles set 1, there were many cases where the team that caught the first ball ended the game in one go, so in order to provide a fair opportunity, the existing K-Double (the team that scores keeps the right to attack) method was changed to the Scotch Double (both teams attack alternately) method.
Also, in order to shorten the game time, the timeout given once per set was eliminated and timeouts can only be called from the bench 5 times per game.
The deadline for submitting set orders was changed from 6 PM the day before the game to 3 hours before the start of the first game on the day of the game, allowing for flexible player management.
The first round of the team league opens on the 15th and continues for 9 days until the 23rd.
The opening game is the SK Rent-a-Car-Hana Card game starting at 1 PM on the 15th.