Korean KBO League

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Established
1982 (44 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-03-17

Current Season
2026

Current Round

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Baseball

Location
South Korea

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Naver TV [2021]

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23 May	LG TwinsLG Twins	5:00am	Kiwoom HKiwoom Heroes
23 May	Hanwha EHanwha Eagles	8:00am	Doosan BDoosan Bears
23 May	Kia TigeKia Tigers	8:00am	SSG LandSSG Landers
23 May	KT WizKT Wiz	8:00am	NC DinosNC Dinos
23 May	Lotte GiLotte Giants	8:00am	Samsung Samsung Lions
24 May	Hanwha EHanwha Eagles	5:00am	Doosan BDoosan Bears
24 May	Kia TigeKia Tigers	5:00am	SSG LandSSG Landers
24 May	KT WizKT Wiz	5:00am	NC DinosNC Dinos
24 May	LG TwinsLG Twins	5:00am	Kiwoom HKiwoom Heroes
24 May	Lotte GiLotte Giants	5:00am	Samsung Samsung Lions
Results
22 May	Hanwha EHanwha Eagles	5 - 3	Doosan BDoosan Bears
22 May	Kia TigeKia Tigers	5 - 2	SSG LandSSG Landers
22 May	KT WizKT Wiz	7 - 4	NC DinosNC Dinos
22 May	Lotte GiLotte Giants	5 - 7	Samsung Samsung Lions
22 May	LG TwinsLG Twins	0 - 7	Kiwoom HKiwoom Heroes
21 May	Samsung Samsung Lions	8 - 5	KT WizKT Wiz
21 May	Kiwoom HKiwoom Heroes	6 - 0	SSG LandSSG Landers
21 May	Kia TigeKia Tigers	3 - 5	LG TwinsLG Twins
21 May	Hanwha EHanwha Eagles	2 - 8	Lotte GiLotte Giants
21 May	Doosan BDoosan Bears	1 - 0	NC DinosNC Dinos

Description

The KBO League (Korean: KBO 리그), officially as Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League for sponsorship, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982, and has expanded to ten franchises. The KBO League is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most successful team, having won 11 out of the 38 championships.

In comparison with American Major League Baseball, ESPN reports that the KBO level of play "appears to be somewhere between Double-A and Triple-A, on average, though the best players are more likely to be MLB-quality than your typical Double-A league." Historically, the KBO is known for its vocal and exuberant fan base, as well as the widespread practice of bat flips (ppa-dun (Korean: 빠던), a portmanteau of the "first syllables of the words for 'bat' and 'throw'") by hitters after stroking what they think will be a home run. In the KBO, the bat flipping tradition dates back to the 1990s.

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