The door to the top gradually narrows.
On the 4th, the second day of the PBA group stage match of the ‘SK Rent-A-Car PBA-LPBA World Championship’ held at JTBC Studio Ilsan was completed.
Results of the game Along with ‘Emperor’ Frederic Kudron (Welcome Savings Bank), Oh Tae-joon, Kang Dong-gung, Eddie Repens (above SK Rent-A-Car), and David Martinez (Crown Haitai) advanced to the round of 16 first.
Kudron defeated Kim Hyun-woo (NH Nonghyup Card) with a set score of 3-0 to secure two wins and advance to the round of 16 first. After 3 innings in 1 set, he scored 9 high runs first. The high run of 9 points also exploded in the second set, greatly threatening Kim Hyun-woo. Kim Hyun-woo failed to score a single point in the second set. The third set also did not last long and ended in 15-8, 5 innings. Kudron recorded an average of 3.214 in the match.
Oh Tae-joon of the same group also made it to the round of 16 with a 3-2 victory in the match against Kim Jong-won (TS Shampoo Puradak). The two will face off for first place in the group on the 6th.
Group G’Hulk’ Kang Dong-gung also took two wins and was named to the round of 16 list. Kang Dong-gung, who defeated Seong-wook Oh in the first day of the group stage, secured a complete victory over Seong-ho Kang with a set score of 3-1 that day to secure first place in the group.
Kang Dong-gung will determine the final ranking through the remaining matches between Kang Seong-ho and Oh Seong-wook in the same group as the final game against Lee Sang-dae (4th place in the group, 2 losses).
Other than that, Martinez and Leppens took two wins and boarded the train to the round of 16 stably.
On the other hand, Philippos Casidocostas (Hana Card) and Kim Yeong-seop won two wins, but their advance to the round of 16 depended on the results of the final game.
The main character of Perfect Q also appeared on this day. Javier Palazon (Huons) won 15 points per cue in the third set and won 20 million won in prize money. Palazon also got two wins and had a green light to advance to the round of 16.
Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card), who was on the edge of losing on the first day, also rekindled the embers of advancing to the round of 16 by winning a shutout against Shin Dae-kwon.
On the other hand, World Championship inaugural champion David Zapata (Blue One Resort) lost 0-3 to Lee Young-hoon and slipped to third place in the group. Whether or not Zapata will open the door to the round of 16 depends on the results of the match on the 6th. Kang Min-goo of the same team has already lost 2 times, and in the final match against Kim Im-kwon and Jung Kyung-seop, there have already been 2 winners, so the elimination was confirmed.
In this tournament, the 1st and 2nd places in each group will advance to the round of 16 after going through a group stage of 32 teams with 4 players, and the winner will be determined through a tournament. The group standings are determined in the order of wins, number of matches, sets won/loss, overall average, and overall high runs. 메이저놀이터
The group stage is best of 5 (last set 11 points), the round of 16 and quarterfinals are played in the same best-of-five format as in the group stage, but the final set is 15 points. The semi-finals will be a best-of-7 match, and the final match will be a best-of-9 match
. The quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-five system, and the semifinals and finals will be played in a best-of-seven system. From the round of 16, the final set score will also be changed to 11 points.
On the 5th, the second day of the LPBA group stage will be held. The competition will be divided into four sessions at 2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM, and 9:30 PM.
‘SK Rent-a-Car PBA-LPBA World Championship 2023’ will be broadcast live on TV through MBC SPORTS+, SBS SPORTS, Billiards TV, PBA & GOLF, and live on the internet such as YouTube (PBA TV, Billiards TV), Naver Sports, Kakao TV, and Afreeca TV.