The fifth edition of the KOREA TOUR 2023 will be held in Jecheon from September 9-10.
The Korea Basketball Association (KBA) 안전카지노사이트 announced that the ⌜KBA 3×3 KOREA TOUR 2023 5th Jecheon Tournament⌟ will be held on September 9 and 10 at the parking lot in front of Jecheon Gymnasium in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, with sponsorship from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea Sports Promotion Agency, IS Dongseo, Yuhan Yanghap, Jecheon City, and Jecheon City Council, and support from Dong Atsuka, Molten, Unicorn Ranch, and OneDay Amino.
The tournament will be the fifth Korea Tour event of the 2023 season and will feature a total of 64 teams in seven categories, including elementary, middle school, high school, open, women’s open, and Korea League (men and women), with registration starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 9. The last edition of the event, held in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, was so well attended that the number of participating teams had to be increased from the previous year’s edition, indicating the high level of enthusiasm for the 3×3 Korea Tour (first-come, first-served).
A total of 11 teams are participating in the men’s division of the Korea League, including Skydown Inje with Park Min-soo and Kim Min-seop, Black Label with Song Chang-moo and Byun Ki-hoon, Masterwook with Kim Jung-yeon, the No. 1 ranked 3×3 player in Korea, and Chosun University, which is composed of active university players, and it is expected to be the most competitive season ever with a solid team and player composition.
The Korea League Women’s Division, which will be held for the second time on the Korea Tour after last year’s edition, will feature a total of five teams, and will include a number of notable players such as Lee So-jung and Park Eun-seo, who were part of the 2022 FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup Women’s National Team, as well as retired professional basketball players such as Park Chan-yang and Kim Doo-narang, and active unemployment team basketball teams.
This year, unlike last year, the Korea Tour will be held in a total of six tournaments, with the sixth and final tournament being the finals, where the teams that won the first through fifth tournaments will compete to determine the true powerhouse.
This will be the first time Jecheon has hosted the 3×3 Korea Tour, thanks to the efforts of Jecheon City, the Chungcheongbuk-do Basketball Association, and the Jecheon City Basketball Association. The event will be held in a new location and will be attended by a large number of spectators. All games will be broadcast live on the Korea Basketball Association’s YouTube channel, and some games will be broadcast live on Naver Sports.