Afreeca TV announced on the 22nd that it will broadcast the entirety of the 2023 Women’s Professional Basketball (WKBL) Park Shin-Ja Cup live from the 26th. The Park Shin-Ja Cup, hosted by the Korea Women’s Basketball Federation, was established in 2015 after Park Shin-Ja, the main player who won the 1967 World Championship runner-up.
Starting this year, the name will be changed from the existing Park Shin-Ja Cup Summer League to the Park Shin-Ja Cup. Accordingly, fans who enjoy professional basketball are expected to enjoy the fun of estimating the direction of the 2023-2024 season and predicting rankings in advance through the Park Shin-ja Cup.
The Park Shin-Ja Cup will be held in a two-group full-league format for a total of 9 days from the 26th to the 3rd of next month. The 10 teams are divided into 2 groups of 5 teams each, and after the preliminaries, the 1st and 2nd place in each group will advance to the semi-finals, and the tournament will be held from the 2nd of next month. The final will be held on the 3rd of next month at 4:30 pm.
The 2023 Park Shin-Ja Cup will feature 10 teams, the most ever. Six WKBL clubs and four invited foreign teams from Japan, Australia, and the Philippines will participate, the largest number of foreign teams since the Park Shin-Ja Cup was established. Representing Japan, Eneos Sunflowers, who have won the Japanese W-League for 11 consecutive years, and Toyota Antelopes, the runner-up in the regular league and championship finals last season, will participate, and the Bendigo Spirit of the Australian WNBL will also visit Korea.
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Also, the Philippine women’s national basketball team, which faced Korea in the Asian Cup held in June, will also participate in the Park Shin-ja Cup. At 11:00 a.m. on the 26th, the opening game, Woori Bank, a Korean women’s professional basketball team, will face off against Japan’s Toyota Antelopes. On the same day, KB Stars and Japan’s Eneos Sunflower, Shinhan Bank and Australia’s Bendigo Spirit, and BNK Some and the Philippine national team are scheduled to play.
In addition to the official broadcasting of the competition, live broadcasting by Afreeca TV BJs (single media presenters), where you can feel the charm of sports broadcasting through one-person media, is also held.
2023-08-22 02:54:22
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