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2024 KBO Playoffs: Samsung Lions Aim for Korean Series Glory After 9-Year Wait, Faces KIA Tigers in Historic Matchup

While the Samsung Lions, who won the Korean Series 7 times in history, take on the challenge of reaching the top for the first time in 9 years as the winner of the 2024 KBO Playoffs, it was found that there was no issue ‘Jamsil Stadium’ was not present among the Korean series that won the previous 7 times.

Their opponent, KIA Tigers, have also won the tournament 11 times, including the Haitai era, but although they have won at Gwangju Mudeung Stadium and Jamsil Stadium, they are yet to win the tournament. to win at the new ‘Gwangju KIA Champions Field‘. ‘.

Due to the neutral stadium rules that existed until 2016, most of the Korean Series championship games were played at Jamsil Stadium.

In 2002, when Samsung won the Korean series for the first time, the rules for neutral stadiums were slightly relaxed, and Samsung, who played against the Seoul-based team LG Twins, followed the rule that the regular winning team in the league playing games 1 , 2, 6, and 7 at home Enjoy the first victory of the Korean series at home.

After that, Samsung, who won the team’s second Korean Series with four consecutive wins in 2005, lifted the trophy in Jamsil, the home of its then opponent, the Doosan Bears.

The following year, in 2006, the Korean series was played between Samsung and Hanwha Eagles, who were not teams from the metropolitan area. However, as both Daegu and Daejeon football stadiums were small at the time, both teams ended up moving so far. Jamsil from Game 5 to continue the series we went, and Samsung confirmed victory in Jamsil for the second year in a row.

The 2006 Korean Series between Samsung and Hanwha remains the last match between non-metropolitan teams before the 2024 Korean Series Incidentally, the MVP of the series at the time was Samsung head coach Jin-man Park, and KIA head coach Beom-ho Lee. We were wearing the opposing team’s Hanwha uniform.

Samsung, which had a dynasty in the 2010s, won the overall championship for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014, except for Daegu’s home game in Game 7 of the 2013 Korean Series against Doosan, all win in Jamsil.Among the recent Korean Series rivalries, the last game not played in Jamsil was in 2022, when SSG Landers and Kiwoom Heroes faced each other, and at that time, the game went held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.

As for Doosan, the winning team in 2015, games at Jamsil Stadium have continued, advancing to the Korean Series as many as nine times, excluding the 2022 season, and last year, LG Twins completed the series by winning in Jamsil.

As for Gwangju, the 1st and 2nd games of the 2017 Korean Series were played at the Gwangju KIA Champion Field, which opened in 2014, but the rules at the time were that games 3 to 5 to play at the home of the winner. team in the playoffs, so the championship cup was held in Jamsil at the time.Samsung, which has used Daegu Samsung Lions Park as its home since the 2016 season, advances to the Korean Series for the first time since its opening, making it the first time this season that ‘Champil’ or ‘Rapak’ has won an award. a champion

The Korean Moonlight Series, which draws attention with the two home stadiums of Daegu and Gwangju, challenging for their first tournament, will begin in Gwangju on the 21st.
(Photo courtesy of Samsung Lions)

2024-10-20 03:46:00

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