The 104th National Sports Festival will be held in Jeollanam-do on the 13th.
Basketball will be held from the 14th to the 19th in Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do, with 51 teams in 4 categories (men-women general division, men-women under-18 division). The competition will be held at Mokpo Multipurpose Gymnasium and Mokpo High School as a tournament for all categories without preliminaries.
At 10 a.m. on the 14th, the National Sports Festival basketball schedule begins with the women’s general division match between Ulsan University and Gwangju University at the Mokpo Multipurpose Gymnasium, and at the same time, the under-18 girls’ match between Dongju Girls’ High School and Hwabon High School at the Mokpo High School Gymnasium. The men’s first game will be at the Mokpo Multipurpose Gymnasium at 11:40 a.m. on the 14th, at the general division between Chung-Ang University (Gyeonggi) and Korea University (Seoul), and at 2:30 p.m. at the Mokpo High School gymnasium.메이저사이트
Korea University, which succeeded in winning the university league championship for two consecutive years, will participate in the National Sports Festival with nine players. Seniors Moon Jeong-hyun and Park Moo-bin wore professional uniforms through the KBL domestic rookie player draft, while third-year Park Jun-hyung, sophomore Park Jeong-hwan, and freshman Yoo Min-su are unable to play due to injuries.
Korea University coach Joo Hee-jung said about the team’s situation, saying, “The fourth-year players are adjusting to their professional teams. We will prepare well with 9 players, centering on Yang Jun and Kim Tae-hoon (third-year students).”
Yongsan High School, which has won four gold medals this year, will challenge for five gold medals in 2023 at the National Sports Festival. Yongsan High School’s first game will be against Sangsan Electronic High School (Gyeongbuk) on the 15th, and if they win, they will meet Yeosu Hwayang High School (Jeonnam) in the quarterfinals.
Coach Lee Se-beom of Yongsan High School said, “I was worried about the players’ physical and mental fatigue during the fall competition. I am grateful to the players for overcoming this. Rest was needed in preparation for the National Sports Festival. We paid attention to the players’ condition recovery and prepared through recovery exercises. “I’m doing it,” he said.
The executive director of the Armed Forces Athletic Corps, who is participating in the KBL Gunsan Cup, will move to Muan, where his accommodation is located, for the National Sports Competition immediately after the cup competition. Squad leader Heo Hoon and Song Kyo-chang, who is recovering from an injury, are not expected to participate in the national sports competition following the cup competition.
Meanwhile, at the 103rd National Sports Festival, Yongsan High School, Suwon Girls’ High School, Sangmu, and Sacheon City Hall won.