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On the first day of the fifth round, when the last ticket to the postseason was on the line, Woori Financial Capital Woori WON Wibis smiled the brightest.
Woori Financial Capital got off to a good start with a 4-0 set score (11-7, 9-5, 15-10, 9-7) complete victory over SY in the fifth round of the "Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2025-2026" held at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 3rd.
This fifth round is the last round for the postseason. With Hana Card Hana Pay (winning the first round), Welcome Savings Bank Welcome Finix (winning the second round), SK Rent-a-Car Direct (winning the third round), and Crown Haitai Raon (winning the fourth round) confirming their advance to the postseason, the last qualification will go to the winning team in the fifth round.
If the existing winning team wins again, the last ticket to the postseason will be determined as the final ranking. Woori Financial Capital took three points on the day, chasing High1 Resort High1 Winners (55 points), who had no wins, with 15 wins and 22 losses and 54 points.
It is also very meaningful that it is a victory brought by winning all seven team members. Starting with Kang Min-gu and Um Sang-pil's victory over Seo Hyun-min and Choi Won-jun 1 in three innings in the first set, Thong Piavi (Cambodia) and Seo Han-sol defeated Lee Woo-kyung and Han Ji-eun 9-5 (9 innings), David Zapata (Spain) defeated Seo Hyun-min 15-10 (9 innings), and Sun Ji-hoon and Kim Min-young defeated Choi Won-joon 1-Han Ji-eun 9-7 (9 innings) in the mixed doubles in the fourth set.
On the same day, Hana Card also had Nguyen Kuok Nguyen (Vietnam) with two wins and beat Huons 4-1 to gain three points, but Woori Financial Capital ranked first in the fifth round before the set gain.
It was the first day of fierce competition. High1 Resort and Harim Dragons, who have no wins along with Woori Financial Capital, also laughed with full set wins. High1 Resort won the set score 4-3 against Welcome Savings Bank with the even performance of its team members, and Harim led the team to a 4-3 victory with captain Kim Joon-tae's strong performance of winning two singles and doubles. Crown Haitai, the winner of the previous round, also reported its first win by beating NH Nonghyup Card NH Pay 4-3.
On the 4th, the second day of the 5th round, the first game between Hana Card and SK Rent-A-Car will start at 1 p.m., followed by Welcome Savings Bank-Harim (PBA Stadium), Crown Haitai-Woori Financial Capital (PBA Lounge), High1 Resort-SW at 7 p.m., and Huons-NH Nonghyup Card at 10 p.m.
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