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Woori Financial Capital of the PBA team league celebrated its fifth round victory with seven consecutive wins.
Woori Financial Capital lost to NH Nonghyup Card with a set score of 1-4 in the fifth round of the Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2025-26 at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, on the 11th.
However, Woori Financial Capital succeeded in winning despite losing the final match. Woori Financial Capital beat Huons on the 10th and confirmed its fifth round victory early. He beat the second-place High1 Resort (8-1, 20 points) with 7 wins and 2 losses (22 points).
As a result, Woori Financial Capital won the first round of Woori Financial Capital, which was founded in the 2024-25 season, and succeeded in advancing to the postseason for two consecutive seasons.
Woori Financial Capital played in the NH Nonghyup Card match and the final match, excluding "Cambodia Express" Thong Piavi from the entry. In the first set, David Zapata (Spain) and Um Sang-pil lost 2-11 (3 innings) to "Spanish duo" Antonio Montes and Ivan Mallor, and in the second set, Seo Han-sol and Kim Min-young were completely defeated by Jung Soo-bin and Hwang Min-ji 0-9 (6 innings), falling behind the set score 0-2.
Woori Financial Capital, which was being dragged, set the stage for a counterattack by beating Mamin Gum (Vietnam) 15-4 (4 innings) in the third set. However, Woori Financial Capital failed to continue its momentum and swallowed the disappointment with a set score of 1-4, as Kang Min-gu and Kim Min-young lost 2-9 (4 innings) to Cho Jae-ho and Kim Bo-mi in the fourth set and Sun Ji-hoon lost 9-11 (6 innings) to Cho Jae-ho in the fifth set.
Although the game was defeated, Woori Financial Capital leader Um Sang-pil said in an official press conference, "We won the round for the first time since the team was founded. There is still a postseason left, but I'm very happy because it's my first time winning the round," he said, adding, "I won my first victory of the season against SK Rent-a-Car and Hana Card in the fifth round. Now there is no scary team in the postseason. I will do my best to win the championship," he said.
Throng won the 5th round MVP (prize money of 1 million won). Thong led his team to a fifth-round win with 11 wins and 2 losses in the fifth round (5 singles, 6 doubles) and 1.406 average. Throng said, "I won the MVP, but the real MVP is my teammates. I was able to receive it because my team members did well," he said, expressing his humble feelings.
Meanwhile, the second place overall in the regular league was decided on the final day. Welcome Savings Bank, which was ranked third overall, won the set score 4-2, but Hana Card, which was ranked second overall, lost 1-4 to High1 Resort. As a result of the day, the two teams tied in points and wins with 27 wins and 19 losses and 79 points, but Welcome Savings Bank rose to second place with 1.183 points, beating Hana Card with 1.145. Welcome Savings Bank, which came in second, went straight to the playoffs, while Hana Card, which came in third, went down to the semi-playoffs.
With the regular league of the PBA team league completed, the postseason will be held at the "Koyang KINTEX PBA Stadium" from the 13th. In the postseason of the PBA team league, the winning teams in five rounds advance. The postseason will be held from the 13th when the wild card match (best of two games) between 4th place Woori Financial Capital and 5th place Crown Haitai will be held. In the wild card match, Woori Financial Capital, ranked fourth, will be given a one-win advantage.
Subsequently, on the 14th and 15th, a semi-playoff (best of three games) between the winner of the wild card match and the third place in the regular league will be held. The semi-playoff winner will play against Welcome Savings Bank, the second-ranked team in the regular league, starting on the 16th. The winner of the playoffs will determine the winner of the championship trophy through the regular league's first-place final (best out of seven) from the 18th. If the playoff game ends early, the final schedule will be advanced by one day and will be held from the 17th.
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