"As expected," is it Kim Ga Young or "revolving" Ssling... The final PBA regular tour will open on the 25th

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The match table for the final regular tour of the 2025-2026 season of Pro Danggu has been announced. It is expected to be more competitive because it is the final round of the regular tour where qualification for the World Championship is at stake.

The Professional Basketball Association (PBA) will hold the "Welcome Savings Bank PBA-LPBA Championship" from the 25th to the 2nd of next month at the "Koyang KINTEX PBA Stadium" in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do.

This tour is the last regular tour of the 2025-2026 season and is also the last gateway to the World Championship, where only 32nd place in the season's prize money rankings can participate. At the same time, the survival of the first part of the tour is decided. After the end of this tournament, PBA players ranked 61st or lower in the point rankings will be demoted to Q-School, and players ranked 121st or lower in the LPBA point rankings will lose their LBPA registration status for the next season. There will be a fiercer competition than ever.

In the women's division, attention is drawn to the competition between Kim Ga-young (Hana Card), who has already won three times, and Throng Piavi (Woori Financial Capital), who is chasing with two wins. Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card), Lee Mi-rae (Hiwon Resort), and Kang Ji-eun (SK Rent-a-Car), who each reached the top, are also strong opponents.

The Welcome Savings Bank Championship will open at 11 a.m. on the 25th, the first day of the competition, starting with the women's preliminary PPQ round (first preliminary round). In the LPBA PPQ round, Jeon Ji-woo (High1 Resort) will face Kim Ji-yeon 2 at 12:10 p.m. on the 25th, and Cho Ye-eun (SK Rent-a-Car) will face Kim Sa-rang at the same time. Nguyen Hoang Yanni (Vietnam, SY) will face Jang Sung-ah at 2:30 p.m.

The winners of the PPQ round will play in the PQ round (second qualifying round), which will be held from 5 p.m. on the same day. The PQ round will be joined by the winners of the PPQ round and 13 players who have advanced to the PQ round with a total of 10 tours (excluding the World Championship) from the top 33rd place Oh Do-hee to 45th place Song Min-ji.

Players who have penetrated the PQ round will play the round of 64 LPBA from 11 a.m. on the 26th. In the round of 64 LPBA, the top 32 players in the total ranking points of the last 10 tours, including "Queen" Kim Ga-young, "Cambodia Express" Thong, Lee Mi-rae, Kim Min-ah and Kang Ji-eun, are on a first-come, first-served basis as seeds.

On the 27th, the third day of the tournament, the tournament will begin in earnest with the round of 128 PBA after the opening ceremony at 12:30 p.m. "Spanish legend" Daniel Sanchez (Welcome Savings Bank), who has recently won two consecutive championships and is ranked first this season, will face Yeom Ji-hoon, who played as a wild card at 11 p.m. on the 27th. "Hulk" Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car), the runner-up of the previous tour (Harim Championship), will face Choi Han-sol at 10 p.m. on the 28th.

In addition, "Superman" Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) will face Kim Kwan-woo at 11 p.m. on the 27th, and "Victor" Choi Sung-won (Huons) will face "Shin Ye" Jeon Jae-hyung at 6 p.m. on the 27th. "Mr. Magic" Semi-Signer (Turkey, Welcome Savings Bank) will face Park Ji-ho at 12 p.m. on the 28th. "PBA Shin Seong" Kim Young-won (Harim) will compete with Kang Ju at 6 p.m. on the 27th to advance to the round of 64.

Meanwhile, the LPBA final of the "Welcome Savings Bank Championship" will be held at 10 p.m. on February 1 and the PBA final at 9 p.m. on February 2.

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