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Domestic strong players representing professional clubs were eliminated from the round of 32.
Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) was eliminated after losing to Choi Won-joon (SWY) with a set score of 0-3 in the round of 32 PBA of the "Welcome Savings Bank PBA-LPBA Championship" in the 2025-26 Pro-Danggu season at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 30th.
Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car) and Kim Young-won (Harim) ended their tournament schedules behind Nguyen Deuk Ain Zien (Vietnam) and Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam, Hana Card), respectively.
Cho Jae-ho, who recorded two-point average in both the 128th and 64th round matches, failed to win a set against Choi Won-joon on the same day. In the second set of Cho Jae-ho, who gave up 11-15 (7 innings) in the first set, he lost 10-15 in three innings. Cho Jae-ho continued his chase in the third set, but lost 12-15 (7 innings). Set-score 0-3 Cho Jae-ho's loss. Cho Jae-ho failed to surpass Choi Won-joon, who posted an average of 2.647, even though he recorded an average of 2.200 on the same day.
'Hulk' Gangdong Palace and 'Sungshin' Kim Young-won were blocked by Vietnamese strongmen. Kang Dong-gung, who was in the corner by giving up two sets to D. Nguyen first, won 15-5 (4 innings) in the third set and 15-11 (6 innings) in the fourth set to lead to the last five sets. However, Kang Dong-gung's hot feeling was cooled in the fifth set, and D.Nguyen scored 11 points first in six innings to win 11-1 to win the round of 16. Kim Young-won, too. Q.He had to promise the next one after being pushed to a set score of 1-3 by Nguyen.
On the other hand, a large number of foreign powerhouses succeeded in advancing to the round of 16. Daniel Sanchez (Spain, Welcome Savings Bank), ranked No. 1 in the season, won a set score of 3-0 against Lee Sang-yong. "Mr. Magic" Semi-Signer (Türkiye, Welcome Savings Bank) also defeated Choi Myung-jin 3-0, and "Perfect Guy" Javier Palason (Spain, Huons) succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 with a 3-0 complete victory against David Zapata (Spain, Woori Financial Capital) and Abidge 3.750."
In the LPBA quarterfinals, "Yanggang" Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) and Throng Piavi (Cambodia, Woori Financial Capital) were eliminated at the same time.
Kim Ga-young was defeated by a set score of 0-3 against "natural enemy" Jung Soo-bin (NH Nonghyup Card). Kim Ga-young, who lost 4-11 (15 innings) after a long game of 15 innings in the first set, chased hard in a losing situation, but lost 8-11 (10 innings) in the second set and 9-11 (7 innings) in the third set, respectively, failing to advance to the semifinals. Long was also eliminated by Lim Kyung-jin (High1 Resort) with a set score of 0-3.
In another match, Kim Bo-mi (NH Nonghyup Card) and Baek Min-ju (Crown Haitai) advanced to the semifinals by defeating Seo Han-sol (Woori Financial Capital) and Kim Da-hee (High1 Resort) by a set score of 3-1, respectively.
On the 31st, the seventh day of the tournament, the round of 16 PBA will be divided into four turns from noon. At 2:30 p.m., the LPBA semifinals between Jung Soo-bin, Baek Min-ju, Kim Bo-mi and Lim Kyung-jin will be held.
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