The 14th board meeting of the Korea Sports Association will be held to deliberate and decide on four agenda items, including membership and grade review

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The Korea Sports Council held the 14th Korea Sports Council meeting in the conference room on the 13th floor of the Olympic Hall in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 31st of last month, and deliberated and decided on major agendas such as membership and rating deliberation, and partial revision of regulations of the Sports Fair Committee.

As a report, the board of directors received the results of the dispatch of the South Korean team to the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and the appointment of the head of the team for the 2026 6th Sanya Asia Beach Games.

At the Winter Olympics, South Korea ranked 13th overall (3 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze). Along with winning the first gold medal in snow sports, he set Asia's first record of achieving gold in all ice, snow, and sledding events.

As a result of deliberation on 6 quasi-membership applications and 7 accredited organizations among the new 2026 Aichi Nago Asian Games items, the Korea Cricket Association decided to temporarily join the membership with conditional approval. In addition, the deliberation on the membership of MMA sports organizations was suspended, and the membership of the remaining 10 organizations was rejected.

The review of the member's group level will maintain the level of the recognized group as the Korean Chess Federation, which decided to suspend the expulsion of the recognized group at the 12th board meeting, supplemented its membership requirements.

In addition, the Korea Tech Bowl Association was promoted to a temporary associate member, reflecting the fact that the Tech Bowl event was adopted as a new category at the 2026 Aichi Nago Asian Games. According to the results of the board of directors, the membership groups of the Korea Sports Association in 2026 were adjusted to a total of 83 organizations, including 64 full-time members, 6 associate members, and 13 recognized organizations.

In addition, the disciplinary standards for discriminatory acts were further specified through partial revision of the Sports Fair Commission regulations. Recently, as some players' online discriminatory words and actions such as social media have caused social controversy, they have clearly defined discriminatory behaviors such as race, gender, disability, and religion, and have subdivided the level of disciplinary action according to the degree of violation. In particular, in serious cases, standards were established that could lead to suspension or expulsion of qualifications to prevent recurrence and strengthen the accountability of athletes.

Meanwhile, prior to the start of the board meeting, the "Cas Beyond Medal Awards" ceremony was held to commemorate the passion and fighting spirit of the South Korean team participating in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. OB Beer Vice President Seo Hye-yeon delivered the reward by awarding Kim Min-sun (Speed Skating), Jung Seung-ki and Hong Soo-jung (Skeleton), and Jung Dong-hyun (Alpine).

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