"Winner is coming back" Jung Kyung-seop confirmed his survival on day 1 of Q School 2R... Hwang Deuk-hee and Han Ji-seung are on the 2nd day [PBA]

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Jung Kyung-seop, a former runner-up in the first division of the professional league PBA Tour, succeeded in promoting the next season on day 1 of the second round of Q School.

Jung Kyung-seop's first day of the second round of the "2026 PBA Q-School" held at the Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, ended on the 13th. As a result, a total of 10 people passed, including Yoon Yong-je, Lim Tae-soo, Lee Chan-hyung, Jeong Kyung-seop, Gu Min-soo, Kim Won-seop, Kim Kyu-joon, Jung Dae-sik, Lee Kuk-sung, and Park Heung-sik.

The PBA implements a promotion system to improve players' performance every season. PBA Cue School is a stage where about 60 top players from the Dream Tour (second division) compete for stay and promotion, excluding the bottom 50% (61st or lower) players who were demoted from the first division of the previous season and the top players from the first division (24 players).

In the first round, which took place from the 5th to the 7th, a total of 30 out of 68 players will advance to the first round, and a total of 80 players will compete for the remaining and promotion of the first part of the next season in the second round. The second round is played on a 40-point basis.

Jeong Kyung-seop, a former member of the PBA, won three games on the first day of the second round and succeeded in staying in the first part of the tour. Jung Kyung-seop beat Choi Yeon-gil 40-20 (22 innings) in the first game, followed by 40-21 (39 innings) against Lee Hae-dong in the second game. In the last game, he turned Yoon Sung-soo 40-14 (16 innings) to confirm his stay.

Jung Kyung-seop, who finished second in the third tour (Welcome Savings Bank Championship) of the 2019-2020 season, was pushed back to Q School by staying 69th in the point ranking this season. However, he succeeded in staying at Q School this time and will continue to play on the first part of the tour next season.

In addition, Lim Tae-soo, Gu Min-soo, Kim Won-seop, Jung Dae-sik, Lee Kuk-sung, and Park Heung-sik, who belong to the first-division tour of the 2025-2026 season, will also confirm their passage on the first day and continue their activities in the first-division tour next season. In addition, three former Dream Tour players, including Yoon Yong-je, who ranked first overall on Day 1, and Lee Chan-hyung and Kim Kyu-joon, also confirmed their promotion to the first division on Day 1.

On the other hand, Hwang Deuk-hee (SW), who played in the team league last season, lost 38-40 (32 innings) to Kim Dong-hyun 4 in the first game, and Han Ji-seung (Welcome Savings Bank) was also pushed back to the second day of the first division by losing 35-40 (21 innings) to Lee Young-hoon in two games.

On the 14th, the second day of the second round of Q School will be held. Except for 10 who confirmed their promotion to the first division early on Day 1, the remaining 70 will try to advance to the first division.

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