Champion record’ Kang Ji-eun advances to the round of 32 of the World Championship, shall we take the last train?
A fight for pride among the women’s team league players? This is one of the points to watch for the Crown Haitai Cup, the last tour of the regular solo exhibition.
Kang Ji-eun (SK Rent-A-Car), the champion, will bet on life and death from the round of 128 of the Crown Haitai Championship, the 8th tour of the 2022-2023 PBA-LPBA season, held at the Bitmaru Broadcasting Center in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 1st. This is because the results of this tournament will determine whether or not to advance to the ‘World Championship’, a competition in the round of 32 in the women’s division.
In the women’s division, as in the men’s division, if you fall below the 64th place in the season point ranking, you will be eliminated from the team league. Female players in team leagues whose abilities have been verified are usually in the 64th place.
However, they are setting a bigger goal beyond remaining in the team league and advancing to the World Championship, a stage only for players ranked 1st to 32nd. This is because pride is at stake in the World Championship, a match for the chosen ones.
However, the right to advance to the World Championship will be covered by 32 male and female participants based on prize money points, not ranking points.
Most of the female players in the team league are in the 32nd place in the money list after going through the 1st to 7th individual tours of the season. Among the top 10, Gayoung Kim (Hana Card), Jungsook Lim (Crown Haetae), and Slong Piabi (Blue One Resort), who are ranked 1st and 3rd in prize money, as well as Lee Mi-rae (Tiespura Chicken) and Bomi Kim (NH Nonghyup Card), who are ranked 9th and 10th Natsumi Uchi (5th) is not the only one on the team.
Of course, in the 32nd place, there are players from past teams such as Kim Gap-seon and Jeon Ae-rin, as well as tough players such as Yun Gyeong-nam and Lim Gyeong-jin.
Players who were pushed out of the 32nd place in prize money while playing in the team league are Kang Ji-eun (40th), who reached the top at the Huons Championship last season, Choi Hye-mi (Huons, 46th), and Seo Han-sol (Blue One Resort, 52nd), who secured a fan base. 안전놀이터
They did their part by playing an active part in the season team league singles and doubles. Cooperative play with colleagues creates a synergistic effect. However, in the highly tense individual exhibition tour, he could not properly demonstrate his skills due to variables such as the game method and match luck. A last-minute chase is desperately needed in this Crown Haitai Cup.
Kang Ji-eun has to make it to the round of 16 at the Crown Haitai Cup to look forward to advancing to the World Championship. Choi Hye-mi and Seo Han-sol also have to finish at the quarterfinals or higher as a last-minute referee. I was faced with a difficult task.
Commentator Kim Hyun-seok said, “In the women’s division, from the round of 128 to the round of 32, there is tremendous psychological pressure in the survival game, and the overall average of the players has increased, and the competition has become fierce. The era of a particular player soloing is over. We have to overcome it with constant effort,” he said.