Korean Basketball League

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Korean Basketball League (KBL)
Korean Basketball League logo.png
SportBasketball
Founded1997
Inaugural season1997
No. of teams10
CountrySouth Korea
ContinentFIBA Asia
Most recent
champion(s)		Anyang KGC
(3rd title)
Most titlesUlsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus (7 titles)
Level on pyramid1
Official websiteKBL.or.kr

The Korean Basketball League (KBL; Korean: 한국프로농구) is a professional men's basketball league in South Korea established in 1997. The season starts in October and ends in April or May the following year. The KBL consists of ten teams. Each team plays 54 games (27 home games and 27 away games) and is only allowed to have two foreign players.

Current clubs[]

Locations of the Korean Basketball League teams
Team City Arena Capacity Founded Joined
Anyang KGC Anyang Anyang Gymnasium 6,690 1992 1997
Changwon LG Sakers Changwon Changwon Gymnasium 6,000 1994 1997
Daegu KOGAS Pegasus Daegu Daegu Gymnasium 3,867 1994 1997
Goyang Orion Orions Goyang Goyang Gymnasium 6,216 1995 1997
Jeonju KCC Egis Jeonju Jeonju Gymnasium 4,730 1977 1997
Seoul Samsung Thunders Seoul Jamsil Arena 11,069 1978 1997
Seoul SK Knights Seoul Jamsil Students' Gymnasium 6,229 1997
Suwon KT Sonicboom Suwon Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena 4,036 1997
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus Ulsan Dongchun Gymnasium 5,831 1986 1997
Wonju DB Promy Wonju Wonju Gymnasium 4,600 1996 1997

Results[]

Finals[]

Year Champions Result Runners-up Playoffs MVP
1997 Busan Kia Enterprise 4–1 Wonju Naray Blue Bird Kang Dong-hee (Kia)
1997–98 Daejeon Hyundai Dynat 4–3 Busan Kia Enterprise Hur Jae (Kia)
1998–99 Daejeon Hyundai Dynat 4–1 Busan Kia Enterprise (Hyundai)
1999–2000 Cheongju SK Knights 4–2 Daejeon Hyundai Gullivers Seo Jang-hoon (SK)
2000–01 Suwon Samsung Thunders 4–1 Changwon LG Sakers Joo Hee-jung (Samsung)
2001–02 Daegu Tongyang Orions 4–3 Seoul SK Knights (Tongyang)
2002–03 Wonju TG Xers 4–2 Daegu Tongyang Orions (TG)
2003–04 Jeonju KCC Egis 4–3 Wonju TG Sambo Xers Lee Sang-min (KCC)
2004–05 Wonju TG Sambo Xers 4–2 Jeonju KCC Egis Kim Joo-sung (TG Sambo)
2005–06 Seoul Samsung Thunders 4–0 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (Samsung)
2006–07 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus 4–3 Busan KTF Magic Wings Yang Dong-geun (Mobis)
2007–08 Wonju Dongbu Promy 4–1 Seoul Samsung Thunders Kim Joo-sung (Dongbu)
2008–09 Jeonju KCC Egis 4–3 Seoul Samsung Thunders (KCC)
2009–10 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus 4–2 Jeonju KCC Egis (Mobis)
2010–11 Jeonju KCC Egis 4–2 Wonju Dongbu Promy Ha Seung-jin (KCC)
2011–12 Anyang KGC 4–2 Wonju Dongbu Promy Oh Se-keun (KGC)
2012–13 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus 4–0 Seoul SK Knights Yang Dong-geun (Mobis)
2013–14 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus 4–2 Changwon LG Sakers (Mobis)
2014–15 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus 4–0 Wonju Dongbu Promy Yang Dong-geun (Mobis)
2015–16 Goyang Orion Orions 4–2 Jeonju KCC Egis Lee Seung-hyun (Orion)
2016–17 Anyang KGC 4–2 Seoul Samsung Thunders Oh Se-keun (KGC)
2017–18 Seoul SK Knights 4–2 Wonju DB Promy Terrico White (SK)
2018–19 Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 4–1 Incheon Electroland Elephants (Mobis)
2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Anyang KGC 4–0 Jeonju KCC Egis Jared Sullinger (KGC)

Titles by club[]

Club Titles Runners-up Winning Seasons Runner-up Seasons
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
7
3
 1997, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19 1997–98, 1998–99, 2005–06
Jeonju KCC Egis
5
5
 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2010–11 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2020–21
Wonju DB Promy
3
6
 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08 1997, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2017–18
Anyang KGC
3
0
 2011–12, 2016–17, 2020–21 —
Seoul Samsung Thunders
2
3
 2000–01, 2005–06 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17
Seoul SK Knights
2
2
 1999–2000, 2017–18 2001–02, 2012–13
Goyang Orion Orions
2
1
 2001–02, 2015–16 2002–03
Changwon LG Sakers
0
2
 — 2000–01, 2013–14
Suwon KT Sonicboom
0
1
 — 2006–07
Daegu KOGAS Pegasus
0
1
 — 2018–19

Prize money[]

  • Champions (Finals winners)
    • KRW 100,000,000 + Trophy (1997–present)
  • Runners-up (Finals losers)
    • KRW 50,000,000 (1997–present)
  • Regular Season 1st place
    • KRW 50,000,000 + Trophy (1997–2005)
    • KRW 100,000,000 + Trophy (2005–present)
  • Regular Season 2nd place
    • KRW 30,000,000 (1997–2005)
    • KRW 50,000,000 (2005–present)
  • Regular Season 3rd place
    • KRW 20,000,000 (1997–2005)
    • KRW 30,000,000 (2005–present)

Individual achievements[]

MVP[]

Top scorer[]

Year Player Team Points per game
1997 United States Wonju Naray Blue Bird 32.3[3]
1997–98 United States Anyang SBS Stars 30.6[4]
1998–99 United States Changwon LG Sakers 29.9[5]
1999–2000 United States Gwangju Goldbank Clickers 27.7[6]
2000–01 United States Anyang SBS Stars 33.4[7]
2001–02 United States (2) Yeosu Korea Tender Prumi 28.3[6]
2002–03 United States Virgin Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Seoul SK Knights 27.4[8]
2003–04 Cameroon Canada Charles Minlend Jeonju KCC Egis 27.1[9]
2004–05 United States Nate Johnson Daegu Orions 28.7[10]
2005–06 United States Dontae' Jones Anyang KT&G Kites 29.2[11]
2006–07 United States Pete Mickeal Daegu Orions 35.1[12]
2007–08 United States Terrence Shannon Incheon ET Land Black Slamer 27.2[13]
2008–09 United States Seoul Samsung Thunders 27.5[14]
2009–10 United States Changwon LG Sakers 21.9[15]
2010–11 United States Seoul Samsung Thunders 23.1[16]
2011–12 United States (2) Changwon LG Sakers 27.6[16]
2012–13 United States Busan KT Sonicboom 19.7[17]
2013–14 United States Tyler Wilkerson Jeonju KCC Egis 21.5[18]
2014–15 United States Davon Jefferson Changwon LG Sakers 21.3[19]
2015–16 United States Andre Emmett Jeonju KCC Egis 26.2[20]
2016–17 United States Andre Emmett (2) Jeonju KCC Egis 28.8[21]
2017–18 United States David Simon Anyang KGC 26.1[22]
2018–19 Central African Republic James Mays Changwon LG Sakers 26.6[23]

See also[]

References[]

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