2021 SBO Celebrity Baseball Tournament Opens on the 14th

2020 Goyang-Hanstar SBO League Champion Team Crusaders
[Photo by Hanstar Media]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Joo-hee]The Korea Celebrity Baseball Association (SBO, President Jeong Cheon-sik) is hosting the '2021 SBO Celebrity Baseball Tournament,' organized by SBO and Hanstar Media, which will be held from the 14th to the 28th at the Nonghyup University Baseball Stadium in Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Sports Council, a total of 12 teams will participate in this tournament. Starting with the opening game between Cheonhamujeok and Stars at 1 PM on the 14th, a total of 11 games will be played until the final match at 3 PM on the 28th.

The 12 teams participating in the tournament, which will be conducted in a knockout format, include last year's champions Crusaders (Manager Lim Ho), runners-up Bromance (Coach Song Ho-beom), Jomajoma (Coach Seo Ji-seok), BMB (Coach Jang Cheol-han), Lava (Coach Jang Hyun-su), Gongnoriya (Manager Hong Seo-beom), Intermission (Manager Oh Man-seok), Cheonhamujeok (Manager Kim Chang-yeol), Albatross (Coach Jo Young-bo), Stars (Manager Lee Hwi-jae), Old Bros (Manager Kim Tae-gyun), and Grand Slam (Coach Park Jae-jung).

This tournament will be held in compliance with COVID-19 prevention guidelines, including the first temperature check at the main gate of Nonghyup University Baseball Stadium, followed by a second temperature check and visitor record maintenance at the stadium entrance. Participating players are limited to those who have completed COVID-19 vaccination, and unvaccinated players can only participate if they present a negative PCR test result within 48 hours.

The tournament will be broadcast live in real-time through YouTube channels Hanstar TV, Naver Sports Hanstar TV, and Choi Ban-jang TV.

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