Making New History in Busan's Embrace... Busan KCC Egis Basketball Team Wins Championship!

Busan KCC Emerges as the Strongest in the '2023-2024 KBL Championship Finals'

First Busan Professional Sports Team Victory in 27 Years of the 21st Century

Mayor Park Hyung-jun, "Committed to Making Busan a City Where People Want to Live Agai

Busan City announced that the ‘Busan KCC Egis professional basketball team,’ a professional team with roots in Busan, won the ‘2023-2024 KBL Championship Finals’ in their first year after relocating to Busan, marking the first time in the 21st century and the first time in 27 years that a Busan-based professional sports team has won a championship.

Busan KCC Egis Basketball Team Championship.

‘Busan KCC’ defeated Suwon KT Sonicboom 4-1 in the championship finals to claim the ultimate victory, winning the championship for the first time in 13 years since the 2010-2011 season and securing their 6th overall title.

Despite struggling in the regular season due to injuries and poor performance of key players as well as military enlistment absences, finishing in 5th place, they showed formidable strength in the playoffs befitting their reputation as a ‘star-studded team.’

Entering the playoffs as the 5th seed, they swept Seoul SK 3-0 in the quarterfinals and defeated the regular season 1st place team Wonju DB 3-1 in the semifinals, advancing to the championship finals with unstoppable momentum.

Under the leadership of the charismatic head coach Jeon Chang-jin, a star-studded lineup including Heo Ung, Choi Jun-yong, Ra Gun-ah, Song Kyo-chang, and Lee Seung-hyun united to become the first 5th place regular season team ever to reach the finals and achieve a championship victory in their first year based in Busan.

In particular, the championship finals matchup against the KT team, which had relocated from Busan to Suwon in 2021, drew great interest from basketball fans.

The clash between former and current Busan-based teams, as well as the highly anticipated duel between basketball legend Heo Jae’s two sons, Heo Ung and Heo Hoon, created various points of interest, leading to sold-out games and sparking a new ‘basketball boom’ in Busan.

The city held a grand welcoming event including a relocation agreement ceremony for the ‘KCC basketball team’ that moved its base, and spared no support by fully renovating their home arena, Sajik Gymnasium.

Park Hyung-joon, the mayor known as a ‘basketball maniac,’ attended three games in person, all of which resulted in victories, earning him the nickname ‘Victory Fairy’ among KCC fans.

On the 5th, Mayor Park attended the 5th game of the championship finals held in Suwon for the fourth time, passionately cheering ‘Fly, Busan KCC!’ and showing enthusiastic support for KCC on site once again.

True to their reputation, ‘Busan KCC’ won decisively against Suwon KT Sonicboom with a score of 88-70, securing the final championship and extending Mayor Park’s ‘Victory Fairy’ streak into the next season.

Additionally, Mayor Park fulfilled his promise made immediately after the championship victory on site, saying, “If KCC wins the championship, I will dance,” celebrating the ‘Busan KCC’ victory together with everyone.

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun, who promised on-site right after the game victory, "I will dance if KCC wins."

Mayor Park Hyung-joon stated, “In the first year after relocating to Busan, the ‘KCC Egis basketball team’ made new history by delivering a professional sports championship trophy to the citizens of Busan for the first time in 27 years,” adding, “Our city will continue to strive for the development of sports within the region through various sports policies and work harder to make Busan a city where citizens feel pride and want to live again.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.