[WKBL] Samsung Life Insurance, Woori Bank’s’Upset’ championship advance…Rebellion in 20 years

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Samsung Life, the 4th place team in the women’s professional basketball regular league, defeated Asan Woori Bank, the 1st place team, and made a sensation in advancing to the championship match.

This is the second post-season revolt of Korean Women’s Professional Basketball (WKBL), which revived 20 years after Woori Bank, which defeated Shinsegae in the winter season of 2001 and advanced to the championship match.

Samsung Life beat Woori Bank by 64-47 in the 3rd game of the KB Kookmin Bank Liiv M 2020-2021 women’s professional basketball playoff (2 wins in 3 matches) held at the Yi Soon Shin Gymnasium in Asan on the 3rd.

Samsung Life led the team victory with Bae Hye-yoon scoring 16 points and 7 rebounds, the highest score of both teams. He played the role of’hidden MVP’ in advancing to the championship of the championship.

Woori Bank’s Sonia Kim scored the only double-digit score with 13 points (11 rebounds).

Samsung Life, who lost 69-74 in the first game held on the 27th of last month, won 76-72 in the second game on the 1st, turned the series game to the origin, and captured the third game on the same day for two consecutive years in the regular league 1 Against Woori Bank, who took the place, they played a reverse game of 2-1 in the PO, confirming their advancement to the 18th championship after only 2 seasons.

In the 2018-2019 season, Samsung Life was ranked 3rd in the regular league, and after winning the PO, Woori Bank, the second-placed team at the time, won 2-1 and went up to the championship.

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On the other hand, Woori Bank, which has challenged to advance to the 14th championship in three years since the 2017-2018 season, was once again caught by Samsung Life and was frustrated at the threshold of the championship.

It is the second time in history that the fourth-place team in the regular league climbed to the championship after Hanbit Bank (now Woori Bank) in the 2001 Winter League.

Samsung Life Insurance will start the final match against Cheongju KB Stars, the 2nd place team in the regular league, for supremacy in the Champ Match, which will be held in 5 matches and 3 wins starting on the 7th. Game 1 will be held in Yongin from 1:45 pm on the 7th.

[저작권자ⓒ 스포츠W(Sports W). 무단전재-재배포 금지]