LPBA優勝のキム・ガヨンの優勝セレモニー(写真提供:PBA)
<Billiards> Women's Kim Ga-young and men's Cho Jae-ho win the final game of the season ”PBA-LPBA World Championship Championship”
On the 17th, the “Empress of Billiards” appeared at the finals of “SK Rent a Car Jeju Special Self-Governing Province PBA-LPBA Championship Championship 2024” held at Halla Gymnasium in Jeju-do.
Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) won a huge come-from-behind victory over Kim Bomi with a set score of 4-3, and “Superman” Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup) defeated David
After a close, full-set match against ZAPATA (Spain), they won 5-4 and took home the championship cup.
Kim Ga-young, who appeared on the stage of the World Championship Championship final for the fourth time in a row, won in the 2021-22 season.
Since then, he has won his second championship (runner-up twice) for the first time in two seasons, becoming the first player in the PBA-LPBA to win the World Championship Championship twice. At the same time, he also holds the record for the most wins in the LPBA with a total of 7 wins.
Achieved the same record as Pheavy SRUONG (Cambodia). With this, Kim Ga Young will receive a total of 120.05 million won (approx.
3 million yen), he jumped up from 4th place and finished the season in 1st place in the prize money rankings. In addition, the total cumulative prize money is 340.9 million won (approximately 38 million yen), making it the first LPBA to win 300 million won.
He became the first player to break through. In addition, Kim Ga-young recorded an average of 2.444 in her first match against Jang Ga-young in the top 32 of this tournament, the highest average in a single match of the tournament.
Kim Ga-young won the first set of the final, but Kim Bomi took the second, third, and fourth sets to seize the victory. On the other hand, Kim Ga-young lost due to bad luck.
Despite the atmosphere, Kim Bomi, who had one set left until the World Championship title, had a 10-6 lead until the 10th inning of the fifth set, but she blanked the next five innings.
He went around and gave Kim Ga-young a chance. Kim Ga-young took advantage of this opportunity and racked up points in the 12th inning, and in the 16th inning, she recovered from the set with a score of 11-10 and won the series.
The score was 2-3. After that, Kim Ga-young regained her composure and made a huge comeback with a set score of 4-3, winning an impressive victory.
After the match, Kim Ga-young said, ``Of all the tournaments I've won, this feels the most rewarding.Actually, I thought I was going to lose.''
Ta. There wasn't a single thing that could be done properly either offensively or defensively. Kim Bomi was much more resilient and solved problems better than I was," he said. On the other hand, "I have a chance"
``So I decided to not give up and do my best until the end, because I thought it would be embarrassing if I gave up, so I did my best.''
In the PBA final, which is the men's division, Cho Jae-ho won after a close battle in full sets.
They defeated ZAPATA and won the championship for the second time since last season, becoming the first team in the PBA to win two consecutive world championship championships. At the same time, the winner will receive a prize of 200 million won (approximately 22 million yen) this season.
The ranking went from 3rd to 1st (319 million won), finishing in 1st place for the second consecutive season. In addition, he has won 5 times in total, and the cumulative prize money is 822 million won (approximately 92 million yen).
Ta. On the other hand, ZAPATA, the first world champion PO player who won in the first season, made it to the final stage for the first time in two seasons, but had a tough time just before winning.
In the final match, both players showed a heated match. Once Cho Jae-ho won the first set, ZAPATA immediately followed up with the first set, which continued into the full set.
Ta. In the decisive 9th set, Cho Jae-ho widened the gap with 6 points, and after that, he scored 2-5 points without any blank hits, increasing the gap to 13-6. After that, Cho Jae-ho collected the remaining two points.
Cho Jae-ho won the match with a set score of 5-4. After the match, Cho Jae-ho said, ``The first goal I set was to just pass the qualifying rounds, but being able to win like this made me happy.
I'm very happy and grateful. Last season, I gave myself 200 points, but this season I had a bigger burden and I had more great competitors, but I won the World Championship Championship.
I want to win the tournament and score 300 points." After the World Championship Tournament, the final game of the season, the PBA held the Walker Hole at Grand Walker Hill in Seoul on the 19th.
The season will conclude with the ``2023-24 Season Pro Billiards PBA Golden Cue Award Ceremony'' at the venue.
2024/03/18 14:15 KST
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