Hana Card crossed the 9th ridge of the championship...Rival SK Rent-A-Car has won 6 consecutive games. PBA Team League 1 Final Day Win = Self-Power Win

Jul 30, 2025

Hana Card's squad is cheering after winning the game against SK Rent-A-Car on the 29th. Photo courtesy =PBA

Pro-Danggu PBA Team League 'Kangho'Hana Card crossed the ninth ridge of the first round. Winning against Huons on the final day will confirm the championship.

Hana Card, the PBA team league champion in the 2023-2024 season, met SK Rent-a-Car 'Defending Champion' in the eighth day of the first round of the 'Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2025-2026' held at the 'Koyang KINTEX PBA Stadium' in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 29th and won the set score 4-1.

As a result, Hana Card, which has achieved six consecutive wins, has overtaken SK Rent-A-Car with six wins and two losses (17 points) to rank No. 1 in the first round. On the other hand, SK Rent-A-Car, which had maintained its lead until the previous day, failed to win points and fell to third place (5 wins, 3 losses, 14 points).

Hana Card, which crossed the ninth ridge of its first-round victory, will win the championship on its own if it wins at 12:30 p.m. on the 30th.

Hana Card has pushed SK Rent-A-Car hard since the beginning of the game. In the first set (men's doubles), Murat Najee Choclu (Turkiye) and Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam) won 11-9 in the third set against Eddie Leffens (Belgium) and Nguyen Nai (Vietnam), while Kim Ga-young and Ayako Sakai (Japan), who took over the baton, overwhelmed Kang Ji-eun and Hida Orie (Japan) with a score of 9-6 (7 innings) in the second set (women's doubles).

Hana Card Murat Najee Choclu is delighted as he sweeps his chest after winning the men's doubles in the first set. Photo courtesy =PBA

In the third set (men's singles), Shin Jung-joo lost 7-15 (5 innings) to Kang Dong-gung, but in the fourth set (mixed doubles), Choklu-Sakai 9-2 (4 innings), and in the fifth set (men's singles) Q.Nguyen beat the refusals 11-4 (3 innings) and finally won the set score 4-1.

Meanwhile, High1 Resort, which beat SY 4-2 on the day to rank second (5-3 losses, 16 points) with five consecutive wins, is aiming for a dramatic come-from-behind victory on the final day. If High1 Resort wins by winning three points against NH Nonghyup Card on the final day, and the leader Hana Card fails to win points or loses in a full set (1 point), High1 Resort can win over Hana Card, which has 19 points and 17 points (18 points in case of a full set loss).

SK Rent-A-Car, which ranks third with five wins and three losses (14 points), and Welcome Savings Bank, which ranks fourth, should hope for a slim chance. As soon as Hana Card and High1 Resort exceed 18 points, the two teams' chances of winning the championship disappear. SK Rent-A-Car and Welcome Savings Bank must weigh the number of cases in the set gain rate with the winning contenders after unconditionally winning three points on the final day.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.