Men's Professional Basketball Opens October 3
Jul 14, 2025
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Men's professional basketball will open on October 3rd.
KBL has confirmed and announced its professional basketball schedule for the 2025-2026 season. It will open on October 3 and end on April 8 next year after a six-month long journey.
A total of 270 games, 54 games per team, will be played during the regular season. In principle, 11 games per week were assigned, one game each on weekdays and three games each on weekends. Compared to last season, the number of games per week has decreased from 13 to 11, increasing the interval between the club's game days, and the opening day has been moved up by about two weeks. The game hours are 7 p.m. on weekdays and 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekends.
The official opening game of the season will be held at 2 p.m. on October 3 at Changwon Gymnasium with a rematch between Changwon LG and Seoul SK, who faced each other in the championship match last season. On the same day, Seoul Samsung and Busan KCC will face off at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium at 2 p.m., and Ulsan Hyundai Mobis and Wonju DB will play their first match at Ulsan Dongcheon Gymnasium at 4:30 p.m.
The 'Basketball Spirit' to welcome the new year on the basketball court will be held at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan. Busan KCC and Wonju DB will face off at 10 p.m. on December 31. The two teams faced each other three years ago in the 2022-2023 season in basketball spirit, and the home team DB beat KCC 102-90.
Meanwhile, starting this season, the KBL Cup will be abolished and exhibition games will be introduced. Under the name of OPEN MATCH DAY, each team will play two games before the opening of the 2025-2026 season. It will be held over the weekend for two weeks from September 20th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
