Chuncheon will finally reject the bid. Gangwon FC home game will be held only in Gangneung next season
Aug 12, 2025
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From the 22nd to 3 p.m. on the 5th of last month, Gangwon FC received an application for hosting the Gangwon FC home game in 2026 for Chuncheon and Gangneung. Only one local government applied during the period, and the contest was held until 3 p.m. on the 12th under the same conditions. As a result of the re-publication, Gangneung City applied alone. Accordingly, all K-League and Korea Cup matches of Gangwon FC in 2026 will be held in Gangneung.
This contest was a procedure to determine the order of hosting, with distributed hosting in the first and second half of the year in principle. The public offering method was the same as it was three years ago. Gangwon FC has offered the number of games it wants and subsidies per game for the 2023-2025 season home games in 2022, and the minimum amount was the same as this contest.
In this contest, Gangwon FC applied a single item of 'hosting subsidy' as an evaluation criterion. The same criteria and conditions were provided to all target local governments, and the results were confirmed according to the submitted application. Gangneung City will host all games next year at 80 million won per game, the same as the previous three years. As the application was made only in one place, the distributed hosting was canceled.
Gangwon FC maintained a transparent procedure based on a single standard as equity and objectivity in evaluation could be hindered if the needs or prerequisites of a specific local government were reflected during the public offering process.
In the 2022 contest, only one local government applied for the deadline, and at that time, matches were held in both cities over the past three years with the mediation of the Gangwon State and the cooperation of the applied local governments. However, if these exceptional measures are repeatedly applied to local governments that have not implemented the application process, there may be disadvantages to local governments that faithfully participated in the contest. Accordingly, Gangwon FC will hold next year's home game in Gangneung City according to the results of the contest without further discussion.
Gangwon FC did its best to give the host city more than a subsidy. In fact, the host city enjoys more than a subsidy to promote it. According to data surveyed by the Korea Professional Football Federation, Chuncheon City recorded a total of 7.75764 billion won in sponsorship media advertising last year. Gangwon FC will continue to make efforts to ensure that the host city enjoys a greater promotional effect.
Gangwon FC has been running for residents since its foundation. "Created with the interest and affection of residents, Gangwon FC has been running for residents." As a team of provincial residents, we will continue to carry out all procedures transparently and fairly and do our best in the given environment for the provincial residents."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
