I'm going to be on top of the world for the first time in two years Korean Basketball Federation has selected four representatives for the 16th World Junior 3 Cushion Championship

Aug 19, 2025

I'm going to be on top of the world for the first time in two years Korean Basketball Federation has selected four representatives for the 16th World Junior 3 Cushion Championship
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Four national teams participating in the 16th World Junior 3 Cushion Championships have been decided.

The Korean Danggu Federation (Chairman Seo Soo-gil) announced that the final four national team members were selected through the '16th World Junior 3 Cushion Championship National Selection Contest' held at Peribillard in Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do for two days from the 18th to the 19th.

In this selection match, Kim Do-hyun (Sangdong High School) won all three games and ranked first overall with a record of 1.875 in Everidge, confirming his entry into the national team. Kim Do-hyun won the '13th Asian Carom Championship'U223 Cushion category held this year. Son Joon-hyuk (Bucheon Sports Council), Kim Hyun-woo (Chilbo Middle School), and Jung Sang-wook (Seoul Dang-gu Federation) were then named as national team members.




The four internationals will compete in the '16th World Junior 3 Cushion Championship' in Murcia, Spain, from September 26-28.

South Korea has proven its world-class skills by winning five times (2015 Kim Tae-kwan, 2016, 2018 and 2019 Cho Myung-kyu, 2023 Oh Myung-kyu) and two runner-up (2017 Lee Bum-yeol, 2024 Cho Young-yoon) at the World Junior 3 Cushion Championships over the past decade. In this competition, he will regain the top spot again in two years after Oh Myung-kyu in 2023. Attention is focusing on how the four promising three-cushion Jude will perform.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.