The winner and long hitter also open the NH Nonghyup Card Charity Championship on the third tour of the season, PBA, a rice donation professional team

Aug 05, 2025

The winner and long hitter also open the NH Nonghyup Card Charity Championship on the third tour of the season, PBA, a rice donation professional team
NH Nonghyup Card President Lee Min-kyung (right) hit the 'NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Charity Championship' that opened at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 5th. Cho Jae-ho is giving a one-point lesson. Photo courtesy =PBA



The curtain has risen on the third tour of the Pro-Danggu (PBA) season.

The Professional Basketball Association (PBA, President Youngsoo Kim) held the opening ceremony of the third tour of the 2025-2026 season, the NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Charity Championship, at 12:30 p.m. on the 5th at Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province.

The opening ceremony was attended by PBA President Youngsoo Kim, Vice President Jang Sang-jin, and NH Nonghyup Card President Lee Min-kyung, the title sponsor of the competition. NH Nonghyup Card marked its sixth tour after participating as a professional baseball title sponsor for the first time in the 2020-2021 season.




Through this competition, NH Nonghyup Card will donate rice worth 10 million won each to the Children's Foundation under the name of the winner of the PBA-LPBA. Apart from the prize money (100 million won in PBA, 50 million won in LPBA), this is the first competition to be donated under the name of the winner.

In addition, if he or she scores more than 5 points in the pre-tournament game, 4kg of rice will be donated in the name of the scorer per episode. NH Nonghyup Card decided to increase the amount from 1kg of rice per session to 4kg and donate more ahead of the competition.

The winner and long hitter also open the NH Nonghyup Card Charity Championship on the third tour of the season, PBA, a rice donation professional team
PBA Vice President Jang Sang-jin, Youngsoo Kim Governor, and NH Nonghyup Card President Lee Min-kyung take a commemorative photo after the opening ceremony of the"NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Charity Championship" held at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 5th. Photo courtesy =PBA
NH Nonghyup Card President Lee Min-kyung said at the opening ceremony, `The donation of the event added a meaningful meaning to sharing the glory of victory with the neighbors.' `I hope that it will be a place for a fun festival where everyone who loves billiards can enjoy and share their affection with each other, along with a valuable impression beyond a fierce competition.'




In response, PBA President Youngsoo Kim said in his opening declaration, `We applaud NH Nonghyup Card's decision to contain the value of social responsibility' and emphasized that `This competition will be a special stage where the joy, emotion, and warm heart for society conveyed by billiards' are combined.

'The right living card NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Charity Championship' began in earnest with the opening games of the PBA 128 round held immediately after the opening ceremony, including Kim Hyun-woo (NH Nonghyup Card), Bang Jeong-geuk, Mamin Gum (Vietnam, NH Nonghyup Card) and Jin-seop. The LPBA final will be held at 10 p.m. on the 10th and 9 p.m. on the 11th, with the PBA final at 100 million won in prize money.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.