WKBL gathers in Busan, the first U-girl international competition in Korea, and 200 participants including Taiwan

Aug 27, 2025

WKBL gathers in Busan, the first U-girl international competition in Korea, and 200 participants including Taiwan
YuGirl's Basketball Club strongest match. Photo courtesy =WKBL



WKBL gathers in Busan, the first U-girl international competition in Korea, and 200 participants including Taiwan


Korea's first U-girl basketball international competition will be held,

The Korean Women's Basketball Federation (WKBL) announced that it will hold '2025 WKBL International Youth Basketball Championship WITH BNK Finance' in Busan from the 28th to the 30th.




The WKBL International Girls' Basketball Championship is a new international competition this year. In the meantime, national competitions such as the U-girl basketball club league and the strongest have been steadily held in Korea, but this time, it has expanded its scope to the international stage.

The WKBL explained that `it has been prepared as a venue for harmony in which young female players perform on a wider stage and strengthen international friendship and exchanges through various programs.' A total of 17 teams from three countries, including Korea, Japan and Taiwan, and more than 200 U-girl players will participate in this competition.

WKBL gathers in Busan, the first U-girl international competition in Korea, and 200 participants including Taiwan
YuGirl's Basketball Club strongest match. Photo courtesy =WKBL
WKBL gathers in Busan, the first U-girl international competition in Korea, and 200 participants including Taiwan
YuGirl's Basketball Club strongest match. Photo courtesy =WKBL
On behalf of Korea, a total of 10 teams, including Starfish, who won the U-12 category, Koo Il-joong, the winner of the U-15 category, and BNK Sum U Girls' Club, Dongshin Elementary School, and Onyang Girls' Middle School, will participate in the WKBL U Girls' Basketball Club held from the 9th to the 10th.

In Japan, four teams, including Okinawa Itoman Minami Elementary School and Fukuoka Kako Club, have confirmed their participation, and in Taiwan, a total of three teams, including Ankong Elementary School, have confirmed their participation.

The game will be divided into two categories, U-15 and U-12, and will be held in group preliminaries, followed by the finals tournament and ranking matches.

The competition will be held at Busan National University Gyeongam Gymnasium on the 28th and 29th, and the final match will be held as a special match prior to the opening of the 'Park Shinja Cup' at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the morning of the 30th.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.