Improving performance + motivating KBO to hold the Futures League championship match on October 1st
Sep 24, 2025
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The 2025 Futures League championship game was first introduced this season to provide meaningful experiences to players who have few opportunities to play in the first team stage, and to improve their performance and motivate them.
The two semi-finals, which will be held on September 29 (Monday) before the Futures League championship match, will be played in such a way that the No. 1 team in the Northern League will face the No. 2 team in the Southern League and the No. 1 team in the Southern League will face the No. 2 team in the Northern League. It will be held at 13:00 at the home stadiums of the No. 1 teams in the north and south, respectively, and the games will be broadcast on TVING and KBO YouTube. As of the 23rd (Tue), Sangmu is in first place in the southern league and KT is in second place, while Hanwha and LG are fiercely competing for the first place in the northern league.
The championship match, in which the two teams who won the semifinal will face off, will be held at Gocheok Sky Dome at 19:00 on October 1st (Wednesday). The final will be broadcast on TVING, tvN SPORTS and KBO YouTube.
The qualification for the Futures League championship game will be limited to players belonging to the club or foster players with less than 20 days of KBO league registration as of the end of the Futures League regular season, or players who have met the Futures League's regulatory requirements (batters play at least a quarter of the prescribed batting average and pitchers play at least a quarter of the prescribed innings) even if they are registered for more than 20 days.
If the game cannot be decided by the ninth inning, the game will be played from the 10th inning. In addition, video readings will be applied in the championship match, and only suspended rules will be applied if the match is suspended due to rain.
The awards are divided into club categories and individual categories. The winning team will receive 30 million won and the runner-up team will receive 10 million won. 1 million won will be given to the MVP who performed the best in the game, 500,000 won will be given to the pitcher award, the best hitter award, and the best pitcher award, and 1 million won will be awarded to the winning team coach along with the manager award.
The 2025 Futures League championship match will be available from 2 p.m. on the 30th at NOL tickets.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
