Shin Seong vs. Expectations, a big match! Kim Young-won Jeon Jae-hyung will face off in the round of 128 PBA at the Huons Championship

Shin Seong vs. Expectations, a big match! Kim Young-won Jeon Jae-hyung will face off in the round of 128 PBA at the Huons Championship
Huons PBA-LPBA Championship. Courtesy of PBA



'Shin Sung' Kim Young-won (Harim, 18) and 'Expecting Ju' Jeon Jae-hyung (26) will face off in the round of 128 PBA.

The Professional Basketball Association (PBA, President Youngsoo Kim) announced the 6th Tour of the 2025-2026 season of the Professional Basketball Association 'Huons PBA-LPBA Championship'. The Huons Championship will be held from the 20th to the 28th at 'Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium'.

According to the announced match table, a showdown between 'Shin Sung'Kim Young-won and 'Expecting Joo' Jeon Jae-hyung was held in the round of 128 PBA. Kim Young-won, who won one championship and one runner-up last season and became the PBA's representative young gun, has his best record of the round of 16 in the fourth tour (SY Verite Homme Championship) this season.




Shin Seong vs. Expectations, a big match! Kim Young-won Jeon Jae-hyung will face off in the round of 128 PBA at the Huons Championship
Kim Young-won. Photo courtesy =PBA
Kim Young-won's opponent, Jeon Jae-hyung of the Dream Tour (division 2), will participate in this tournament as a wild card. Jeon Jae-hyung advanced to the quarterfinals twice in this season's Dream Tour, and he played as a wild card in the round of 128 of the third tour (NH Nonghyup Card Championship) and made an extraordinary win over Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car). The round of 128 between Kim Young-won and Jeon Jae-hyung will be held at 5 p.m. on the 23rd.

Eddie Leffens (SK Rent-a-Car, Belgium), who won the fifth tour (Crown Haitai Championship Hangawi) and rose to the top of the season rankings, will face Kim Tae-yong, the winner of the second round of the Dream Tour, at 5 p.m. on the 23rd, while Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card), the runner-up of the fifth tour, will face wild card Lee Hee-jin at 11 p.m. on the 22nd. At the same time, Kang Dong-gung will face Kim Bong-cheol, a former team league member.

Shin Seong vs. Expectations, a big match! Kim Young-won Jeon Jae-hyung will face off in the round of 128 PBA at the Huons Championship
Original. Photo courtesy =PBA
"'3 Cushion Next Generation Star' Kim Joon-tae (Harim) will face Lee Kuk-sung at 10 p.m. on the 23rd, and 'Spanish Legend' Daniel Sanchez (Welcome Savings Bank) will face Jeong Chan-guk at the same time. Lee Chung-bok and David Martinez (Spain, Welcome Savings Bank) will face Jin-seop and Kim Ki-won at 12 p.m. on the 23rd, respectively.




Prior to the PBA 128th round, the LPBA PPQ (first qualifying round) will be held on the 20th. At 12:15 p.m., Yong Hyun-ji (Welcome Savings Bank) and Kim Do-kyung will face Jung Soo-hyun and Park Hye-rin, respectively. At 1:30 p.m., Nguyen Hoang Yanni (Vietnam, SY) will face Kim Sung-eun 2, and at 4 p.m., Cho Ye-eun (SK Rent-a-Car) and Jang Ga-yeon will face Lee Ji-yeon 2 and Yang Hye-young, respectively.

The top 32 players in the top 10 tours (excluding the World Championship) including Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) and Thong Piavi (Cambodia, Woori Financial Capital), Cha Yu-ram (Huons), Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card) and Kang Ji-eun (SK Rent-a-Car), who are ranked first and second in the LPBA rankings this season, will come first to the round of 64 as seeds. The LPBA round of 64 will be held at 4:25 p.m. on the 21st, and the LPBA PQ (second qualifying round) will be held at 11 a.m. on the 21st before the LPBA round of 64.

The opening ceremony of the 'Huons PBA-LPBA Championship" will be held at 12:30 p.m. on the 22nd. The LPBA final will be held at 10 p.m. on the 27th and the PBA final at 9 p.m. on the 28th.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.