0.7-second buzzer beater controversy WKBL cleanly admitted. Why is Kang Yi-seul buzzer beater a bad call
Nov 28, 2025
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In an official press release on the 28th, the WKBL admitted to the misjudgment about the objection raised by Shinhan Bank regarding Kang Yi-seul's buzzer beater at the end of the 2025-2026 BNK Women's Professional Basketball Shinhan Bank-KB match held at Dowon Gymnasium in Incheon on the 26th, and held a meeting between the WKBL's game management headquarters and Shinhan Bank officials at the WKBL headquarters located in Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the 28th" he said.
WKBL added that it admitted that there was a misjudgment in the game and made an official apology to the club after comprehensively reviewing the delay in manipulation of the time source and the video reading related to the buzzer beater that occurred in the game on the 26th through an interview with Shinhan Bank.
In order to prevent the same case from being repeated in the future, the government decided to improve detailed regulations related to game operation and records, strengthen training for the referee department and game personnel, and supplement the operation process.
Kang Yi-seul caught the ball with 0.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter against KB-Shinhan Bank on the 26th and made a turnaround jump shot. It was a winning buzzer beater.
Shinhan Bank's coaching staff requested a time check. The video review confirmed that Kang Yi-seul's shot left his hand 0.2 seconds ago, and the referee acknowledged the winning goal.
However, there were two problems. The game time did not work even in the process of Kang Yi-seul taking steps after catching the ball in the air. Second, Kang Yi-seul's shot motion could not physically take place within 0.7 seconds.
Typically, a tap shot that touches the ball only slightly is considered 0.2 seconds, and a tap shot after holding the ball with one hand is considered 0.4 seconds. If you throw a shot immediately after catching the ball, the time limit is 0.8 seconds.
In other words, Kang Yi-seul's buzzer beater was great, but shooting a turn-around jump shot after receiving the pass cannot happen within 0.7 seconds. However, the timing of the time manipulation of the time source was late, and the judges did not apply the usual 'common sense' of basketball to video reading. Naturally, it was a scene that was bound to be controversial among basketball fans, and from Shinhan Bank's point of view, it was a situation that could be sufficiently argued that 'lost 1 win'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
