Weakness → The best in one round, the secret is the amazing reason for the amazing transformation of Teamwork Crown Haitai
Nov 26, 2025
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Crown Haitai won the fourth round of the 'Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2025-2026" held for 9 days at the"Koyang KINTEX PBA Stadium" in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do from the 16th to the 24th. This was Crown Haitai's second PBA team league victory in about two years after winning the fourth round of the 2023-2024 season.
However, Crown Haitai's victory is reminiscent of the story of Cinderella. This is because the weakest team, which no one was wary of, transformed into the strongest in the league in just one round and knocked down its competitors like Chupung Nak-yeop.
Crown Haitai has lost nine consecutive games without winning a single game in the last three rounds. This was the highest losing streak in the history of the PBA team league. It was a time when Crown Haitai could be called the `League's weakest.'
However, in the fourth round, Crown Haitai appeared completely different. This is because he transformed from the weakest to the strongest in the league in an instant, just like the main character of a martial arts novel whose inner skills soared with smoke. Crown Haitai beat SK Rent-a-Car (5-4, 18 points) and kissed the trophy with 7 wins and 2 losses (19 points) in the fourth round. Crown Haitai is the first team to win the next round immediately in the previous round.
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Crown Haitai won the title by far, with David Martinez at the heart of Spain. Martinez went 11-4 in the fourth round (7-2 singles, 4-2 doubles). He led the team to victory by playing the leading role in the first set (men's doubles) and the ace in the third set (men's singles). The tournament's average also reached a whopping 2.705.
In addition to Martinez, Crown Haitai was able to win the title as Korean players, who were sluggish in the third round, performed well, with Baek Min-joo winning 10-5 (2 singles, 8 doubles, 5 doubles), and Kim Jae-geun winning 10-6 (4 singles, 4 doubles, 6-2 doubles).
Crown Haitai leader Kim Jae-geun cited the reason for his players' performance as 'communication'.
At the winning press conference, Kim Jae-geun said, `I tried to build only good teamwork in the fourth round. In the third round, there was a lot of lack of communication with the players. To overcome the problem, I talked with the players every day" "We had time to recap after the game, starting with everyday conversations. I went to accommodation, hotel lobby, and cafe and talked together every time. The game order was also made together while exchanging opinions with the players, he said.
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On the other hand, foreign players showed outstanding performances in the fourth round. Martinez, the MVP of the fourth round, and Eddie Leffens led the team in the second place SK Rent-A-Car. During the fourth round, the refusals posted 12 wins and 6 losses (7 wins and 2 losses in singles, 5 wins and 4 losses in doubles) and Aberge 2.130 losses. If SK Rent-A-Car won the championship, the MVP was said to be a refus.
Woori Financial Capital, ranked third in the fourth round, showed tremendous performance by `Cambodia Express'Slong Fiancé. In the fourth round, Thong had a record of 11–2 (four singles, 7–2 doubles) to match the express of Aberge 2.118. In particular, in the sixth set (women's singles) against Hana Card, he was the number one contributor to leading Woori Financial Capital to third place (5 wins, 4 losses, 16 points) in the fourth round, achieving a perfect Q (all scores in one inning) against Kim Ga-young.
In addition, Semi-Signer (Turkiye) of Welcome Savings Bank and Rupee Chenette (Turkiye) of High1 Resort also played the role of ace of the team. Signer played 11 wins and 7 losses (5 wins and 4 losses in singles, 6 wins and 3 losses in doubles) Aberdeen 2.318 and Chenette also played 11 wins and 7 losses (5 wins and 4 losses in singles, 6 wins and 3 losses in doubles) Aberdeen 1.828.
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In the PBA team league, the winners of each regular round advance to the postseason, and if the winning team overlaps, the next-ranked team advances to the postseason based on the overall regular league ranking.
So far, a total of four teams have booked for the postseason, including Hana Card, Welcome Savings Bank, and SK Rent-A-Car, and Crown Haitai. However, they also have yet to let go of their tension. In the PBA team league, the top-ranked team out of the five teams advancing to the postseason is aiming to go straight to the championship game.
Hana Card ranks first overall as of the end of the fourth round. Hana Card had 70 points (24 wins and 12 losses) until the fourth round. Following this, SK Rent-A-Car (23-13, 69, points) is chasing under the chin by one point. Welcome Savings Bank can also enter the overall ranking competition with 21 wins and 15 losses (62 points). Crown Haitai is too wide to compete in the overall ranking with the winning team, which is virtually ahead with 49 points (16 wins and 20 losses).
In addition, although there is no round win, High1 Resort (16-20 points, 53 points), Woori Financial Capital (17-15, 51 points), and Harim (19-17, 50 points) are also within the range. If the winning team occurs in the previous round, the last ticket of the postseason goes to the second-ranked team in the overall regular league.
Now, the fifth round is expected to be more intense as the overall ranking can be reversed as a result of one game. The fifth round of the team league will resume in January next year. In the meantime, PBA will hold its eighth tour of the season, the Harim PBA-LPBA Championship', at Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, from the 29th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
