The Little and Elite Elementary Athletes Integrated King of Kings and King of Kings, 2025 Lee Seung-yeop Foundation Invitational Ends in Success
Dec 01, 2025
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Hosted by the Lee Seung-yeop Baseball Scholarship Foundation and co-organized by the Korea Baseball Softball Association and the Korea Little Baseball Federation, the 'Lee Seung-yeop Foundation Invitational" is the only unified king-of-the-world match in Korea where elite teams from elementary schools and little teams gather together.
At the opening ceremony held on the 28th of last month, Chairman Lee Seung-yeop attended and congratulated the second competition, and encouraged the youth players to show their teamwork and sportsmanship to become a healthy competition. Subsequently, the recreation program was held, and elite and Little players participated to unite and strengthen solidarity.
In this year's competition, four representative teams from the Korea Baseball Softball Association, Seokgyo Elementary School (Director Lee Hee-joon), Daegu Chilseong Elementary School (Director Lee Sang-ho), Busan Suyeong Elementary School (Director Kim Sang-hyun), Gwangju Soochang Elementary School (Director Ryu Chang-hee), and four representative teams from the Korea Little Baseball Federation, Incheon Namdong-gu Little (Director Baek Seung-seol), Bucheon Sosa Little (Director Lee Sung-yong), Songpa-gu, Seoul (Director Lee Kyu-hyung), and Gyeryong-si Little (Director Heo Jin-seok) participated in the competition to compete for the strongest youth.
In the final match held at the Daegu Gangbyeon Student Baseball Stadium on the 30th, Seokgyo Elementary School in Chungbuk won the title by beating Little in Namdong-gu, Incheon 7-5. Seokgyo Elementary School in North Chungcheong Province won a trophy and 10 million won worth of baseball supplies, while Seo Jeong-an (Seokgyo Elementary School in North Chungcheong Province) who led Seokgyo Elementary School to the championship won the MVP award, and Lee Hee-joon won the best coach award. The runner-up team, Incheon Namdong-gu Little Baseball Team, was awarded the runner-up trophy and baseball supplies worth 5 million won, and Incheon Namdong-gu Little Baek Seung-seol won the Outstanding Coach Award.
In the 3rd and 4th place match prior to the final, Busan Suyeong Elementary School finished third with a 1-6 victory over Little in Songpa-gu, Seoul. The third-place Busan Suyeongcho was awarded the third-place trophy and baseball supplies worth 3 million won, while the fourth-place Little in Songpa-gu, Seoul, was awarded the fourth-place trophy and baseball supplies worth 2 million won.
The 'Lee Seung-yeop Foundation Invitational' is significant in that elementary school baseball players with the best skills in Korea gathered together to compete soundly with each other and strengthen harmony.
The competition was sponsored by Daegu Metropolitan City, Yeongheung, and Daegu Country Club, and baseball product brand Gold Ball Park, running brand Brooks, and Semyung General Hospital participated as sponsors.
▲ Details of the competition awards
-Winner: Seokgyo Elementary School, Chungbuk
-Runner-up: Little, Namdong-gu, Incheon
-3rd place: Suyeongcho, Busan
-4th place: Little, Songpa-gu, Seoul
-Best Director: Lee Hee-joon (Seokgyo Elementary School, Chungbuk)
-Outstanding Reader's Award: Director Baek Seung-seol (Little, Namdong-gu, Incheon)
-MVP: Seo Jeong-an (Seokgyo Elementary School, Chungbuk)
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
