Doosan Wins Again? New League New Champion?

Doosan wins again? New league new champion?... Handball ‘H League’ opens on the 11th

Total prize money: 300 million won, professional broadcast channel.

Significantly different handball integrated league fanfare.

Are you going to win (Doosan wins anyway) or a new champion in the new league?'

Ahead of the opening of the newly launched H-League, an integrated handball league, other teams began to focus their efforts on Doosan, the 'zero favorite' in the men's division. 먹튀검증가이드

Shinhan SOL Pay 2023-2024 Handball H League Media Day was held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 1st.

The H-League replaces the existing ‘SK Korea League’.

Six men's and eight women's teams that participated in the Korea League will compete in the H-League.

Doosan, the 'absolute top' that won eight consecutive Korea League titles until last season, is considered a strong candidate to become the first champion of the H-League men's division.

However, the head coach of another club raised his voice, saying that Doosan's dominance would end this time.

Baek Won-cheol, coach of Hanam City Hall, said, "I hope the 'Udu' will stop now.

A turnaround is needed.

I hope all teams will go up one step and Doosan will go down two steps."

Managing Director Cho Young-shin said, "It will be difficult for Doosan in this H-League," and added, "Incheon City Corporation's power has been strengthened.

I know that other teams have also prepared a lot to keep Doosan in check.

This league will be full of excitement."

Coach Jeong Kang-wook of last season's Korea League runner-up team, Incheon City Corporation, said, "No team is always first," and added, "We will do our best to win the championship."

Doosan coach Yoon Kyeong-shin easily accepted his competitors’ dissuasive comments.

Coach Yoon expressed his candidacy, saying, “I will put down the title of champion after 8 consecutive losses, and prepare well for the H-League with a new mind to show a great game.”

In the women's division, attention is focused on whether Samcheok City Hall, which won two consecutive Korea League championships last season, will win.

Samcheok City Hall coach Lee Gye-cheong said, “I want to win the new league as well.

I will do my best to become the main character of the league.”

There are many competitors in the women's division trying to prevent Samcheok City Hall from becoming the top team.

Kang Jae-won, coach of the Busan Facilities Corporation, exclaimed, "We have created a young team through rebuilding.

We will play with passion and make good use of foreign players to create an opportunity to advance to the semifinals and finals."

SK Sugar Gliders coach Kim Kyung-jin said, “(Last season), it was disappointing to have an injured player at the end, but this time, we will take good care of the players and challenge for the championship without any injuries until the end.”

The coach of Daegu City Hall, the last-place team last season, drew attention by saying, "The loss is great due to the transfer of the main player," but "I will work hard with one mind and become a 'stingy opponent' for other teams and do my best until the end."

The H-League regular league will begin with the opening match between SK-Busan Facilities Corporation in the women's division and Chungnam Provincial Office-Sangmu in the men's division on the 11th and run for six months until April 21st of next year.

The postseason will then be held from April 23rd to May 2nd.

In the men's division, the playoff (PO) winner of the 3rd and 2nd place in the regular league will play the championship match against the 1st place team.

The women's team will hold a semi-PO for 4th and 3rd place to decide which team will advance to the PO, and after that, the postseason will proceed in the same way as the men's team.

The women's semi-PO and PO are one-off matches, and the men's PO is a best-of-two match with the second-place team having one win.

The championship match is a best-of-three match for both men and women.

Like the existing Korea League, the H-League will initially maintain the framework of an 'unemployment league' in which corporate teams and local government teams compete, but the goal is to gradually transform it into a full-fledged professional league.

Compared to the Korea League, many things change.

First of all, the total prize money increased significantly from 125 million won during the Korea League era to 300 million won.

The first-place team in the regular league will receive 50 million won each, and the winning team in the championship game will each receive 20 million won.

The Korea Handball Federation, which runs the league, has established a subsidiary to manage the marketing of 14 clubs to provide more diverse and unified fan service.

The Handball Federation also plans to integrate and manage paid seat sales, sales of goods such as uniforms for each club, and operation of billboards.

In addition, together with the Korea Professional Football League, we launched MAXPORTS, a TV channel specializing in handball and soccer, and will broadcast live all 169 games this season.