Only one trophy was missing: the King of Kings trophy. Hwa Bong-joong has won all the trophies.
The team defeated Jeonju Namjung 68-60 in the boys’ secondary final of the 2024 Korean Basketball Weekend League Wangjoong Wangjeon at the Yanggu-gun Culture and Sports Center in Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, on Wednesday. Unlike other tournaments, Hwabongjoong had never won the Wangjoong Wangjeon before. With this victory, the team broke the streak and collected all the trophies.
After the victory, the team traveled from Yanggu to Ulsan and arrived home after midnight on the 14th. “I want to tell the players that they suffered so much,” said Hwabongjoong coach Kim Hyun-soo. ”We will prepare for the fall tournament again from the 15th after a 14-day break.
Before the tournament, the team was united in their goal to win the Wangjoong Wangjeon. The team was united because the only trophy they didn’t have was the Wangjoong Wangjeon trophy.
Coach Kim Hyun-soo said, “I told the players before the tournament that I wanted them to do well because they hadn’t won the Wangjoong Wangjeon,” adding, “As a local team, we usually lower our training intensity after the boys’ tournament, but this time, we were greedy and increased our training intensity. It’s good that the hard work of the players led to good results,” he said.
He also emphasized that “scoring goals is not the only role of winning a team. From the captain to the youngest player, everyone has a role to play, and I want them to do a good job on and off the court. I had a good feeling that the players were in a good mood and were following along as we prepared for the tournament. Thank you,” he added.
The MVP of the secondary division was Hwabong sophomore Lee Seung-hyun (G, 188 cm), who led the team as a fixer. Many amateur 메이저사이트 basketball teams are centered around third-year players. However, Hwa Bong Joong centered the game around sophomores Lee Seung Hyun and Kim Dong Woo. This was only possible because of the unseen sacrifices and efforts of the third-year players.
“Actually, (Lim) didn’t show what he showed in training and practice matches in the tournament,” said coach Kim Hyun-soo, ”It was a day off after the tournament, and he came to the gym for individual practice. He is the hardest working player. I told him, ‘No matter how good you are in training and practice, it’s useless if you can’t show it in the competition. You need to be more confident. He has a good attitude, so I expect even better things from him in the future.”
“(Seo) Sang-min-yi has just learned basketball. He has a selfless mindset and prioritizes doing the right thing rather than being greedy, so he sometimes passes the ball to his teammates when he has a chance, but he needs to experience that.” ”(Song) Yoo-chan is a player who was worried in the lower grades, but he has found his place well. He’s a player who wants to be good at basketball. The third-year players will also prepare for the rest of the fall tournament because they want to.”
From the captain to the youngest, from the coach to the players. Hwa Bong-joong was the final piece of the puzzle.