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The highlight of differently-abled sports, the 2018 KBLW wheelchair basketball league season begins!

The 2018 KWBL wheelchair basketball league was held on September 7th at Jangchung Gymnasium. The 2018 KWBL wheelchair basketball league, which is the highlight of differently-abled sports and a sport that is filled with passion, had its opening ceremony at 2PM on September 7th at the Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium and announced the start of its 4-month journey.

The 1st round began with an opening match between the home team Seoul City Hall team and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province at Jangchung Gymnasium. In this opening match, Seoul City exploded with 9 3-point shots creating an amazing upset victory in the wheelchair league with a 69-40 win over Jeju Special Self-Governing Province who are considered the ‘strongest’ with 3 consecutive championships since the start of the league till last year. Seoul City Hall had a convincing lead of 50-24 in the first half portending an upset victory before being pursued in the 3rd quarter to 57-40, but widened the lead in the 4th quarter to conclude the opening match in style with a 20 point win over the strong Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.

The KWBL wheelchair league was the first to be launched in Asia in 2015 and is in its 4 year this year. In this season, 5 teams including Seoul City Hall, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall, Goyang Holt, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and Suwon Mugunghwa Electronics will tour the regions of Seoul, Goyang, Namyangju, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and West Suwon in 3 rounds for a total of 30 matches with 12 matches per team. After this, the number 1 and 2 ranking teams in the regular league will go head-to-head in a championship match(first to 3 wins in a 5 game match) to determine the championship team from December 14th to the 16th at Jeju Halla Gynmasium.

We expect a good result for the Seoul City Hall team, who are showing continued victory, such as consecutively winning the Korea Post President Cup and the Jeju Island Governor Cup in June, in this league through great skill and teamwork. We look forward to your heated applause and support!