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{{#if:한국야구위원회| {{#switch: |n |north |dprk |nk=<tr><th style="background: #ccf; border-bottom: 1px solid border-top:1px solid; color:" colspan="2" align="center" width="250"> Korean Baseball Organization </th> </tr>

<tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">McCune-Reischauer:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">Hanguk Yagu Wiwŏnhoe</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Revised Romanization:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">Hanguk Yagu Wiwonhoe</td></tr>

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한국야구위원회

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The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) of South Korea is the country's professional baseball league and was founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has eight. The teams are named after the companies or conglomerates which they belong to, but are sometimes called by their respective home cities.

The first game was played on March 27, 1982 between Samsung Lions and MBC Blue Dragons (LG Twins) in Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul. Then-President Chun Doo-hwan threw the first pitch .

To date, founder members the Kia Tigers (formerly the Haitai Tigers) have won 9 of the 22 national championships.

Most team players are Korean, but each team has some foreigners, including Americans, Dominicans and Cubans.

[edit] Current teams

• Doosan Bears - Seoul
• Hanhwa Eagles - Daejeon
• Hyundai Unicorns - Suwon
• Kia Tigers - Gwangju
• Lotte Giants - Busan
• LG Twins - Seoul
• Samsung Lions - Daegu
• SK Wyverns - Inchon

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Sports in South Korea
• List of players from South Korea in Major League Baseball

[edit] External links

• KBO history page
• BaseballGuru.com

Image:Flag of South Korea.svgKorean Baseball Organization
Doosan Bears (Seoul) | Hanhwa Eagles (Daejeon) | Hyundai Unicorns (Suwon) | Kia Tigers (Gwangju) Lotte Giants (Busan) | LG Twins (Seoul) | Samsung Lions (Daegu) | SK Wyverns (Inchon)

fr:Organisation coréenne de baseball

ko:한국 야구 위원회 ja:韓国野球委員会 zh:韓國棒球委員會