Side by side to advance to the final for the first time since its foundation

24/24 The team that will advance to the final stage to determine the PBA Team League champions has been decided.

SK Rent-A-Car Direct and Hana Card Hana Pay beat Crown Haitai and NH Nonghyup Card with a set score of 4:1, respectively, in Game 4 of the "Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 23/24 Postseason" playoff held at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 23rd.

As a result, SK Rent-A-Car, the founding member of the team league, which was launched in the 20/21 season, headed to the final for the first time, and Hana Card, who joined the team league from the 22/23 season, also made it to the final stage for the first time.

SK Rent-a-Car, which advanced to the postseason as the third-ranked team in the regular league, beat Crown Haitai with a set score of 4:1 (11:6, 9:4, 11:15, 9:5, 11:4) in Game 4 of the Playoff B to win tickets to the final with a game score of 3:1. In the previous Playoff A, Hana Card won NH Nonghyup Card with a set score of 4:1 (11:5, 9:8, 2:15, 9:0, 11:9) and made it to the final with a game score of 3:1.

In Game 4 of the Playoff B, SK Rent-A-Car won 4:1 against Crown Haitai thanks to the even performance of its team members.

SK Rent-a-Car got off to a fresh start in the first set (men's doubles) as the Refence and Kang Dong-gung defeated Kim Jae-geun and Martinez 11:6 (nine innings). In the first set, the "captain" Kang Dong-gung scored nine points alone to lead the game.

In the second set (mixed doubles), SK Rent-A-Car led by a set score of 2:0 as Kang Ji-eun and Hida defeated Baek Min-ju and Lim Jung-sook with 9:4 (4 innings) in four innings.

SK Rent-A-Car, which gave up the third set (men's singles), won the fourth set (mixed doubles) by Cho Hyun-hwi and Hida with 9:5 (7 innings) against Kim Jae-geun and Baek Min-ju, and made a set score of 3:1.

In the fifth set that followed, Repence scored 10 high-runs to end the game. Repence was dragged to 1:4 until the sixth inning by Oh Tae-joon. However, he steadily accumulated scores in the seventh inning in his offense, made it 9:4, and added two more runs with one bank shot to end the game with 11:4, giving his team a ticket to the final stage.

In the fourth round of the previous playoff A, Hana Card, the winner of the fifth round, beat NH Nonghyup Card 4:1 thanks to two decisive come-from-behind wins, reaching the final for the first time since its foundation. In particular, in the fifth set of the game, the youngest member of the team, Shin Jung-joo, was dragged 2:9 and dramatically won through the "finishing high run 9 points," playing a decisive role in the team's advance to the final.

In this postseason, three of the four teams that won the regular round dropped out. Second-round winner SY was eliminated after losing to Hana Card in the semi-playoff, while fourth-round winner Crown Haitai ended the season in the playoff after losing to SK Rent-A-Car.

In particular, NH Nonghyup Card, which was considered a strong favorite to win the first and third rounds this season, lost to Hana Card in the playoffs, leaving a regret.

On the other hand, SK Rent-A-Car did not win the regular round, but recorded steady performance throughout the season, advancing to the postseason as the third-place player in the regular league and eventually reaching the final stage. 안전놀이터