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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
(Redirected from Korean Baseball League)
This article is about the governing organization. For the top flight league, see KBO League.
Korea Baseball Organization
AbbreviationKBO
FormationDecember 1981
March 1982 (League launched)
TypeSport governing body
Legal statusActive
PurposeManaging the KBO League and KBO Futures League, and governing the professional national team.
HeadquartersGangnam, Seoul, South Korea
Location

Region served

Domestic

Membership

Baseball Federation of Asia,
World Baseball Softball Confederation

Official language

Korean

Commissioner

Chung Un-chan
Websitehttp://eng.koreabaseball.com
Korea Baseball Organization
Hangul

한국야구위원회

Hanja

韓國野球委員會

Revised RomanizationHan-guk Yagu Wiwonhoe
McCune–ReischauerHan'guk Yagu Wiwŏnhoe

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO; Korean: 한국야구위원회) is the governing body for the professional leaguesofbaseballinSouth Korea. The KBO was founded in 1981 and has governed two leagues: the KBO League (Korean: KBO 리그) and KBO Futures League (Korean: KBO 퓨처스리그 (farm league) since 1982.[1][2][3][4][5] It is one of two major baseball governing bodies; the other is the Korea Baseball Association (Korean: 대한야구협회), which is the governing body for amateur baseball competitions.[6][7][8][9]

The KBO is a member of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), and is responsible for the national baseball team for the World Baseball Classic and Asia Series.[10][11] National team participation in other competitions is governed by the Korea Baseball Association.[12]

Awards[edit]

See Baseball awards#South Korea

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Samsung Lions Pro-Baseball Team Archived 2010-09-17 at the Wayback Machine. Samsunglions.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
  • ^ 두산베어스닷컴입니다 Archived 2010-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Doosanbears.com (1982-01-15). Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
  • ^ "프로야구 '밑거름' 2군리그, 시즌 일정 확정". Joynews.inews24.com. 2010-02-22. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  • ^ 퓨처스2군리그, 매주1회 중계 실시 OSEN Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Osen.mt.co.kr. Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
  • ^ osen.co.kr http://osen.co.kr/news/Sports_View.asp?gisano=G1004020122. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • ^ "Korea Baseball Association announces new President". February 12, 2009. Archived from the original on 18 Dec 2013. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  • ^ "News Article". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  • ^ Korea and Baseball . Koreatimes.co.kr (2009-03-25). Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
  • ^ 아마 야구대회에 프로심판도 출장 가능 - 노컷뉴스. Cbs.co.kr. Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
  • ^ Schwarz, Alan. (2009-03-20) Japan Defeats Korea, Setting Semifinal Games. NYTimes.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
  • ^ National Team Full of Aging Stars . Koreatimes.co.kr (2007-05-28). Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
  • ^ "Korea release 24-man Olympic Qualifier Roster | Olympic Baseball Blog". Olympicbaseball.com. 2008-03-05. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  • ^ See also: Chinese Professional Baseball League MVP of the Year Award and Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award.
  • ^ See also: Chinese Professional Baseball League Rookie of the Year Award and Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award.
  • ^ See also: Nippon Professional Baseball Mitsui Golden Glove Award and Major League Baseball Gold Glove Award.
  • ^ See also: Major League Baseball World Series MVP Award.

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