Changwon LG Sakers are a basketball team located in the city of
Changwon
Changwon () is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, on the southeast coast of South Korea. With a population of 1.07 million , Changwon is South Korea's ninth-most populous city.
A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south ...
in
South Gyeongsang Province
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World ...
, South Korea. They play in the
Korean Basketball League
The Korean Basketball League (KBL; ) is a professional men's basketball league in South Korea which was established in 1997. The league consists of ten teams and each team plays a total of 54 games (27 home and 27 away) in the regular season.
H ...
, and their home arena is Changwon Gymnasium which has a capacity for approximately 6,000 people. The team's main sponsor is
LG Electronics
LG Electronics Inc. () is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics is a part of LG Corporation, the fourth largest '' chaebol'' in South Korea, and often considered a ...
which has its offices in Changwon.
The professional team was established in 1997 and was named Gyeongnam LG Sakers. The name was changed to the Changwon LG Sakers after the first season.
LG Sakers has yet to win a KBL championship. The closest they came was in the 2000–01 season, when they finished as runners-up, losing to
Suwon Samsung Thunders in the finals.
Current roster
Enlisted players
Season by season
Honours
Domestic
Korean Basketball League
*
KBL Championship
:: Runners-up:
2000–01,
2013–14
*KBL Regular Season
:: Winners:
2013–14
:: Runners-up:
1997–98,
2000–01,
2002–03,
2006–07
:: Third place:
2018–19
Cup
*KBL Pro-Am
:: Runners-up: 2016
Continental
*
ABA Club Championship
The ABA Club Championship was an Asian basketball tournament for professional clubs, organised by the Asian Basketball Association (ABA) under Dr. Carl Men Ky Ching. The ABA is not to be confused with FIBA Asia which Dr. Ching had also once preside ...
:: Winners: 2012, 2013
References
External links
Official website
Sports teams in South Gyeongsang Province
Sport in Changwon
Basketball teams established in 1994
LG Sports
Basketball teams in South Korea
Korean Basketball League teams
1994 establishments in South Korea
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