The Seoul SK Knights ( ko, 서울 SK 나이츠) is a professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club 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.
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. The club was originally founded by
Jinro Group in 1997 as Cheongju Jinro McCass. Before the official launch of the basketball club, Jinro Group filed for bankruptcy due to the
1997 Asian financial crisis, and eventually sold the club to
SK Telecom
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. ( or ) is a South Korean wireless telecommunications operator and former film distributor and is part of the SK Group, one of the country's largest chaebols. It leads the local market with 50.5 percent share as of 2008. ...
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Current roster
Enlisted players
Honours
Domestic
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.
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*KBL Championship
:: Winners (3):
1999–2000,
2017–18, 2021–22
:: Runners-up (2):
2001–02,
2012–13
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*KBL Regular Season
:: Winners (2):
2012–13
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, 2021–22
:: Runners-up (3):
1999–2000,
2001–02,
2017–18
:: Third place (3):
2000–01,
2013–14,
2014–15
Cup
*KBL Cup
:: Winners (1): 2021
:: Runners-up (1): 2020
Continental
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FIBA Asia Champions Cup
:: Third place (1):
2018
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East Asia Super League
The East Asia Super League (Simplified Chinese:东亚超级联赛; Traditional Chinese: 東亞超級聯賽; Korean: 동아시아 슈퍼리그; Japanese: 東アジアスーパーリーグ), abbreviated as EASL, is a basketball league featuring cl ...
:: Runners-up (1):
2019
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References
External links
Seoul SK Knights Official website
Knights
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Sport in Seoul
Korean Basketball League teams
Basketball teams in South Korea
Basketball teams established in 1997
1997 establishments in South Korea
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