Overcoming the KBO League World Cup, the most crowded key ever AG AG: Sports Donga

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The KBO league defies the biggest crowd record of the year in World Cup. The key is to win gold medals at the Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang in 2018.

The KBO league recorded 5,154,159 spectators in 441 games in the first half of this year.

The KBO league was heavily influenced by the box office in the years of major international sporting events, including the Olympics and the World Cup, in the last half of the first half of the year. year. This year, however, the Russian World Cup game was mostly played late at night or early in the morning, and there were few restrictions on mobilizing the crowd. The Doosan Marketing Director said on Jan. 18: "There was a canceled match due to the rainy season during the World Cup, and the crowd was reduced due to bad weather, but it did not work. there was no big impact. " The ratings of the shows were also outside the scope of the World Cup. "Given the speed of the first half, we expect to record up to 8 million viewers for the third consecutive year and record the highest number of viewers," KBO said. 19659003] Last year, the KBO League mobilized 494,494 spectators in 425 games in the first half. That was an average of 16,353 per game.

In 2017, the KBO league was the record 840 868 spectators for a total of 720 games, the average of the first half being 11 887 spectators. The key to the box office record in the second half of this year is the ranking bout of traditional popular teams such as Lotte and KIA, and the Asian Games gold medal.

However, if the AG does not win the gold medal, the overall attractiveness of the league is likely to be high.

The KBO League will stop the league by participating in the Asian Games from August 17 to September 3. The league will resume Sept. 4 and, if she wins the gold medal at the AG, she will play an important role in the box office competition with the ranking competition of last season.

A total of 10 countries participate in this baseball. Korea will play in Group B and play their first game against Taiwan on August 26th. Four years ago, in Incheon, Taiwan, 13 foreign players, including Japan and the US minor league, participated in the event. However, there are only two foreign players participating in this AGM. One of them is likely to play for the Korean War in the NC Wei Wei

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