DistantNews
Support us
🇰🇷 South Korea /Sports

Men’s 3x3 basketball team wins Prime League event ahead of Asian Games

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement Outcome reported
  • South Korea’s men’s 3x3 national team defeated Black Label Sports 21-15 in the final of the fifth 2026 KBA 3x3 Prime League event in Goyang.
  • The team, made up of Koo Min-kyo, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Joo-young and Lee Dong-geun, has won four of the five tournaments it entered.
  • The victory comes after South Korea won the overall Nations League title in Changzhou and prepares for the Asian Games, which open on September 19.

South Korea’s men’s 3x3 basketball team claimed another domestic title before the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, beating Black Label Sports 21-15 in the final in Goyang.

Koo Min-kyo, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Joo-young and Lee Dong-geun represented the national team at the fifth 2026 Korea Basketball Association 3x3 Prime League tournament. The event took place on courts built at the One Mount event plaza in Goyang on August 29 and 30.

The result extended the team’s strong run in the competition. It won the first, second and third tournaments, did not enter the fourth, and returned to the top in the fifth. The format features three players per team on a half court. A team wins by reaching 21 points within 10 minutes, or by having more points when time expires.

The team also recently won the overall Nations League title in Changzhou, China, from August 10 to 16. With the Asian Games opening on September 19, the players have set a clear target for the next stage: “Our goal is to win the title.”

Our goal is to win the title.

— South Korea men’s 3x3 national teamThe team stated its ambition for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
About this summary

Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog