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South Korea Reveals Asian Games Men’s Basketball Roster with a Twist

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • South Korea announced its 12-player men’s basketball roster for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
  • The team will start the competition with 11 players, with Choi Jun-yong joining from the quarterfinal tournament.
  • The roster includes guards Lee Jung-hyun, Byun Jun-hyung, Moon Yoo-hyun and Yoo Ki-sang, among the players listed.

South Korea’s men’s basketball team will use an unusual roster structure at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: it will begin with 11 players and add Choi Jun-yong when the quarterfinals start.

The Korea Basketball Association announced the final 12-man roster on Sept. 2. The arrangement gives the team one fewer available player during the opening stages before Choi joins the squad for the knockout tournament.

The guards listed include Lee Jung-hyun of Sono, Byun Jun-hyung and Moon Yoo-hyun of Jeong Kwan-jang, and Yoo Ki-sang of LG. The announcement presents the format as a modified 12-player roster for South Korea’s men’s national team.

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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo 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.

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