Women's Baseball Association Korea
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The Women's Baseball Association Korea (WBAK; ) is the governing body
for the women's amateur leagues of baseball
in South Korea
. WBAKO was founded in 2007.
Sport governing body
A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...
for the women's amateur leagues of baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. WBAKO was founded in 2007.
Teams
A list of some of the amateur ladies teams under the WBAK:| Team Name (Korean - English) | City | Stadium | Year founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 인천 해머스스톰 - Incheon Hammers Storm | Incheon Incheon The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City... |
2006 | |
| 경기 플라워즈 - Gyeonggi-do Flowers | Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946... |
2008 | |
| 서울 나인빅스 - NineVics | Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
2005 | |
| 대전 레이디스 - Daejeon Ladies | Daejeon Daejeon Daejeon is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis and the provincial capital of Chungnam. Located in the center of the country, Daejeon had a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway. Within the... |
2007 | |
| 전북 JTCR - Jeonbuk Triple Crown Rudolph | Jeonbuk | 2008 | |
| 광주 스윙 이글스 - Gwangju Swing Eagles | Gwangju Gwangju Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister... |
2005 | |
| 부산 빈 - Busan Bin | Busan Busan Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world... |
2004 | |
| 대구 마이티 - Daegu Mighty Royals | Daegu Daegu Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the... |
2005 |
External links
- Women's Baseball Association Korea (WBAK) official website