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Gangneung City was selected as a result of the final contest of Gangwon FC in 2026.
Gangwon FC received the ‘Gangwon FC Home Games in 2026’ for Chuncheon -si and Gangneung -si, Gangwon Special Self -Governing Province from July 22 (Tue) to August 5 (Tue). Only one municipality was applied for the relevant period, and the reconstruction was performed until 3 pm on August 12 (Tue) on August 12 (Tue).
As a result of the re -opening, Gangneung -si applied alone. As a result, the K -League and Korea Cup match of Gangwon FC will be held in Gangneung in 2026. Chuncheon did not apply.
The controversial remarks of Kim Byung -ji, CEO of Gangwon FC, are not participating in the contest. Kim said at a press conference on April 17, saying, “If you don’t have an ACL intention to hold the K -League next year, you will have to doubt that you will be willing to hold the AFC Champions League in Chuncheon. “We may not hold professional football in Chuncheon since 2026,” he said, comparing the income from Chuncheon and other regions to destroy Chuncheon’s achievements.
The conflict between Kim and Chuncheon reached its peak in Chuncheon’s home game on May 3. Gangwon FC restricted the entrance of the stadium of Chuncheon Mayor and city officials because it did not immediately demolish the banner calling for Kim’s resignation. Chuncheon -si responded by defining it as “a clear insult of Chuncheon citizens.” Chuncheon City has expressed its position that the club itself, in which the club leads the competition among local governments, will undermine the publicity of the Domin -gu.
The Gangwon FC Board of Directors turned the responsibility of conflict in Chuncheon through a statement. The board of directors said, “Kim has requested a meeting with Chuncheon Mayor several times, but Chuncheon has not accepted it. The owner of the owner Kim Jin -tae has already apologized, and he said he would accept Chuncheon Mayor. “We conducted the same way in 2022, and Chuncheon City also participated without objection.”
The contest was a procedure to determine the order of holding in the first and second half of the year. The competition was the same as three years ago. Gangwon FC has been qualified for the home game in 2023 ~ 2025 season in 2022, and the number of desired competitions and support funds per game was the same as this contest.
Kangwon FC applied a single item of ‘hosting subsidies’ as an evaluation criteria. The same standards and conditions were provided to all local governments, and the results were confirmed according to the submitted application. Gangneung City will hold a game before next year with 80 million won per game as the same as the last three years. As the application was made only in one place, the distribution was destroyed.
If the requirements or prerequisites of certain local governments are reflected in the competition process, the equity and objectivity of the evaluation may be inhibited. Gangwon FC has maintained a transparent procedure according to a single standard to prevent this.
In the 2022 contest, only one local government applied for the deadline.
However, if these exceptional measures are repeatedly applied to local governments that have not fulfilled the application procedure, there may be disadvantages in the local governments that have faithfully participated in the competition. In this regard, Gangwon FC will hold home games next year in Gangneung -si, according to the results of the competition without further discussion.
Gangwon FC has been doing its best to provide more than the support city. In fact, the host city has more than a subsidy. According to data surveyed by the Korea Professional Football Federation, Chuncheon City recorded a sponsorship media advertising effect of 77.576 million won last year.
Written by Lim Ki -hwan (lkh3234@soccerbest11.co.kr)
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