WKBL rookie draft, a total of 40 people support → After the single league,
(Sports Seoul | Reporter Park Yeon -jun) On the 20th, the WKBL rookie athlete draft held at the Bucheon Indoor Gymnasium on the 20th submitted the application form since the 2007 single league.
As a result of the end of the 2025 ~ 2026 WKBL rookie draft, 40 students were supported, including 26 high school graduates, 10 university graduates, 1 unemployment team, 1 overseas activity, and 2 foreign Koreans.
The 40 draft participants are the largest ever since the 2007-2008 season when WKBL introduced a single league. The previous one was 34 of the 2008 WKBL new players held in 2007.
Among the high school graduates, many of the national team players such as Lee Ga -hyun (Supia Girls’ High School), Choi Ye -won (Samcheonpo Girls’ High School), Flood Hyun -seo (Sangju Girls’ High School), Kim Yeon -jin (Sookmyung Girls’ High School), Kim Yeon -jung (Sookmyung Girls’ High School)
Hwang Hyun -jung (Onyang Girls’ High School) and Woori Bank’s younger brother Jung Chae -ah (Bundang Management High School) were also invited to the 2025 NBA Basketball Global Camp.
The candidates for college graduates were supported by Lee Soo -ha (Busan National University), who won the 41st National University Basketball Tournament Award, and Hwang Chae -yeon (Busan University), who won the first prize at the 2024 University basketball U -League, and Yang Yoo -jeong (Gwangju University), who won the score.
Korean players are also aiming to enter the professional. Gorimi (Korean -Japanese 4), who plays the unemployment stage at Sacheon City Hall, belongs to the unemployment team. Yang Ae -ri played as a Will team in the WKBL 3X3 Triple Jam held in June of this year.
A total of two foreign Korean players were supported by Choi Jaesmine (Calton College) and Won -Ae (Siena Heights University), and Choi Jae -Smin will re -challenge three years after applying for drafts in the 2022-2023 season.
The draft lottery method will be divided into two groups according to the 2024 ~ 2025 season’s regular league rankings and postseason results. The first group, which can be nominated for the first and second place, was classified as Shinhan Bank and Hana Bank last season.
According to the trade of Hana Bank and BNK Sum (Hana Bank Kim Sion ↔ BNK Thumb 2023-2024 draft, 2025 ~ 2026 draft first round priority) Have it.
The remaining four teams, classified as two groups, will be selected for the 3rd to 6th ranks with 50%of KB Stars, 35%of Samsung Life Insurance, 10%of Woori Bank, and 5%of BNK Sum, depending on whether or not they enter the regular league ranking, championship decision. However, Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank’s trade (Shinhan Bank Ganggye -ri ↔ Woori Bank 2025 ~ 2026 draft second round priority), which was held in April of this year, will be exchanged for both teams in the second round.
Meanwhile, the draft will be held at 10 am and the draft will be held at 3:00 pm, and will be broadcast live through YouTube ‘Yeo Agricultural Bee’, Naver Sports, and WKBL integrated applications. duswns0628@sportsseoul.com
