2026 Korean Series
| 2026 Korean Series | ||||||||||
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 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank Korean Series | ||||||||||
| Dates | November 3 – November 11 | |||||||||
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| Umpires | Moon Geun-young, Kim Jeong-guk, Park Jong-cheol, Kim Seong-cheol, Jeon Il-su, Lee Ki-jung, Park Gi-taek | |||||||||
| Broadcast | ||||||||||
| Television | Korea KBS (Game 1 and 4) MBC (Game 2) SBS (Game 3 and 5) SPOTV (All games) TVING (Game 1 and 4) Outside Korea SOOP KBS America (USA Onlu) | |||||||||
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| Radio | TBC Dream FM Daegu MBC Standard FM | |||||||||
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The 2026 Korean Series, (known as the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank Korean Series for sponsorship reasons) will be the championship series of the KBO League for the 2026 season. The 45th Korean Series, it will feature the KT Wiz and Samsung Lions. The KT Wiz, who won the pennant race, received a bye into the Series for the first time since 2021.[1] The second-place Samsung Lions defeated the Kia Tigers in the playoff 3-2 to advance to the Korean Series.[2]
Summary
[edit]All game times are in Korean Standard Time.
Series tied, 1-1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | November 3 | Samsung Lions – 7, KT Wiz – 8 | Suwon KT Wiz Park | 3:36 | 17,700[3] |
| 2 | November 4 | Samsung Lions – 3, KT Wiz – 2 | Suwon KT Wiz Park | 4:21 | 17,700[4] |
| 3 | November 6 | KT Wiz at Samsung Lions | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | 6:30 p.m. | - |
| 4 | November 7 | KT Wiz at Samsung Lions | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | 2:00 p.m. | - |
| 5 | November 8 | KT Wiz at Samsung Lions | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | 2:00 p.m. | - |
| 6 | November 10† | Samsung Lions at KT Wiz | Suwon KT Wiz Park | 6:30 p.m. | - |
| 7 | November 11† | Samsung Lions at KT Wiz | Suwon KT Wiz Park | 6:30 p.m. | - |
† If necessary
Matchups and linescores
[edit]Game 1
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KT Wiz (Winner) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: Samsung: Choi Won-tae KT: Davis Daniel WP: Davis Daniel (1–0) LP: Choi Won-tae (0–1) Sv: Park Yeong-hyun (1) Home runs: Samsung: Koo Ja-wook (1) KT: Ahn Hyun-min (1), Han Seung Taek (1), Kim Hyun-soo (1) Attendance: 17,700 Umpires: Moon Geun-young, Kim Jeong-guk, Park Jong-cheol, Kim Seong-cheol, Jeon Il-su, Lee Ki-jung Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Samsung Lions (Winner) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| KT Wiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: Samsung: Chris Paddack KT: Ko Young-pyo WP: Kim Tae-hun (1–0) LP: Oh Won-seok (0–1) Sv: Bae Chan-seung (1) Home runs: Samsung: None KT: None Attendance: 17,700 Umpires: Lee Ki-jung , Kim Seong-cheol, Kim Jeong-guk, Jeon Il-su, Park Gi-taek, Park Jong-cheol Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Samsung Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: KT: So Hyeong-jun Samsung: Ariel Jurado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| KT Wiz | ||||||||||||
| Samsung Lions |
Game 5
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| KT Wiz | ||||||||||||
| Samsung Lions |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "KT Wiz clinch 2026 KBO regular-season title, return to Korean Series". koreajoongangdaily. October 6, 2026. Retrieved October 25, 2026.
- ↑ ""Tougher than two years ago" ... Samsung advances to the Korean Series after beating the Kia Tigers; this time, the 90-win monster kt wiz awaits". Thefinancialnews. November 2, 2026. Retrieved November 2, 2026.
- ↑ "2026.11.03(TUE)". Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
- ↑ "2026.11.04(WED)". Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved November 4, 2026.
