Sports season
The
2021 KBO League season
, also known by naming rights sponsorship as
2021
Shinhan Bank
SOL KBO League
(
Korean
:
2021 新韓銀行 SOL KBO 리그
), was the 40th season in the history of the
KBO League
.
At the conclusion of the regular season, all five playoff positions were undecided going into the final day of the schedule. The
Samsung Lions
and
KT Wiz
met in a tiebreaker game to decide the regular season champion, the first such game since 1985.
[1]
The
NC Dinos
became the first defending champion to miss the playoffs since the
Kia Tigers
in
2010
,
[2]
while the
Doosan Bears
qualified for the seventh consecutive year. In the postseason, the
Korean Series
was won by KT Wiz, who defeated the Doosan Bears who had advanced the championship series as a
wild card
.
2021 also marked the first KBO season for the
SSG Landers
, formerly known as the SK Wyverns.
Season format
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The KBO is a 10-team league. Each team plays 144 games, facing the other nine teams 16 times apiece. Games are declared ties after 12 innings (15 in the postseason), and those contests have no bearing on a team’s
winning percentage
. Five teams make the playoffs, where the league uses a step-ladder format; the fifth- and fourth-placed teams battle in a Wild Card round, the winner faces the three seed, and so on. Teams are limited to three foreign players each. Only two such players are allowed in the lineup at any one time, so teams generally roster two pitchers and one position player.
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Standings
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*Samsung Lions hosted tiebreaker game by virtue of head-to-head record with KT Wiz (9-6-1)
**KT Wiz won against Samsung Lions 1-0 in the tiebreaker game
Postseason
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Wild Card
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The series started with a 1?0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.
Doosan Bears
(2) vs.
Kiwoom Heroes
(1)
Game
|
Date
|
Score
|
Location
|
Time
|
Attendance
|
1
|
November 1
|
Kiwoom Heroes
? 7, Doosan Bears ? 4
|
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
|
4:09
|
12,422
|
2
|
November 2
|
Kiwoom Heroes ? 8,
Doosan Bears
? 16
|
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
|
3:52
|
9,425
|
Semi-playoff
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LG Twins
(1) vs.
Doosan Bears
(2)
Game
|
Date
|
Score
|
Location
|
Time
|
Attendance
|
1
|
November 4
|
Doosan Bears
? 5, LG Twins ? 1
|
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
|
4:05
|
19,846
|
2
|
November 5
|
LG Twins
? 9, Doosan Bears ? 3
|
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
|
4:10
|
21,679
|
3
|
November 7
|
Doosan Bears
? 10, LG Twins ? 3
|
Jamsil Baseball Stadium
|
3:40
|
23,800
|
Playoff
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Samsung Lions
(0) vs.
Doosan Bears
(2)
Korean Series
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KT Wiz
(4) vs.
Doosan Bears
(0)
Game
|
Date
|
Score
|
Location
|
Time
|
Attendance
|
1
|
November 14
|
Doosan Bears ? 2,
KT Wiz ? 4
|
Gocheok Sky Dome
|
2:51
|
16,200
|
2
|
November 15
|
Doosan Bears ? 1,
KT Wiz ? 6
|
Gocheok Sky Dome
|
2:38
|
12,904
|
3
|
November 17
|
KT Wiz ? 3
, Doosan Bears ? 1
|
Gocheok Sky Dome
|
3:26
|
13,312
|
4
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November 18
|
KT Wiz ? 8
, Doosan Bears ? 4
|
Gocheok Sky Dome
|
3:45
|
13,796
|
See also
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References
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