The Busan KCC Egis (Korean: 부산 KCC 이지스) is a professional basketball club based in Busan that competes in the Korean Basketball League.

History

The team was founded in March 1978 as the Hyundai Basketball Team, owned and sponsored by Hyundai. In 2001, the club, named Hyundai Gullivers at the time, relocated from Daejeon to Jeonju.

After 22 years in Jeonju, the KCC Egis relocated again in 2023, this time to Busan. It meant the return of professional basketball to Busan, after the KT Sonicboom had moved away just two years earlier.[1] The Egis had requested the Korean Basketball League (KBL) to move after the city of Jeonju had promised to construct a new arena for the team six years earlier, but had not yet started the process of construction.[2]

In May 2024, the Egis won their sixth KBL championship following a 4–1 win over the Suwon Sonicboom, becoming the first fifth-seeded team to win the title.[3] Heo Ung was named Finals MVP.[3]

Current roster

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Busan KCC Egis roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 0 South Korea Yoo Byung-hun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1990-10-26)26 October 1990
G 3 South Korea Heo Ung 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1993-08-05)5 August 1993
G 5 South Korea Kim Dong-hyun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002
G 7 South Korea Jung Chan-yeong (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1988-01-24)24 January 1988
G 8 South Korea Song Dong-hun 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-04-03)3 April 2000
G 9 South Korea Kim Jiwan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1990-06-02)2 June 1990
G 13 South Korea Kim Seung-hyeop 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-04-11)11 April 2000
C 15 South Korea Park Se-jin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-05-24)24 May 1993
F 17 South Korea Jeon Jun-beom 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1991-08-27)27 August 1991
F 19 South Korea Lee Geun-hwi 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-06-09)9 June 1998
C 20 South Korea Ra Gun-ah (I) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1989-02-20)20 February 1989
F 21 South Korea Yeo Jun-hyeong 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000
G 23 South Korea Park Kyung-sang 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 34 – (1990-05-20)20 May 1990
PG 25 Canada Calvin Epistola (I) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1996-09-29)29 September 1996
G 31 South Korea Lee Jin-wook 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 30 – (1994-03-26)26 March 1994
C 32 South Korea Lee Jong-hyun 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1994-02-05)5 February 1994
F 33 South Korea Lee Seoung-hyun 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1992-04-16)16 April 1992
F 35 South Korea Kim Sang-kyu 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 35 – (1989-05-23)23 May 1989
F 37 South Korea Kwak Jeong-hun 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-07-24)24 July 1998
C 77 South Korea Seo Jeong-hyeon 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-03-20)20 March 1998
Head coach
  • South Korea Chun Chang-jin
Assistant coach(es)
  • South Korea Kang Yang-taek
  • South Korea Shin Myung-ho
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 17 February 2023

Honours

Domestic

Winners (6): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2023–24
Runners-up (5): 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2020–21
  • Korean Basketball League regular season
Winners (5): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2015–16, 2020–21
Runners-up (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
  • KBL Cup
Winners: 2023

International invitationals

Third place: 2017

References

  1. ^ "Pro-basketball team KCC Egis to move home from Jeonju to Busan". The Korea Herald. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ "KCC Egis leave Jeonju for Busan as stadium woes continue". Korea JoongAng Daily. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Busan KCC Egis crowned KBL champions, beating Sonicboom 4–1". Korea JoongAng Daily. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

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