The race for No. 1 ranking is on the verge of ending with a victory for the KIA Tigers. However, the race for No. 5 ranking remains in limbo as time goes by. No, there is no telling who will take the fourth place now.
The recent race for fifth place in the KBO League was dominated by the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants. As KT constantly led the game at certain intervals, it was expected that the team would have an absolute advantage. As Lotte defeated the Busan KT on Monday, however, the team continued its winning streak with seven wins and three losses in the recent 10 games. The Hanwha Eagles also beat the Kia Tigers in Gwangju on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the fourth-ranked Doosan Bears is on the decline, having lost two wins and eight losses in recent 10 games, and even five consecutive losses. The fourth-ranked team is on the decline, while the fifth-ranked team is on the shaky ground. And the sixth-ranked team is poised to emerge victorious. In fact, the eighth-ranked SSG Landers and the ninth-ranked NC Dinos, who are chasing the seventh-ranked Lotte, are not in a situation to give up their advance to the semifinals. Doosan and SSG-NC are only 3.5 games apart.
To be exact, there are 10 more matches left for the 4th to 7th place teams. Lotte and Hanwha account for five out of 10 games. Depending on the result of the five games, a team may be eliminated from the race for 5th place. And as the 4th to 5th places are in a mixed race, their competition in this season has become very important. They may even have to check the score of multiple goals.
According to Article 3 of the KBO League Regulations, Chapter 1 KBO Regular Season’s ranking and records, “If the second, third or fourth place in the KBO regular season is more than two or three clubs, the ranking will be decided in the order of the overall multiple wins in the game between the teams, the overall multiple points in the game between the teams, and the previous year’s performance.”
In addition, if the first or fifth place in the regular season is two clubs, a separate first or fifth place match will be held on the eve of the wild card match. At this time, the home club shall be the team that has the upper hand in the order of total multiple wins, multiple points, and the previous year’s performance, and the admission income will be distributed in the same way as the regular season. If the first or fifth place in the regular season is three or more teams, the ranking will be decided in the order of total multiple wins in the game between the teams, overall multiple points in the game between the teams, and the previous year’s performance, without conducting the first or fifth place match. 스포츠토토
In other words, if the fifth place is three or more teams, the final fifth place will be determined by their combined performance against each other, and if the score is tied, the final fifth place will be determined by multiple points against each other. In the extreme, let’s say Doosan, KT, Hanwha, and Lotte will end the season tied for fourth. Reflecting the performance by the 4th, Hanwha with 25 wins will rank fourth, and Doosan with 22 wins will rank fifth.
Only two of coach Lee Seung-yeop, coach Lee Kang-chul, coach Kim Kyung-moon and coach Kim Tae-hyung survive. If SSG and NC come up dramatically, the situation becomes even more complicated. The fight for the fourth and fifth place is likely to lead to an all-time race. Now, it is necessary to manage the game that pays attention to multiple points in their face-to-face confrontation.
