Busan KCC Egis

Busan KCC Egis
Busan KCC Egis
League	Korean Basketball League
Established	March 1978; 46 years ago
History	Hyundai Basketball Team; 1978–1996; Daejeon Hyundai Dynat; 1997–1999; Daejeon Hyundai Gullivers; 1999–2001; Jeonju KCC Egis; 2001–2023; Busan KCC Egis; 2023–present
Arena	Busan Sajik Gymnasium
Capacity	14,099
Location	Busan, South Korea
Team colours	Navy, Gold, White
Team manager	Choi Hyung-gil
Head coach	Chun Chang-jin
Team captain	Jung Chan-yeong
Ownership	Jung Jae-hoon
Affiliation(s)	KCC
Championships	6 Korean Leagues
Retired numbers	4 Choo Seung-gyun; 11 Lee Sang-min
Website	Official website
Home	Away

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

History edit

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 edit

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Busan KCC Egis roster

Players

Coaches

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