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The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) of South Korea is the country's professional baseball league. KBO was originally founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has eight teams. The teams are generally named after the companies or business conglomerates which own them. According to the International Baseball Federation, South Korean Baseball Team is at rank at number 2 behind Cuba.

Current teams

Team Stadium Capacity City Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium 30,500 Seoul Hanhwa Eagles Daejeon Baseball Stadium 10,500 Daejeon Kia Tigers Moodeung Stadium 13,400 Gwangju Lotte Giants Sajik Baseball Stadium 30,000 Busan LG Twins Jamsil Baseball Stadium 30,500 Seoul Samsung Lions Daegu Baseball Stadium 12,000 Daegu SK Wyverns Munhak Baseball Stadium 30,400 Incheon Seoul Heroes Mokdong Baseball Stadium 14,500 Seoul
Season structure

Currently, each team plays 133 games in the regular season. Each team plays every other team 19 times.
The KBO season culminates in its championship series, known as the Korean Series. Currently, the top four teams qualify for the post-season; the team with the best record gains a direct entry into the series. The other three teams compete in a step-ladder playoff: the first, best-of-five series involves teams finishing 3rd and 4th; the winner of this series then plays off in a best-of-seven series against the team finishing 2nd. The winner of this final playoff wins the other entry into the best-of-seven Korean Series.