Busan,officially known as Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul,with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants as of 2017. Formerly romanized as Pusan,it is the economic,cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea,with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification.
The Lotte Giants are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Busan. They are a member of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation.
Dongnae District is a gu in central Busan,South Korea.
Busan Asiad Main Stadium (Korean: 부산아시아드주경기장) is a multi-purpose stadium in Busan,South Korea. It was built for the 2002 Asian Games and was also used for matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It has a capacity of 53,769. The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Asian Games and was also the venue of athletics events during the games. It is the home venue of the K League club Busan IPark.
The Sajik Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Busan,South Korea. Built in 1985,the seating capacity of the arena is 14,099. Until 2021,it was the home arena of the Busan KT Sonicboom basketball team. After Busan KT Sonicboom relocated to Suwon,the arena became the home of the Busan BNK Sum women's basketball team.
The Busan Gudeok Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Busan,South Korea. The stadium is used mostly for football matches and can accommodate 12,349 spectators. The venue opened in September 1928 as Busan Municipal Stadium. During the 1988 Summer Olympics,it hosted some of the football matches. It was also the main venue for the 1997 East Asian Games,hosting the opening and closing ceremonies,as well as the athletics and football competitions. Professional football team Busan IPark played their home games at the venue between 1983 and 2002. Additionally,semi-professional team Busan Transport Corporation have played their home games at the venue since 2006.
Japan participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan,South Korea from September 29,2002 to October 14,2002. This country was ranked 3rd with 44 gold medals,74 silver medals and 72 bronze medals with a total of 190 medals to secure its third spot in the medal tally.
Baseball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan,South Korea beginning on October 2,2002. Five East and Southeast Asian nations participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Sajik Baseball Stadium.
Basketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan,South Korea between 28 September and 14 October 2002. The competition took place at Geumjeong Gymnasium and Sajik Arena.
Sajik-dong refers to one of the below dongs in cities of South Korea
Masan Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Changwon,South Korea. The stadium has an all-seated capacity of 11,000. The KBO League club Lotte Giants played a handful of their home games in this stadium each season as their secondary stadium until 2011. Masan Baseball Stadium was the home stadium of the NC Dinos between 2012 and 2018,when they moved to the newly built Changwon Baseball Stadium.
Sangmu Phoenix is a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 2005. The team is part of the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps,and they play in the KBO Futures League. Their home stadium is Sangmu Baseball Stadium located in Mungyeong.
Gudeok Baseball Stadium was a baseball stadium in Busan,South Korea. It was the former home stadium of the Lotte Giants. It holds 11,724 people and was built in 1971. The stadium was demolished on 19 September 2017.
Gymnastics was contested at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan,South Korea. Artistic gymnastics took place from October 1 to October 5. Rhythmic gymnastics took place on October 8 and 9. All Gymnastics events took place at Sajik Gymnasium.
The men's 400 metre individual medley swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.
Sajik Station is a station of Busan Metro Line 3 in Sajik-dong,Dongnae District,Busan,South Korea. It is associated with the Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium,home of the Lotte Giants.
The baseball cheering culture in South Korea started in the 1990s and continues to the present. There are 10 professional clubs and each club has its own way of cheering. The Korean cheering culture generally shares similar characteristics:collective,enthusiastic and empathetic. Baseball cheering is popular because of easy-to-learn fight songs,break-time events and a variety of foods. Baseball cheering is performed in most parts of a ballpark.
Kang Baek-ho is a South Korean professional baseball left fielder for the KT Wiz of the KBO League.
