2008–09 KBL season

2008–09 KBL season
League	Korean Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 31, 2008 – May 1, 2009
TV partner(s)	KBS, MBC, SBS, Xports, MBC-ESPN, SBS Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
Season MVP	Joo Hee-jung (KT&G)
Top scorer	Terrence Leather (Samsung)
Finals
Champions	Jeonju KCC Egis
Runners-up	Seoul Samsung Thunders
Finals MVP	Choo Seung-kyun (KCC)
KBL seasons
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 2008–09 Dongbu Promy Professional Basketball season was the 13th season of the Korean Basketball League.

The Korean Basketball League, often abbreviated to the KBL, is the pre-eminent professional men's basketball league in South Korea. Its inaugural season was in 1997. The season starts in October and ends in April the following year. The KBL consists of ten teams. Each team plays 54 games. Each team is allowed to have two foreign players. Foreign players in the league are almost always either a forward or center.

Regular season

RK	Team	G	W	L	PCT	GB	Tiebreaker
1	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus	54	35	19	0.648	–	–
2	Wonju Dongbu Promy	54	33	21	0.611	2	–
3	Jeonju KCC Egis	54	31	23	0.574	4	–
4	Seoul Samsung Thunders	54	30	24	0.556	5	–
5	Changwon LG Sakers	54	29	25	0.537	6	6–6, +12
6	Incheon ET Land Black Slamer	54	29	25	0.537	6	6–6, +3
7	Anyang KT&G Kites	54	29	25	0.537	6	6–6, –15
8	Seoul SK Knights	54	24	30	0.444	11	–
9	Daegu Orions	54	18	36	0.333	17	–
10	Busan KTF Magic Wings	54	12	42	0.222	23	–

Playoffs

1st Round			Semifinals			Finals

			1	Mobis	1
4	Samsung	3	4	Samsung	3
5	LG	1				4	Samsung	3
						3	KCC	4
			2	Dongbu	2
3	KCC	3	3	KCC	3
6	ET Land	2

2008–2009 KBL Champions
Jeonju KCC Egis 4th title

Prize money

Jeonju KCC Egis: KRW 130,000,000 (Champions + Regular Season 3rd place)
Ulsan Mobis Phoebus: KRW 100,000,000 (Regular Season 1st place)
Seoul Samsung Thunders: KRW 50,000,000 (Runners-up)
Wonju Dongbu Promy: KRW 50,000,000 (Regular Season 2nd place)

The Jeonju KCC Egis is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League.

Seoul Samsung Thunders have been in the KBL since its inception 22 years ago. The Seoul Samsung Thunders received their name from Samsung Electronics. Originally based in Suwon, they are now located in the heart of South Korea's capital, Seoul, and play at Jamsil Arena.

External links

Official KBL website (Korean & English)

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v t e Korean Basketball League
Teams	Anyang KGC Busan KT Sonicboom Changwon LG Sakers Goyang Orion Orions Incheon Electroland Elephants Jeonju KCC Egis Seoul Samsung Thunders Seoul SK Knights Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus Wonju DB Promy
Seasons	1997 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18