Kangdonggung Palace, Kim Ga-young, Prodang-gu 'Best Star' Tower
Kangdonggung Palace, Kim Ga-young, Prodang-gu 'Best Star' Tower
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"Hulk" Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car) and "Danggu Empress" Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) became the best stars to shine in the professional danggu PBA this season.
Kang Dong-gung and Kim Ga-young won the grand prize side by side at the PBA Golden Q Awards 2025 held at Grand Walkerhill Vista Hall in Seoul on the 17th by the Pro-Danggu Association (PBA, President Youngsoo Kim).
Starting with the opening game of the 2024-25 season (Woori Financial Capital Championship), Kang Dong-gung won the fourth tour (Crown Haitai Championship 2024 Hangawi), and had his best season, finishing second in the second tour (Hana Card Championship) and the fifth tour (Huonions Championship).
Kang Dong-gung scored 402,000 points for the season, beating David Martinez (Spain, Crown Haitai) with 378,000 points by 24,000 points.
Kang stood out in the team league as well. With his unique leadership, he led SK Rent-a-Car to its first win in the league and was also honored with the Grand Prize at the Team League. Besides the Grand Prize, Kang won three gold medals including the Bank Shot Award.
"I always feel it, but I know that the grand prize is not for everyone. I really wanted to win the grand prize," Kang said. "In particular, David Martinez (Crown Haitai) of Spain won three championships this year, and I want to say to Martinez that he really did a great job. It wasn't easy to get here, but I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me."
Kim Ga-young, who won the LPBA Grand Prize last season, also won the grand prize the most at this year's award ceremony. Kim Ga-young, who won the grand prize by winning seven consecutive individual tours, won the Best Abidge Award, the Bank Shot Award, and the Jevisco Prize in a total of four categories.
Kim Ga-young said, "I only played billiards hard, but there are a lot of people behind me who really help me and work hard to develop billiards. Without them, I would not have been here," adding, "I'm a senior as a pocket ball player, but I'm still close to a freshman as a three-cushion player. As much as I've received a lot of help, I'll be a great senior who thinks about my current juniors and everyone who sees us and dreams of becoming billiards players in the future."
In addition, Kim Young-won, who won the sixth tour (NH Nonghyup Card PBA Championship) this season at the age of 17 years and 23 days, and Kwon Bal-hae (SY), who finished second in the fifth tour (Huons Championship), won the Young Star Award.
Eddie Refunce of Belgium (SK Rent-a-Car) showed off his presence by winning three awards. Following the grand prize of the team league, he won the best men's doubles award with his teammate Ngodinnai of Vietnam, and also received the best model award. The best female model award went to Kim Sang-ah.
Following last year, Crown Haitai's Baek Min-ju and Lim Jung-sook won the Team League Women's Doubles Award, while Hana Card's Murat Najee Choklu (Turkiye) and Sakai Ayako (Japan) won the Mixed Doubles Award. The best singles award in the Team League was won by Woori Financial Capital's Kang Min-gu and Throng Piavi (Cambodia).
The best dresser award in the coolest costume at the ceremony was won by Lee Mi-rae, who wore a purple dress by matching the colors of Javier Palason (Spain, Huons) and his team High1 Resort.
In addition, PBA Special Adviser Kim Young-hun won the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Award, Jeju Special Self-Governing Council Member Yang Kyung-ho won the local government award, SBS Sports CEO Lee Sang-geun, MBC Sports Plus Broadcasting Director Kim Gu-san, IB Sports CEO Kim Jung-hwan and Berry Media CEO Ha Yong-woon won the broadcasting company award. 온라인카지노