"The winning team is Real Diamonds!" Lotte Ends the 2024 Giants Cup Women's Baseball Tournament Meaningfully

Nov 28, 2024

'The winning team is Real Diamonds!' Lotte Ends the 2024 Giants Cup Women's Baseball Tournament Meaningfully
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants



'The winning team is Real Diamonds!' Lotte Ends the 2024 Giants Cup Women's Baseball Tournament Meaningfully
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
The 2024 Giants Women's Baseball Tournament held by the Lotte Giants ended successfully on the 24th.

This year's first competition, which was held to expand and popularize the base of women's baseball, was the first to be held in partnership between professional baseball teams and amateur women's baseball, and a total of eight women's baseball teams (Nine Bix, Ladies, Real Diamonds, Black Pulse, Yeongnam Union Team, Changmiya, Quality Start, Hurrah) participated in the event.

On the 24th, 300 spectators visited Sajik Baseball Stadium to watch the final. In the final, Real Diamonds and Changmiya played, and Real Diamonds won the competition by 11 to 7.



'The winning team is Real Diamonds!' Lotte Ends the 2024 Giants Cup Women's Baseball Tournament Meaningfully
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Choi Joon-yong, Son Sung-bin, and Hwang Jung-hee, chairman of the Korea Women's Baseball Federation, including Lotte Giants general manager Park Joon-hyuk, attended the ceremony and presented the Best Player Award (Real Diamonds Ju Sun-young), Outstanding Pitcher Award (Changmiya Park Joo-ah), Hit Award (Real Diamonds Lee Ha-hyung), and Su Hoon Award (Real Diamonds Shin So-jung).

The winning team and the runner-up team were given 2 million won and 1 million won worth of baseball supplies, respectively, along with the trophy, while gift certificates such as Lotte Hotel, Lotte Department Store, and Lotte Mart were given as injuries for individual awards.



Hwang Jung-hee, president of the Korea Women's Baseball Association, attended the ceremony and thanked the team for creating such a meaningful event as the first event held in conjunction with a professional team in the history of Korean women's baseball"I hope this tournament will serve as a foothold to attract more fans and hobbyists to women's baseball in the future."

'The winning team is Real Diamonds!' Lotte Ends the 2024 Giants Cup Women's Baseball Tournament Meaningfully
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Meanwhile, the club invited female baseball fans selected as a club event to Sajik Stadium before proceeding with the final, and arranged time for T-ball coaching and catch with Choi Joon-yong and Son Sung-bin.



In addition, MediWomen Women's Clinic, the club's agreement hospital in charge of medical support for the tournament, sponsored sunscreen to female baseball players before the game, and Hyosung City Hospital, the club's official designated hospital, quickly transferred the injured during the game to help players focus on the game.

Reporter Kim Young-rok lunarfly@sportschosun.com



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