South Korea's Table Tennis to Wear BNK Financial Group Uniforms
Dec 02, 2024
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BNK Financial Group and the Korea Table Tennis Association held an official sponsorship agreement ceremony at the Seoul Olympic Parktel on the 2nd with officials such as BNK Financial Group Chairman Bin Dae-in and Korea Table Tennis Association President Lee Tae-sung.
BNK Financial Group first formed a relationship with table tennis when its subsidiary BNK Busan Bank participated as a presenting partner for the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships in February. Together, the successful hosting of the competition led to a long-term sponsorship partnership. BNK Financial Group will continue to support the Korean table tennis team in a series of international competitions, including the World Table Tennis Championships, the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the 2028 LA Olympics, the 2026 Asian Junior Championships, and the 2028 Asian Championships in North Korea over the next four years.
In addition, BNK Financial Group will have the right to ▶ use the name of its official sponsor by the end of 2028, ▶ branding of the national table tennis team uniform ▶ marketing promotion, etc. Table tennis national teams will participate in the competition wearing uniforms with the logo of BNK Financial Group. The ITTF mixed team World Cup team, which opened in Chengdu, China on the 1st, is already wearing the uniform.
Lee Tae-sung, president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, who held his first official event since taking office last month, said, `After taking office, I feel that there are many areas in which Korean table tennis needs to develop financially and in many aspects. At a time when the Busan World Table Tennis Championships were difficult, BNK Financial Group, a company in Busan, joined hands and was able to finish it successfully"I sincerely thank BNK Financial Group for appearing like a hero and a comet and holding the hand of table tennis whenever it is difficult. We will do our best to develop table tennis so that sponsorship is not in vain" delivered the promise.
BNK Financial Group Chairman Bin Dae-in "We were able to establish a relationship with BNK through the process of canceling and re-attracting the last Busan World Table Tennis Championship. I feel the importance of relationships anew." Table tennis has great power to unite Korea by connecting people and regions across generations. In the future, BNK will do its best in its role as an official sponsor for the development of Korean table tennis one step further through close consultation with the Korea Table Tennis Association," he replied. "We hope that table tennis courts and gyms across the country will be heated by the heat generated by table tennis players." added the wish.
Meanwhile, BNK Financial Group is running the BNK Sum Women's Basketball Team and is sponsoring Busan KCC Ease and BNK Pier X Games. Through sponsorship with the Korea Table Tennis Association, it plans to support the national team and expand the base of daily sports to expand sports support among the people.
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