Seoul VS Jeonbuk Vote #Temporary Approval of Association of Surfing Association's associate membership #Cancellation of the management organization of the Korea Tennis Association on the 28th
Feb 17, 2025
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The Korea Sports Council held its 38th board meeting at Olympic Parktel Seoul Hall in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 17th. With Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, resigning early, 20 out of 35 directors attended the last board meeting on the day, which concludes the four-year term of the 41st Lee Ki-heung executive.
The results of the evaluation of cities applying for domestic attraction for the 2036 Summer Olympics were presented as the fourth of the seven deliberations. The results of the evaluation committee's evaluation of two cities, Seoul and Jeonbuk, were reported. At the meeting, a co-hosting plan between Jeonbuk and Seoul was presented as a `third agenda', but only 17 directors remained as three directors remained. There has been a lack of quorum to put forward a new agenda.
Seoul and Jeonbuk have been competing to select the national team for the 2036 Summer Olympics. As Jeonbuk scored higher than expected in the on-site inspection, preliminary briefing, and evaluation committee, some media outlets in the Jeonbuk region expected that the board of directors of the Korean Sports Council on the 17th will recommend the 'Seoul-Jeonbuk Olympics co-hosting plan' as a third agenda." Earlier this month, Chung Kang-sun, chairman of the Jeonbuk Sports Council, also gave a long interview to Yonhap News Agency, saying, `Although holding it alone is a priority, we are also considering co-hosting it with Seoul" made a statement. However, with the evaluation committee already over and there is no agreement between Seoul and Jeonbuk, the board lacked justification, consensus, time and quorum to make new recommendations for co-hosting. In order to present a new agenda to the board of directors, all directors present must approve it, but the recommendation for co-hosting was canceled as three of the 20 directors present were completely absent and it was impossible to proceed with the meeting with less than a majority.
The final board of directors ended early as the remaining agendas, such as the 2024 project results, settlement of accounts, and plans to hold a general meeting of regular representatives in 2025, which were deliberations after the report of the '2036 Olympic Games in Korea, could no longer be discussed due to insufficient quorum. As a result, the schedule for the 2025 regular general meeting of representatives (to be held at 2 p.m. on February 28th at Olympic Parktel Olympia Hall), which was the last agenda, is expected to be confirmed through a written resolution in the future. The first general meeting of delegates from 38 Olympic sports organizations will be held on the 28th, when Yoo Seung Min, the 42nd president-elect of the Korean Sports Council, will be the chairman, and the cities that will host the Olympics will be decided between Seoul and Jeonbuk.
Meanwhile, a new system that reflects Yoo Seung Min's will was also confirmed at the board meeting. The current organization of the 5 headquarters, 3 rooms, 19 rooms, 2 teams, 1 office, will be reorganized into 6 headquarters, 5 rooms, 1 center, 18 units. The 'Athletic Village Operation Headquarters' was newly established at five existing headquarters, including the Planning and Coordination Headquarters, Sports Promotion Headquarters, Life and Sports Headquarters, International Headquarters, and Training Headquarters. The Office of the Audit, Public Relations, and Fair Sports Office were established in three existing offices, and the Fair Sports Office and the Legal Team were integrated into a five-room system. The marketing office was directly under the chairman's control to express his willingness to grow up by the Korea Sports Association, and a new player and leader support department and a dream tree development department were established under the training headquarters in the athletes' village to show sincerity toward junior players and senior and junior leaders.
In addition, the resolution to designate a management organization was canceled as the debt relationship of the Korea Tennis Association was confirmed, and the Korea Surfing Association, an official sports organization for the Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games, was temporarily approved for membership in 2026. By December 31, 2026, the government has approved the membership of quasi-members for a limited time, but at the end of 2026, it has decided to grant full quasi-membership status if all the requirements for promotion to quasi-members are met.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
