Bang/Kim3-4 at Korean Mixed Doubles National Championship

Yujin Bang/Jinhun Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR) finished 3-4 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bang/Kim lost 7-4 to Eunchae Lee/MinWoo Kim (Seoul, KOR), then responded with a 12-1 win over Seongrin Lee/Jangyeon Cho (Chungbuk, KOR). Bang/Kim went on to lose 7-6 against Sujin Kim/Chang-Min Kim (Gangwon, KOR). Bang/Kim lost 10-4 to Seungyoun Ha/Hak Kyun Kim (Gangwon, KOR) where Bang/Kim responded with a 11-8 win over Jisoo Kim/Jonghyeon Park (Jeonbuk, KOR). Bang/Kim won 10-0 against Jihyeon Oh/Jihoo Yoon (Daegu, KOR). Bang/Kim went on to lose 6-2 against Min Ji Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Gyeonggi, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Bang/Kim earned 4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 2 of the event schedule, Bang/Kim did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 374th to 379th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Bang/Kim ranks 133rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	3	4	0	0.429	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	47	49	39	10.43	8.30	2.13	5.32	4.68	1.96	1.77	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	21	26	14	0	2-0	3-1	1-3	1.24	0.67	0.29	0.43

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	26	23	25	0	0-3	3-0	4-2	0.88	0.96	0.62	0.50

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