▲Cyber Oro's Kim Seung-jun (김승준) and Yang Keon (양건) combined to secure the victory. - Kim Seung-jun and Yang Gun combine for wins on consecutive days… second straight 2-0 sweep - Hyorim's season ends with two straight losses in the semi-playoffs - Will face No. 2 Hydrogen City Wanju in the playoffs from the 18th through the 20th Cyber Oro, the fourth-place finisher in the regular league, defeated defending champion Hyorim behind the strong performances of its one-two punch of Kim Seung-jun (김승준) and Yang Geon (양건), advancing to the playoffs. In Game 2 of the 2026 Soppalcosanol Legend League semifinal playoff, held on the 12th at the Korea Baduk Association's Baduk TV studio, Cyberoro defeated Hyorim 2-0 on wins by 9-dan Kim Seung-jun (김승준) and 9-dan Yang Kun (양건). Cyber Oro, which had already won the first game on the 11th by a 2-0 score thanks to strong performances from Kim Seung-jun (김승준) and Yang Keon (양건), won the second game as well, back to back, to secure a spot in the playoffs. In Game 2 that day, Yang Gun was the first to bring home a win. Having beaten 9-dan Yun Hyeon-seok by half a point with Black in Game 1, Yang Gun won again in Game 2, defeating 9-dan Kim Su-jang by 8.5 points with White in 273 moves, giving his team the first point. In Game 2, which featured a captain-versus-captain matchup for the second day in a row, Kim Seung-jun (김승준) beat 9-dan Choi Myung-hoon (최명훈) by 10.5 points with Black in 296 moves, putting the finishing touch on the semifinal playoff series. Cyber Oro, which reached the semifinal playoffs as the fourth-place team in the regular season, was in a disadvantageous position: it had to win both Game 1 and Game 2 to advance to the playoffs. But with a flawless performance in which it did not give up a single game, it overpowered defending champion Hyorim and advanced to the next round. Meanwhile, Hyorim, which had advanced directly to the semifinal playoffs as the third-place team in the regular season, lost both Game 1 and Game 2 and ended the season in fourth place overall. Cyber Oro will play a best-of-three playoff series against the second-place regular-season finisher, Hydrogen City Wanju, over three days from the 18th to the 20th. In their regular-season head-to-head matchups, Hydrogen City Wanju won the first half 3-0, and Cyber Oro got revenge in the second half with a 2-1 win, so the two teams split the series one win apiece. The winner of the playoff will face regular-season first-place GOGO Yangyang for the title in the championship series, running from the 25th to the 27th. The 2026 Soppalcosanol Legend League, with Infobell Co., Ltd. as title sponsor and financial support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, and hosted and organized by the Korea Baduk Association, offers 30 million won to the champion and 15 million won to the runner-up. The time control is 30 minutes per player plus three 30-second byo-yomi periods.
