South Korea’s K-League starts in 11 days
Football is almost back.
Having spent more than a month in quarantine, much of the world appears to moving out of phase one of the Covid-19 pandemic and into phase two.
Countries are now trying to formulate plans to restart societies until a vaccine has been found for the pathogen.
South Korea, who have had 10,738 confirmed Covid-19 cases but only 243 deaths according to Johns Hopkins University, are leading the way into phase two, and that includes launching the brand new 2020 K-League season in just 11 days.
The K-League will begin on May 8.
🗓️ May 8th, 2020
🇰🇷⚽️ It’s time for our football to be played again.#K리그 #KLeague #5월8일 pic.twitter.com/yKMtqHiR1L— K League (@kleague) April 27, 2020
K-League: 13 new broadcasting & live streaming deals confirmed
As confirmed by the K-League, they have tied up 10 new broadcasting arrangements plus an additional 3 live streaming deals ahead of the launch of the new season.
The Korea Professional Football Federation have released the following statement:
As of 27th April 2020, K League can confirm that 10 overseas broadcasters have purchased broadcast rights for the upcoming 2020 season. In addition, three online platforms have acquired access to K League content and, since the announcement that K League will begin on 8th May, further countries have made made inquiries.
A total of 10 countries including China, Hong Kong and Eastern European nations such as Croatia have purchased broadcasting rights for the 2020 K League season.
In addition, specialised online football platforms such as ‘Dugout’ from Singapore, ‘433’ from the Netherlands and ‘Copa90’ from the United Kingdom have purchased K League video licenses.
📺 An update on #KLeague broadcasting including @Sportradar, @Dugout, @433, and @Copa90.
— K League (@kleague) April 27, 2020
What else you should know about the new 2020 K-League season
The opening match of the season will see Jeonbuk Motors take on Suwon Bluewings.
Jeonbuk Motors are the reigning champs in South Korea.
No fans will be allowed to attend the match, while the AP have also confirmed:
The league is also imposing strict social distancing regulations for players on and off the field. On the field, it apparently means players can’t even converse with teammates or officials during games, and definitely no shaking hands.
However, there’s already been a backlash to the new restrictions in the K-League.
Incheon United captain Kim Do-hyeok recently told reporters:
Things like not spitting during the game, we can do no problem but not talking to teammates is impossible.
If we can’t have conversations on the field, we may as well not play soccer at all.
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