Descente named Official Apparel Sponsor of S. Korea’s National Team in WBSC Premier12™
<p>SEOUL — The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) yesterday announced that Descente Korea has been named the official apparel and uniform sponsor for the world No. 8 South Korean National Team in the upcoming 2015 WBSC Premier12, taking place from 8-21 November in Japan and Taiwan.</p>
<p>Descente Korea, specialists in elite, performance-based athletic apparel, continues its strategy to partner with South Korea’s National Team in international baseball competitions to expand and grow its brand.</p>
<p>The 2015 WBSC Premier12 flagship will be the top international baseball event of the year and feature head-to-head action among the professional National Teams from the Top 12 countries in the WBSC Baseball World Rankings.</p>
<p>Descente Korea also outfitted South Korea’s U-18 National Team that finished third in the world, taking the bronze medal at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka earlier this month.</p>
<p>South Korea will be pushing to capture the WBSC Premier12 trophy. Back in May, South Korea’s newly appointed manager Kim In-sik said:</p>
<p>“We will look to finish this global baseball battle with the Premier12 top prize in our hands. The National Baseball Team is a source of pride for our entire country — we take it very seriously and need to honour this responsibility. KBO takes great pride in having players from our league representing the Korean National Team.”</p>
<p>South Korea will take on rival Japan to open the WBSC Premier12 on 8 November at the 40,000-seat Sapporo Dome. It will be the first time in six years that the professional National Teams of Samurai Japan and South Korea collide.</p>
<p>South Korea is in Group B, alongside No. 1 Japan, No. 2 United States, No. 6 Dominican Republic, No. 10 Venezuela and No. 12 Mexico.</p>