1997 KBL season

1997 KBL season
League	Korean Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	February 1, 1997 – May 1, 1997
Regular Season
Season champions	Busan Kia Enterprise
Season MVP	Kang Dong-hee (Kia)
Top scorer	Calray Harris (Naray)
Finals
Champions	Busan Kia Enterprise
Runners-up	Wonju Naray Blue Bird
Finals MVP	Kang Dong-hee (Kia)

The FILA 1997 Professional Basketball season was the inaugural season of the Korean Basketball League.

Regular season

RK	Team	G	W	L	PCT	GB	Tiebreaker
1	Busan Kia Enterprise	21	16	5	0.762	–	–
2	Anyang SBS Stars	21	14	7	0.667	2	–
3	Wonju Naray Blue Bird	21	13	8	0.619	3	–
4	Daegu Tongyang Orions	21	11	10	0.524	5	–
5	Gwangju Nasan Flamans	21	9	12	0.429	7	–
6	Incheon Daewoo Securities Zeus	21	8	13	0.381	8	–
7	Daejeon Hyundai Dynat	21	7	14	0.333	9	–
8	Suwon Samsung Thunders	21	6	15	0.286	10	–

Playoffs

1st Round     Semifinals     Finals                                     1  Kia 4     4  Tongyang 4     4  Tongyang 2       5  Nasan 1         1  Kia 4       3  Naray 1         2  SBS 1       3  Naray 4     3  Naray 4     6  Daewoo Securities 2

1997 KBL Champions Busan Kia Enterprise 1st title

Prize money

• Busan Kia Enterprise: KRW 150,000,000 (Champions + Regular Season 1st place)
• Wonju Naray Blue Bird: KRW 70,000,000 (Runners-up + Regular Season 3rd place)
• Anyang SBS Stars: KRW 30,000,000 (Regular Season 2nd place)

External links

• Official KBL website (Korean & English)