MBC Cup
{{Infobox tournament
| name = MBC Cup
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| sport = College basketball
| location = South Korea
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| end_date =
| established = 1985
| defunct =
| teams = 12 (men's)
| number =
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| format = Knock-out elimination
| current_champion = 2021
Men's Division 1: Yonsei University (11th title)
Men's Division 2: University of Ulsan (1st title)
Women's: Dankook University (1st title)
| final_champion =
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The MBC Cup (Korean: MBC배) is an annual competition organized by the Korea University Basketball Federation (Korean: 한국대학농구연맹) and sponsored by broadcaster Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). It is one of the oldest basketball competitions in South Korea for college teams and predates the U-League. In Korean-language media, it is known by its full name MBC Cup National University Basketball Championship (Korean: MBC배 전국대학농구대회) to differentiate it from another similarly named competitions for college students in other sports.{{cite news|title=육민관고 이수민 최소타 우승|url=https://www.kado.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=414042|work=Gangwon People's Daily|date=May 13, 2009|language=ko}}{{cite web|title=2021 MBC배 전국수영대회 겸 제50회 전국소년체육대회|url=https://www.korswim.co.kr/schedule/detail/144|publisher=Korea Swimming Federation|language=ko}}
Prior to the establishment of the professional Korean Basketball League in 1997, basketball was an amateur sport and all senior teams participated in the National Basketball Festival (Korean: 농구대잔치), regardless of whether it was sponsored by the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps, corporate companies or universities. The MBC Cup was considered unique for that era as it was strictly limited to college teams.{{cite news|title='36년의 전통' MBC배 전국대학농구대회 개최 취소|url=http://www.jumpball.co.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065589247513463|work=Jumpball|date=June 11, 2020|language=ko}}
Up until the 2000s, the tournament was primarily hosted by Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul, hence the name of the venue. The tournament was later marketed as a tournament part of the wider nationwide multi-sport National Youth Sports Festival for student-athletes and has been hosted by various cities.
Teams
The competition is open to member universities of the Korea University Basketball Federation (KUBF). In the men's competition, Division 1 teams also participate in the KUSF U-League, the elite level of competition. Division 2 teams participate in the KUSF Club Championship. In the women's competition, both U-League and non-U-League teams play against each other.{{cite news|title=2년 만에 열리는 MBC배, 내달 5일 팁오프…여대부 연세대 MissB 참가|url=http://www.jumpball.co.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065578558143943|work=Jumpball|date=June 21, 2021|language=ko}}
Winners
=Men's competition — Division 1=
=Men's competition — Division 2=
| class="wikitable sortable sortable" |
| scope="col" width=40| Year
!scope="col" width=260| Host city !scope="col" width=190| Winner !scope="col" width=190| Runner-up !scope="col" width=30|{{abbr|2=References|Ref.}} |
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| 2009
| Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province | {{cite news|title="잡초선수들, 마음가짐 바꾸니 진주"|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/sports_general/361240.html|work=The Hankyoreh|date=June 18, 2009|language=ko}}{{refn|group=nb|Sangmyung University's first ever appearance in the competition, having only established its basketball team earlier that year.{{cite news|title=-MBC배대학농구- 상명대, 2부리그 우승|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20090503048600007|work=Yonhap News Agency|date=May 3, 2009|language=ko}} They were later promoted to Division 1 in 2010.{{cite news|title=상명대, 남자대학농구 1부리그 승격|url=https://imnews.imbc.com/news/2010/sports/article/2540551_30986.html|publisher=MBC|date=January 11, 2010|language=ko}}}} |
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| 2020
| colspan="5"| Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 |
=Women's competition=
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.kubf.or.kr/record/history.php?sh_div=5 Records: MBC Cup] — Korea University Basketball Federation website {{in lang|ko}}