GOYANG – The final victory in the second round of PBA team league was contested in a battle with three teams. The new Bazzar team with Dani Sánchez, Deuk-hee Hwang and Jieun Han, where Anh Vu Duong was left out for the time being due to a brain malfunction, became the eventual round winner ahead of the teams of Direct and Green Force despite losing all three in the last match. In the standings after two days, Green Force remains the leader ahead of Laon, Bazzar and Direct. All three leaders in the second round clashed with opponents that could make up for a surprising final round. Bazzar lost the match against HanaPay 4-3, Direct was beaten by Angels (4-1) by generous scores and Green Force lost a tough battle with Laon: 4-3. That led to a final score in this second round in which Bazzar scored 16 wins ahead of Direct and Green Force with 15 and Laon with 14 points.
Green Force squandered the chance to become round winners for the second time in a row by going out 4-3 against Laon. Jae Guen Kim was one of the winners for Laon by beating Antonio Montes 15-13. There was a win anyway by Jae-ho Cho against David Martinez 11-2. Bo-mi Kim won the ladies' prestige duel vs Min-jo Baek 9-4 and Tae-jun Oh won the decisive match against Minh Cam Ma 11-6.
Bazzar unexpectedly went on the rack against HanaPay, which is one of the last teams in the rankings. The later round winner (Bazzar) lost 4-3 as Jung-ju Shin won the last game vs Deuk-hee Hwang 11-1. Dani Sánchez and Murat Naci Coklu met in an exciting match, in which the Turk quickly attacked with a run of 8 and eventually won 15-14. In the women's match, Jieun Han won against Ga-young Kim 9-3.
Direct also was in good papers to win the second round, but was harshly defeated by the Phoenix team, which is in last place together with Winners. Direct finished as number two after Bazzar as it lost that last match against Phoenix 4-1. Two important singles matches went to Phoenix: Sang-dae Lee won against Eddy Leppens 15-9, Im-gwon Kim beat Dinh Nai Ngo 11-6.
The final score of the second round of play with nine teams playing eight matches each team:
- Bazzar 16 points
- Direct 15
- Green Force 15
- Laon 14
- Angels 13
- Legend 12
- Phoenix 9
- HanaPay 9
- Winners 5
The two teams that played the match Phoenix-Direct: 4-1