The Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium (), also known as the Hanwha Life Eagles Park due to sponsorship reasons, is a

baseball park A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into two field sections called the infield and the outfield. The infield is an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined in part ba ...

Daejeon Daejeon (; ) is South Korea's list of cities in South Korea, fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of nearly 1.5 million. Located in a central lowland valley between the Sobaek Mountains and the Geum River, the city is known both as a ...

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. The stadium is located in the vicinity of

Daejeon Station Daejeon Station () is on South Korea's high-speed KTX railway network, 166.6 km south of Seoul Station. History The station opened on January 1, 1905, in the period of Korea under Japanese rule and KTX trains on the Gyeongbu Line began ...

. Located in

Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex () is a sports complex, comprising a multi-purpose stadium (including athletic facilities and a soccer pitch), a ballpark, Basketball courts, tennis courts and various other sports facilities in Daejeon, South Korea. ...

with other main sports facilities in Daejeon, it was the primary home ballpark of the

KBO League The KBO League () is a professional baseball league in South Korea. The league comprises ten teams. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most success ...

team

Hanwha Eagles The Hanwha Eagles () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Daejeon that competes in the KBO League. The Eagles' home ballpark is Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark. They have won the Korean Series once, in 1999, and the league penn ...

between 1986 and 2024. Built in 1964, the ballpark was once nicknamed as the "Ping-Pong Table" for having the smallest outfield dimension among professional ballparks in South Korea. But the ballpark underwent a series of large scale renovations with capacity extension from 2011 winter to 2012 spring, and outfield expansion in the winter of 2012. After the renovation, the ballpark had a second-largest outfield dimension in South Korea at the time, and a seating capacity of 13,000. From 1982 to 1984, it was the home ballpark of the

OB Bears The Doosan Bears () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and play their home games ...

. In 1986, the

Binggrae Eagles The Hanwha Eagles () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Daejeon that competes in the KBO League. The Eagles' home ballpark is Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark. They have won the Korean Series once, in 1999, and the league pennan ...

debuted as the KBO's seventh franchise, and they took on Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium as their home.

Access

The ballpark can be accessed directly by public bus to Hanwha Eagles Park (lines 802 and 119) or

Hanbat Sports Complex Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex () is a sports complex, comprising a multi-purpose stadium (including athletic facilities and a soccer pitch), a Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium, ballpark, Basketball courts, tennis courts and various other sports fa ...

stop (lines 513, 604, 52, and 4), or 1 km walking distance by subway to Jungangno Station or Jung-gu Office Station ( Daejeon Metro Line 1). Daejeon city offers Tashu bicycle share service with more than 100 spaces installed in the vicinity of the stadium.

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