Analysis
KBO Korean Series 2026 Game 5: Samsung beat KT 12-1 in Daegu to win the title 4-1 after losing Game 1
Samsung beat KT 12-1 in Game 5 of the Korean Series in Daegu on Sunday, November 8, closing out the series 4-1 and winning the 2026 KBO title. They lost Game 1 in Suwon 8-7 and then won four in a row. Games 6 and 7 will not be played.
Clinch Desk · Sun, Nov 8
Samsung beat KT 12-1 in Game 5 of the Korean Series. The series ends Samsung four, KT one, and Samsung are the 2026 KBO champions. They won all three games in Daegu and clinched the title at home.
The scores and the series record here come straight from the data behind this site's postseason page, as of the afternoon of November 8. A result is used only once at least two separate outlets report the same score. Line scores and player stats are not in this site's data at the moment, so they are left out.
The five games. KT won Game 1 in Suwon on Tuesday, November 3 by 8-7. After that it was all Samsung: 3-2 in Game 2 in Suwon on Wednesday, November 4; 5-1 in Game 3 in Daegu on Friday, November 6; 10-5 in Game 4 in Daegu on Saturday, November 7; and 12-1 in Game 5 in Daegu on Sunday, November 8. The first two games were decided by one run; the three in Daegu by four, five and 11. Over the five games Samsung scored 37 runs and KT 17.
The road to the title. Samsung finished the regular season second at 83-58-3 and went straight to the Playoff. There they lost Game 1 to KIA, who had swept the Semi-Playoff 3-0, and still won the series 3-2. In the Korean Series they again lost Game 1 and then won four straight. Across ten postseason games they went 7-3. Regular-season champions KT (90-49-5) held home field for Games 1, 2, 6 and 7, but after splitting the two games in Suwon they lost all three in Daegu.
The arithmetic. At 1-1, our previous piece noted that the quickest finish was one club winning all three games in Daegu to end it 4-1 in Game 5. That is the road Samsung took, so Games 6 and 7, scheduled for Tuesday November 10 and Wednesday November 11 in Suwon, will not be played.
How to read these numbers. This site works only from results and KBO rules, with no probabilities or predictions. The postseason page shows the bracket and each series' score, and the Korean Series page each game's result. Each club's record is on its team page: Samsung and KT.