On Day 9 of Season 1 of the 2023 FIFA Online 4 eKLeague Championship at the Africa TV Fixtures Studio on Thursday, Guangdong Freecs, looking to move up the table, and Ultra Sejong, looking to defend their lead, met. The result was a win and two draws for Guangdong Freecs, giving them five points. Ultra Sejong slipped slightly in the race for the top spot with only two points.
For the Guangdong Freecs, Choi Hoseok took on Park Ji-min in the first set. Choi Hoseok scored the first goal of the game in the seventh minute. The score remained 1:0 until 10 minutes before the end of the game, when Park Ji-min managed to break through Choi Hoseok's defense to tie the score and end the game in a draw.
In the second set, Park Ki-hong had already secured two goals in the first 20 minutes of the match to solidify the victory. Park Ki-young managed to pull one back, but Park Ki-hong refused to give up and won 2:1, giving Guangdong Freaks three valuable points.
The final match was between Jung Sung-min and Yoon Chang-geun. Jung Sung-min was the aggressor from the start, utilizing the offside trap to defend, but Yoon Chang-geun calmly broke through and finished Mane's cross with a beautiful header to make it 1:0.
In response, Jung Sung-min equalized after Aliba's cross was finished by Shaqiri, and he scored again just before the end of the first half to make it 2:1. In the second half, time passed without any goals, and it looked like the game would end as it was, but this time, Yoon Chang-geun scored a late theater goal to tie the game at 2:2.
In the final match between Elite and Minchodan, which was interrupted due to equipment problems, Minchodan dampened Elite's momentum with a 2-2 draw and moved up to second place.