2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Asia Professional Baseball Championship
Year:	2017
Country:	Japan
Dates:	November 16–19
Num Teams:	3
Medal Type:	asia
Champion:	JPN
Num Championships:	1
Second:	KOR
Third:	TPE
Games:	4
Mvp:	Shuta Tonosaki
Nextseason:	2023

The 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC 2017), sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), was the first edition of APBC, and was held in Japan from November 16 to 19.^{[1] [2]}

Participating teams

Rosters

See main article: 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship rosters.

Only players born in 1993 or later, or that have less than three years of professional experience are eligible for the competition. However, teams are also allowed up to three wild cards which do not meet either of these criteria. Korea is the only team to have elected not to use its wild cards.^[3]

Format

Each of the three teams participated in a round-robin series, playing each other team once. The two teams with the best win-loss percentage faced each other in the final, with the team finishing higher considered the "home team", meaning that they had the advantage of batting last.

Round-robin stage

width=50	Pos	width=250	Team	width=50	W	width=50	L	width=50	Pct.	width=50	R	width=50	RA
1	align=left	Japan	2	0	1.000	16	9
2	align=left	South Korea	1	1	.500	8	8
3	align=left	Chinese Taipei	0	2	.000	2	9

Final standings

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1		3	0	23		9
2		1	2	8	15
3		0	2	2	9

Awards

The APBC 2017 organization announced MVP and All APBC 2017 team of Asia Professional Baseball Championship 2017 as follows.^[4]

All APBC 2017 team

Position	Player
P	Kazuto Taguchi
C	Han Seung-taek
1B	Chu Yu-hsien
2B	Park Min-woo
3B	Ryoma Nishikawa
SS	Kim Ha-seong
OF	Shuta Tonosaki
	Go Matsumoto
	Wang Po-jung
DH	Kensuke Kondoh

Notes and References

1. Web site: 「아시아 프로야구 챔피언십 2017」 경기일정 발표 . . 2017-07-31 . 2017-10-14.
2. Web site: 「アジア プロ野球チャンピオンシップ2017」大会スポンサーおよび大会公式ロゴが決定 . . 2017-09-11 . 2017-10-14.
3. Web site: Team Korea announce 25-man roster for 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship. 10 October 2017.
4. Web site: Award - 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship . Nippon Professional Baseball Organization . November 20, 2017 .