Asian Baseball Championship Explained

Asian Baseball Championship should not be confused with Asia Professional Baseball Championship.

Current Season:2023 Asian Baseball Championship
Last Season:2019 Asian Baseball Championship
Sport:Baseball
Founded:1954
Teams:8 (in 2023)
Continent:Asia
Champion:
(2023)
Most Champs: (20 titles)

The Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA).[1] [2] It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions as the qualification games for the Baseball at the Summer Olympics if the event year is exactly one year before the Olympics.[3] In even-numbered years, the Asian Baseball Cup is held, to determine two qualifiers - one from the Eastern Division and one from the Western Division - to join teams from China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. The competition has been dominated by teams from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Results

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Manila
4
2
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Manila
4
3
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Tokyo
4
4
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Taipei
and
(Tied for Runners-up)
4
5
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Seoul
and
(Tied for Runners-up)
4
6
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Manila
4
7
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Tokyo
4
8
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Taipei
4
9
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Seoul
5
10
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Manila
5
11
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Seoul
5
12
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Seoul
, and
(Tied for Champions)
5
13
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Perth
and
(Tied for Runners-up)
5
14
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Tokyo
7
15
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Seoul
, and
(Tied for Champions)
7
16
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Beijing
7
17
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Perth
7
18
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Kurashiki
6
19
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Taipei
6
20
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Seoul
6
21
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Taipei
5
22
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Sapporo
7
23
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Miyazaki
6
24
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Taichung
7
25
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Sapporo
7
26
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Taichung
6
27
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Taichung
6
28
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New Taipei City
7
29
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Taichung
8
30
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Taipei, New Taipei City, Taichung
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Nations (1954-2023)

  1. - 30 Editions - East
  2. - 30 Editions - East
  3. - 30 Editions - East
  4. - 14 Editions - East
  5. - 5 Editions - East
  6. - 1 Editions - East
  7. - 27 Editions - South East
  8. - 8 Editions - South East
  9. - 4 Editions - South East
  10. - 8 Editions - South
  11. - 2 Editions - South
  12. - 2 Editions - South
  13. - 8 Editions - Pacific
  14. - 3 Editions - Pacific
  15. - 1 Editions - West

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-02-01 . BFA postpones Asian Baseball Championship and elective Congress . 2022-11-12 . www.insidethegames.biz.
  2. Web site: Asian Baseball Championship postponed again due to COVID-19 - Focus Taiwan . 2022-11-12 . focustaiwan.tw . en-US.
  3. Web site: BFA Baseball Federation of Asia History... . 2022-11-16 . www.baseballasia.org.