Intercity baseball tournament explained

Sport:Baseball
Founded:1927
Teams:32
Champion:Yokohama (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries East)
Most Champs:Team: ENEOS (12)
City: Tokyo city/Tokyo (14)
Tv:NHK, Gaora
Website:www.jaba.or.jp/toshitaikou/

The intercity baseball tournament (都市対抗野球大会 Toshi Taikō yakyū taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Summer All-star" (真夏の球宴 manatsu no kyūen), is an annual nationwide inter-city baseball tournament in Japan. The winners are awarded the "Black Lion Flag" (黒獅子旗 kurojishi ki), runners-up are awarded the "White Lion Flag" (白獅子旗 shirojishi ki).

Winners

A bracket after city and team in champion column indicates number of titles.

(baseball team) links to Japanese wikipedia article except club team and team does not have an article.

YearChampionScoreRunner-up
11927Dalian, Manchuria Club3-0Osaka, All Osaka
21928Dalian (2), Dalian works team1-0Tokyo City, Tokyo Club
31929Dalian (3), Manchuria Club (2)5-0Nagoya, Nagoya Railway Bureau (baseball team)
41930Tokyo City, Tokyo Club10-5Nagoya, Nagoya Railway Bureau
51931Tokyo City (2), Tokyo Club (2)12-6Yokohama, All Yokohama
61932Kobe, All Kobe1-0Dalian, Manchuria Club
71933Tokyo City (3), Tokyo Club (3)6x-5Keijō, All Keijō
81934Osaka, All Osaka7x-6Yahata, Yawata Steel (baseball team)
91935Tokyo City (4), Tokyo Club (4)3-0Kawasaki, Columbia (baseball team)
101936Moji, Moji Railway Bureau (baseball team)5-1Dalian, Manchuria Club
111937Yahata, Yawata Steel3-1Tokyo City, Tokyo Club
121938Tokyo City (5), Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation (baseball team)4-1Keijō, All Keijō
131939Tokyo City (6), Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation (2)3-0Shōnai, Shōnai Tamurakoma (baseball team)
141940Keijō, All Keijō4-0Dalian, Dalian works team
151941Tournament cancelled due to war escalation
161942Keijō (2), All Keijō (2)12-6Osaka, Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
Tournament cancelled due to war escalation (1943–45)
171946Gifu, Dai Nippon Construction (baseball team)3-0Kiryū, All Kiryū
181947Gifu (2), Dai Nippon Construction (2)8-2Takasago, Kanebo Takasago (baseball team)
191948Fukuoka, Nishi-Nippon Railroad (baseball team)8-1Beppu, Hoshinogumi (baseball team)
201949Osaka (2), All Kanebo (baseball team)6-1Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi (baseball team)
211950Beppu, Hoshinogumi8-2Yoshiwara, Daishowa Paper (baseball team)
221951Osaka (3), All Kanebo (2)3-2Osaka, Nankai-doken (baseball team)
231952Osaka (4), All Kanebo (3)11-5Futase, Nittetsu Futase
241953Yoshiwara, Daishowa Paper3-0Osaka, All Kanebo
251954Yahata (2), Yawata Steel (2)5-2Tokyo, All Fujikura
261955Osaka (5), All Kanebo (4)5-1Osaka, Kanegafuchi Chemical
271956Yokohama, Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (baseball team)3-2Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
281957Tokyo (7), Kumagai Gumi4-0Urawa, Nippon Express (baseball team)
291958Yokohama (2), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (2)4-0Futase, Nittetsu Futase
301959Matsuyama, Maruzen Petroleum (baseball team)6-4Kamaishi, Fuji Steel Kamaishi (baseball team)
311960Tokyo (8), Kumagai Gumi (2)3x-2 (10 innings)Kadoma Town, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (baseball team)
321961Yokohama (3), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (3)4-2 (12 innings)Nagoya, Shin-Mitsubishi Jukogyo Nagoya (baseball team)
331962Yokohama (4), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (4)12-0Nagoya, Nippon Express Nagoya
(baseball team)
341963Kyoto, Sekisui Chemical4-3Muroran, Fuji Steel Muroran (baseball team)
351964Urawa, Nippon Express2-0
361965Osaka (6), Denden Kinki (baseball team)4-0Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries (baseball team)
371966Tokyo (9), Kumagai Gumi (3)4x-3 (10 innings)Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries
381967Yokohama (5), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (5)4-2 (12 innings)Hamamatsu, Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. (baseball team)
391968Himeji, Nippon Steel Hirohata (baseball team)1-0Hamamatsu, Kawai Musical Instruments (baseball team)
401969Chiba, Denden Kantō (baseball team)2x-1Ōta, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (baseball team)
411970Fuji, Daishowa Paper (2)1-1 (tied after 14 innings)
3-0
Kobe, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe (baseball team)
421971 Himeji (2), Nippon Steel Hirohata (2)6-2Matsuyama, Maruzen Petroleum
431972Hamamatsu, Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd.4-0Kawasaki, Mitsubishi Motors Kawasaki (baseball team)
441973Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan (baseball team)11-2Yokosuka, Nissan Motors (baseball team)
451974Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido (baseball team)4-0 (10 innings)Kitakyushu, Nippon Steel Yawata
461975Chiba (2), Denden Kantō (2)3-0Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido
471976Kawasaki (2), Nippon Kokan (2)1-0Sapporo, Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (baseball team)
481977Kobe (2), Kobe Steel (baseball team)3-0Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
491978Kawasaki (3), Toshiba (baseball team)4-0Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan
501979Hiroshima, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima (baseball team)6-4Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
511980Fuji (3), Daishowa Paper (3)8-3Sapporo, Sapporo Toyopet (baseball team)
521981Tokyo (10), Denden Tokyo (baseball team)3-2Kawasaki, Toshiba
531982Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries5-4Fukuyama, Nippon Kokan Fukuyama (baseball team)
541983Kawasaki (4), Toshiba (2)8-3Nagoya, Nippon Steel Nagoya (baseball team)
551984Yokosuka, Nissan Motors10-9Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan
561985Osaka (7), Nippon Life (baseball team)4-3Kawasaki, Toshiba
571986Yokohama (6), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (6)9-7Kanazawa, NTT Hokuriku (baseball team)
581987Hamamatsu (2), Yamaha Corporation (2)4-3Kawasaki, Toshiba
591988Kawasaki (5), Toshiba (3)3x-2Nagoya, NTT Tōkai (baseball team)
601989Tokyo (11), Prince Hotels (baseball team)8-3Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido
611990Hamamatsu (3), Yamaha Corporation (3)12-11Himeji, Nippon Steel Hirohata
621991Kawasaki (6), Toshiba (4)16-6Nagasaki, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki (baseball team)
631992Osaka (8), Nippon Life (2)4-2Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
641993Yokohama (7), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (7)7-5Urawa, Nippon Express
651994Suzuka, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Suzuka (baseball team)5-3Ōgaki, Seino Transportation (baseball team)
661995Yokohama (8), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (8)8x-7 (10 innings)
671996Wakō, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (baseball team)8-7Hiroshima, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima
681997Osaka (9), Nippon Life (3)5-3Urawa, Nippon Express
691998Yokosuka (2), Nissan Motors (2)11-3Chiba, Kawasaki Steel Chiba (baseball team)
701999Kawasaki (7), Toshiba (5)12-0Nagasaki, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki
712000Kawasaki (8), Mitsubishi Motors Kawasaki9-3Osaka, Osaka Gas (baseball team)
722001Hamamatsu (4), Kawai Musical Instruments6-3Okazaki, Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki (baseball team)
732002Fujisawa, Isuzu Motors Ltd (baseball team)2-0Ōzu, Honda Kumamoto (baseball team)
742003Kawasaki (9), Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki (2)5-4Chōfu, Shidax (baseball team)
752004Kasugai, Oji Paper Company (baseball team)6x-5 (10 innings)Sayama, Honda (baseball team)
762005Kawasaki (10), Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki (3)6-3Yokosuka, Nissan Motors
772006Nikaho, TDK (baseball team)4-3Yokosuka, Nissan Motors
782007Kawasaki (11), Toshiba (6)7-5Tokyo, JR East Japan (baseball team)
792008Yokohama (9), Nippon Oil Corporation ENEOS (9)4-1Kasugai, Oji Paper Company
802009Sayama, Honda (2)4-2Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation (baseball team)
812010Kawasaki (12), Toshiba (7)2-0Kitakyushu, JR Kyushu
822011Tokyo (12), JR East Japan2x-1 (11 innings)
832012Yokohama (10), JX-ENEOS (10)6-3Tokyo, JR East Japan
842013Yokohama (11), JX-ENEOS (11)3-1Tokyo, JR East Japan
852014Ōgaki, Seino Transportation2-0Ōta, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
862015Osaka (10), Nippon Life (4)5-3 (14 innings)Osaka, Osaka Gas
872016Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation4-0Hitachi, Hitachi (baseball team)
882017Tokyo (13), NTT East Japan (2)10-4Saitama, Nippon Express
892018Osaka (11), Osaka Gas2-0
902019Chiba (3), JFE East Japan6-4Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation
912020Sayama (2), Honda (3) 4-1Tokyo, NTT East Japan
922021Tokyo (14), Tokyo Gas (baseball team)6-5Ōzu, Honda Kumamoto
932022Yokohama (12), ENEOS (12)5-4Tokyo, Tokyo Gas
942023Toyota (2), Toyota Motor Corporation (2)4-2Hamamatsu, Yamaha Corporation
952024Yokohama, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries East3-1Sendai City, JR East Tohoku

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