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Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Asian Baseball Championship | |
Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 1954 |
No. of teams | 8 ( in 2023) |
Continent | Asia |
Most recent champion(s) |
Japan ( 2023) |
Most titles | Japan (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.
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 20 | 8 | 2 | 30 |
2 | South Korea | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 13 | 9 | 27 |
4 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 35 | 32 | 26 | 93 |