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Asian Baseball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Asian Baseball Championship
Sport Baseball
Founded1954
No. of teams8 ( 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.

Results

Year Final Host Champions Runners-up 3rd place
1954
Details
Philippines
Manila

Philippines

Japan

South Korea
1955
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Philippines
Manila

Japan

Taiwan

South Korea
1959
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Japan
Tokyo

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan
1962
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Taiwan
Taipei

Japan
  Taiwan and   South Korea
(Tied for Runners-up)
1963
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South Korea
Seoul

South Korea
  Taiwan and   Japan
(Tied for Runners-up)
1965
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Philippines
Manila

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan
1967
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Japan
Tokyo

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan
1969
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Taiwan
Taipei

Japan

Taiwan

Philippines
1971
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South Korea
Seoul

South Korea

Japan

Philippines
1973
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Philippines
Manila

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan
1975
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South Korea
Seoul

South Korea

Japan

Australia
1983
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South Korea
Seoul
  Chinese Taipei,   Japan and   South Korea
(Tied for Champions)
1985
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Australia
Perth

Japan
  Chinese Taipei and   South Korea
(Tied for Runners-up)
1987
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Japan
Tokyo

Chinese Taipei

Japan

South Korea
1989
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South Korea
Seoul
  South Korea,   Chinese Taipei and   Japan
(Tied for Champions)
1991
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China
Beijing

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea
1993
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Australia
Perth

Japan

South Korea

Chinese Taipei
1995
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Japan
Kurashiki

Japan

South Korea

Chinese Taipei
1997
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Taiwan
Taipei

South Korea

Japan

Chinese Taipei
1999
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South Korea
Seoul

South Korea

Japan

Chinese Taipei
2001
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Taiwan
Taipei

Chinese Taipei

South Korea

Japan
2003
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Japan
Sapporo

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea
2005
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Japan
Miyazaki

Japan

Chinese Taipei

China
2007
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Taiwan
Taichung

Japan

South Korea

Chinese Taipei
2009
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Japan
Sapporo

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea
2012
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Taiwan
Taichung

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea
2015
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Taiwan
Taichung

South Korea

Chinese Taipei

Japan
2017
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Taiwan
New Taipei City

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea
2019
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Taiwan
Taichung

Chinese Taipei

Japan

China
2023
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Taiwan
Taipei, New Taipei City, Taichung

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea

Medal table

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "BFA postpones Asian Baseball Championship and elective Congress". www.insidethegames.biz. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Asian Baseball Championship postponed again due to COVID-19 - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | History..." www.baseballasia.org. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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