Asian Baseball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Asian Baseball Championship
SportBaseball
Founded1954
No. of teams8 (in 2023)
ContinentAsia
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
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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 208230
2  South Korea 810927
3  Chinese Taipei 513927
4  Philippines 1023
5  China 0022
6  Australia 0011
Total35322693

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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