2023 Asian Baseball Championship

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2023 Asian Baseball Championship
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Tournament details
CountryTaiwan
Dates3–10 December 2023
Teams8
Defending championsFile:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (20th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
Third placeFile:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Fourth place Philippines
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Attendance113,810 (5,173 per game)
← 2019
2025 →

The 30th Asian Baseball Championship (styled 2023 XXX BFA Asian Baseball Championship) was an international professional baseball competition for Asian men's national teams. It was held in Taiwan (Taipei, New Taipei, and Taichung). It began on 3 December 2023 and ended on 10 December 2023. Japan won the championship, its 20th title.

Qualification

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In February 2023, Pakistan and Palestine, as winners and finalists of the 2023 West Asia Baseball Cup title, qualified for the Asian Baseball Championship.[1] In May 2023, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Thailand, as winners and finalists of the 2023 East Asia Baseball Cup title, also qualified for the Championship.[2]

Tournament format

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A total of 8 teams entered the tournament, with. The top two finishers of each group will compete in the super round on 8 and 9 December. At the end of the super round, the first and second-placed teams will play for the title and the third and fourth-placed teams will play for Bronze Medal. The Bronze Medal winner, along with the two finalists will qualify for the V WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup, joining hosts China.[3][4]

Teams

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Group A Group B
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
 Hong Kong
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
 Philippines
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan

First round

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Taiwan defeated South Korea in the opening game of the tournament at the newly opened Taipei Dome. Pitcher Hsu Ruo-Shi struck out 10 batters in 7 scoreless innings.[5]

Group A

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<section begin=A/>

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (H) 3 3 0 40 2 1.000 Super Round
2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 3 2 1 28 5 .667 1
3 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 3 1 2 4 39 .333 2 Placement Round
4  Hong Kong 3 0 3 3 29 .000 3
Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

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3 December
18:00
South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 0–4 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 16,647
Umpires: Yasuhiro Shimizu (JPN), Kazuyuki Miura (JPN), Cheung Sui Man (HKG), Sandy Wijaya Kusuma (INA)
LP: Shin Heon-min Box WP: Hsu Jo-Hsi

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 10 0

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4 December
12:30
Palestine File:Flag of Palestine.svg 3–1  Hong Kong Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung
Attendance: 38
Umpires: Chen Te-Jung (TPE), Jan Chung-Chi (TPE), Roland Siacor (PHI), Jirapat Lapikun (THA)
WP: Steven Mufareh
Sv: David Powres
Box LP: Lam Lai Him

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 7 4
 Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1

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5 December
12:30
Hong Kong  0–9 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung
Attendance: 75
Umpires: Jan Chung-Chi (TPE), Chen Te-Jung (TPE), Chen Chao-Chieh (TPE), Sandy Wijaya Kusuma (INA)
LP: Tsang Kin Nam Box WP: Kang Dong-hun
HR: Yoo Ro-gyeol

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 X 9 11 1

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5 December
18:30
Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 19–0 (F/6) File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung
Attendance: 2,412
Umpires: Kazuyuki Miura (JPN), Yasuhiro Shimizu (JPN), Jirapat Lapikun (THA), Roland Siacor (PHI)
WP: Wu Yu-Cheng Box LP: Yunis Haleem
HR: Liao Chien-Fu

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 3 2 7 2 0 5 19 12 0
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5

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6 December
12:30
Palestine File:Flag of Palestine.svg 1–19 (F/5) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung
Attendance: 168
Umpires: Chen Chao-Chieh (TPE), Sandy Wijaya Kusuma (INA), Chen Te-Jung (TPE), Jan Chung-Chi (TPE)
LP: Muhammad Abdelfattah Box WP: Lee Byeong-heon

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0 2 11 6 X 19 8 1

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6 December
18:30
Hong Kong  2–17 (F/5) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung
Attendance: 2,318
Umpires: Yasuhiro Shimizu (JPN), Kazuyuki Miura (JPN), Roland Siacor (PHI), Jirapat Lapikun (THA)
LP: Lam Lai Him Box WP: Lai Yan-Fong
HR: Liu Ji-Hong

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Hong Kong 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 3
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 2 2 2 8 3 17 17 0

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 3 0 39 1 1.000 Super Round
2  Philippines 3 2 1 19 15 .667 1
3 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 3 1 2 6 19 .333 2 Placement Round
4 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 3 0 3 5 34 .000 3
Source: WBSC

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4 December
12:30
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 4–14 (F/7)  Philippines Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 1,422
Umpires: Park Wonjong (KOR), Hsu Jie (TPE), Hwang Seok-Min (KOR), Chen Chuan-Mu (TPE)
LP: Kiattisak Chutongrat Box WP: Vladimir Eguia

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 3
 Philippines 2 0 2 1 1 3 5 14 10 2

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4 December
18:30
Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg 0–14 (F/7) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 6,178
Umpires: Tim Wen (TPE), Lin Hsing-Feng (TPE), Chen Tsung-Hsin (TPE), Raymond Cheung (HKG)
LP: Musharaf Khan Box WP: Mizuki Kato

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0 1 2 3 8 0 X 14 14 1

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5 December
12:30
Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg 2–4  Philippines Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 806
Umpires: Hsu Jie (TPE), Raymond Cheung (HKG), Park Won-jong (KOR), Tim Wen (TPE)
LP: Muhammad Zohaib Box WP: Romeo Jasmin Jr.

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0
 Philippines 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 7 1

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5 December
18:30
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 16–0 (F/5) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 6,614
Umpires: Hwang Seok-Min (KOR), Chen Chuan-Mu (TPE), Chen Tsung-Hsin (TPE), Lin Hsing-Feng (TPE)
WP: Sho Akiyama Box LP: Suppakorn Lin

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 5 0 4 6 16 9 0
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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6 December
12:30
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 1–4 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 2,004
Umpires: Chen Tsung-Hsin (TPE), Chen Chuan-Mu (TPE), Hsu Jie (TPE), Park Won-jong (KOR)
LP: Suppakorn Lin Box WP: Musharaf Khan

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 x 4 6 2

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6 December
18:30
Philippines  1–9 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 9,624
Umpires: Lin Hsing-Feng (TPE), Tim Wen (TPE), Raymond Cheung (HKG), Hwang Seok-Min (KOR)
LP: Junmar Diarao Box WP: Hiroki Suzuki

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Philippines 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 X 9 10 0

Placement round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB
1 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan[a] 3 2 1 21 10 .667
2  Hong Kong[a] 3 2 1 19 18 .667
3 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine[a] 3 2 1 10 13 .667
4 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 3 0 3 11 20 .000 2
Source: WBSC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c
    Pakistan: 1W–1L TQB +0.5000
    Hong Kong: 1W–1L TQB -0.0556
    Palestine: 1W–1L TQB -0.4314

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8 December
12:30
Hong Kong  12–10 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 41
Umpires: Chen Chuan-Mu (TPE), Hsu Jie (TPE), Yasuhiro Shimizu (JPN), Roland Siacor (PHI)
WP: Ka Ho Sam Leung Box LP: Suppakorn Lin
HR: Joseph Matthew Daru

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Hong Kong 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 3 12 11 3
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 10 9 5

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8 December
18:30
Palestine File:Flag of Palestine.svg 3–12 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 82
Umpires: Chen Tsung-Hsin (TPE), Lin Hsing-Feng (TPE), Tim Wen (TPE), Jirapat Lapikun (THA)
LP: Ibrahim Shalabi Box WP: Amaan Jan Khan

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 3
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 2 X 12 10 2

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9 December
12:30
Hong Kong  6–5 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 92
Umpires: Jan Chung-Chi (TPE), Chen Tsung-Hsin (TPE), Lin Hsing-Feng (TPE), Jirapat Lapikun (THA)
WP: Lai Him Lam Box LP: Jibran Aman Murtaza
HR: Wasim Akram

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 12 3
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 0

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9 December
18:30
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 0–4 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 100
Umpires: Raymond Cheung (HKG), Chen Chuan-Mu (TPE), Chen Chao-Chieh (TPE), Roland Siacor (PHI)
LP: Phanuwat Sukmuang Box WP: Steven Mufareh

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 X 4 6 1

Super round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 3 0 15 3 1.000 Gold Medal
2 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (H) 3 2 1 6 2 .667 1
3 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 3 1 2 10 11 .333 2 Bronze Medal
4  Philippines 3 0 3 4 19 .000 3
Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

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8 December
12:30
Philippines  2–8 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 763
Umpires: Chen Te-Jung (TPE), Chen Chao-Chieh (TPE), Jan Chung-Chi (TPE), Kazuyuki Miura (JPN)
LP: Kennedy Torres Box WP: Shin Heon-min

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Philippines 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 X 8 9 1

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8 December
18:30
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 1–0 (F/10) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 15,544
Umpires: Park Won-jong (KOR), Hwang Seok-Min (KOR), Raymond Cheung (HKG), Sandy Wijaya Kusuma (INA)
WP: Yoshiki Fuchigami Box LP: Wang Cheng-Hao

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2

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9 December
12:30
South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 2–5 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 8,563
Umpires: Hsu Jie (TPE), Tim Wen (TPE), Chen Te-Jung (TPE), Sandy Wijaya Kusuma (INA)
LP: Lee Byeong-heon Box WP: Sho Akiyama
Sv: Tetsuyuki Fujimura
HR: Kim Beom-seok

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 1
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 X 5 10 0

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9 December
18:30
Philippines  1–2 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 16,298
Umpires: Kazuyuki Miura (JPN), Park Won-jong (KOR), Hwang Seok-Min (KOR), Yasuhiro Shimizu (JPN)
LP: Juan Paulo Macasaet Box WP: Wu Yu-Cheng
Sv: Li Tzu-Chiang

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 5 0

Bronze medal game

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10 December
12:30
Philippines  0–7 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 3,008
Umpires: Tim Wen (TPE), Kazuyuki Miura (JPN), Chen Te-Jung (TPE), Hsu Jie (TPE)
LP: Romeo Jasmin Jr. Box WP: Kim Dong-hyeok

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 X 7 9 0


Gold medal game

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10 December
18:30
Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 0–1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Taipei Dome, Taipei
Attendance: 21,013
Umpires: Hwang Seok-Min (KOR), Park Won-jong (KOR), Raymond Cheung (HKG), Sandy Wijaya Kusuma (INA)
LP: Hsu Jo-Hsi Box WP: Mizuki Kato
Sv: Shuichiro Kayo

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 5 1

Final standings

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The Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) has published the Final Ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6 6 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 6 4 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6 4 2
4  Philippines 6 2 4
5 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 5 2 3
6  Hong Kong 5 2 3
7 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 5 2 3
8 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 5 0 5
Qualified for 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

Awards

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The BFA announced the winners of Individual Awards, as well as the tournament's All-Star Team.[7]

See also

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