Asia Professional Baseball Championship
| Most recent season or competition: 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| First season | 2017 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Countries | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Venue | Japan Tokyo (2017/2023)[1][2] |
| Continent | Asia Oceania |
| Most recent champion | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (2nd title) |
| Most titles | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (2 titles) |
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The Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) is a World Baseball Softball Confederation-sanctioned international baseball competition.
The tournament was initially launched with the Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization and Nippon Professional Baseball leagues. Beginning in 2023, the Australian Baseball League was also invited, expanding the competition to a four-nation tournament.
The tournament is contested by the U-24 national teams of Japan, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan.[1][2] In the case of Taiwan, the national team plays under the banner and name of Team Taiwan, rather than Chinese Taipei, unlike other WBSC sanctioned tournaments.
Alongside the Asia Winter Baseball League, the APBC serves as successor to the heritage of the defunct and inactive Asia Series.
Finals results
[edit | edit source]| Season | Host city | Champions | Score | Runners-up | MVP | No. of teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Details |
Japan Tokyo |
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 7–0 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | Japan Shuta Tonosaki | 3 | ||
| 2023 Details |
Japan Tokyo |
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 4–3 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | Japan Makoto Kadowaki | 4 |
References
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