Asian Baseball Championship

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.

  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.