Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season | |
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| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Commissioner | Tsai Chi-chang |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Continent | Asia |
| Most recent champion(s) | CTBC Brothers (10th title) (2024) |
| Most titles | CTBC Brothers Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (both 10 titles) |
| Qualification | Asia Series (2005–2013) |
| TV partner(s) | CPBL TV (via Hami Video) ELTA Sports Videoland Television Network DAZN MOMOTV |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Official website | www.CPBL.com.tw |
The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; Chinese: 中華職業棒球大聯盟; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Zhíyè Bàngqiú Dàliánméng) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990.[1] CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003. As of the 2024 season, the CPBL consists of six organizations, all of which have teams in the main league and farm league.
The CPBL consists of Major (Chinese: 一軍; lit. 'first/primary corps') and, since 2006, Minor (Chinese: 二軍; lit. 'second/reserve corps') leagues, with the Minor league team rosters consist of developmental and injury-recovering players.
CPBL TV is CPBL's official paid live-streaming and video-on-demand platform. It receives signals from each team's broadcasting partners and is available worldwide.
- ^ Intro of CPBL Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine