2023 Asian Baseball Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Country | Taiwan |
Dates | 3–10 December 2023 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 22 |
Attendance | 113,810 (5,173 per game) |
The 30th 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Group A | Group B |
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First round
[edit]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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1.000 | — | Super Round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 5 | .667 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 39 | .333 | 2 | Placement Round |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | .000 | 3 |
3 December 18:00 | South Korea ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 |
4 December 12:30 | Palestine ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
5 December 12:30 | Hong Kong ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 9 | 11 | 1 |
5 December 18:30 | Chinese Taipei ![]() | 19–0 (F/6) | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | 19 | 12 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 5 |
6 December 12:30 | Palestine ![]() | 1–19 (F/5) | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | X | 19 | 8 | 1 |
6 December 18:30 | Hong Kong ![]() | 2–17 (F/5) | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 17 | 0 |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1.000 | — | Super Round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 15 | .667 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | .333 | 2 | Placement Round |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 34 | .000 | 3 |
4 December 12:30 | Thailand ![]() | 4–14 (F/7) | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | – | 14 | 10 | 2 |
4 December 18:30 | Pakistan ![]() | 0–14 (F/7) | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | X | – | – | 14 | 14 | 1 |
5 December 12:30 | Pakistan ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 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. |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 7 | 1 |
5 December 18:30 | Japan ![]() | 16–0 (F/5) | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 9 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 |
6 December 12:30 | Thailand ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 4 | 6 | 2 |
6 December 18:30 | Philippines ![]() | 1–9 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 | 10 | 0 |
Placement round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | .667 | — |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 18 | .667 | — |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .667 | — |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 20 | .000 | 2 |
Notes:
8 December 12:30 | Hong Kong ![]() | 12–10 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
8 December 18:30 | Palestine ![]() | 3–12 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | X | 12 | 10 | 2 |
9 December 12:30 | Hong Kong ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
9 December 18:30 | Thailand ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Super round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1.000 | — | Gold Medal |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .667 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | .333 | 2 | Bronze Medal |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | .000 | 3 |
8 December 12:30 | Philippines ![]() | 2–8 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 | 9 | 1 |
8 December 18:30 | Japan ![]() | 1–0 (F/10) | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
9 December 12:30 | South Korea ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
9 December 18:30 | Philippines ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Bronze medal game
[edit]10 December 12:30 | Philippines ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Gold medal game
[edit]10 December 18:30 | Chinese Taipei ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | 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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Final standings
[edit]The Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) has published the Final Ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
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![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 |
![]() | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 |
![]() | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Qualified for 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup |
Awards
[edit]The BFA announced the winners of Individual Awards, as well as the tournament's All-Star Team.[7]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pakistan defeat Palestine to claim West Asia Baseball Cup title". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Philippines confirmed as East Asia Baseball Cup champions". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "XXX BFA Asian Championship starts Sunday, qualifies three teams for WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2024". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "China to host V WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup from 6 to 15 September, 2024". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Taiwan win Championship opener". Taipei Times. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "2023 ASIAN-CHAMP-M-BB BFA XXX Asian Championship 2023 Daily Report #07FINAL" (PDF). BFA/WBSC. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "2023 ASIAN-CHAMP-M-BB BFA XXX Asian Championship 2023 Daily Report #07FINAL" (PDF). BFA/WBSC. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.