Asia Professional Baseball Championship

The Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) is a World Baseball Softball Confederation-sanctioned international baseball competition jointly launched with the Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization and Nippon Professional Baseball leagues. The three-nation tournament is contested by the U-24 national teams of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.[1][2]

Asia Professional Baseball Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship
SportBaseball
Founded2017 (2017)
Inaugural season2017
No. of teams4
Countries Japan
 South Korea
 Taiwan
 Australia
Venue(s)Japan Tokyo (2017/2023)[1][2]
ContinentAsia Oceania
Most recent
champion(s)		 Japan (1st title)
Most titles Japan (1 title)

Alongside the Asia Winter Baseball League, the APBC serves as successor to the heritage of the defunct and inactive Asia Series.

Finals results
Season Host city Champions Score Runners-up MVP No. of teams
2017
Details		 Japan
Tokyo		  Japan 7–0  South Korea Japan Shuta Tonosaki 3
2023 Japan
Tokyo		 4

References
  1. "「아시아 프로야구 챔피언십 2017」 오는 11월 개최" [2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship will open in November]. KBO. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  2. "「アジア プロ野球チャンピオンシップ2017」が11月に開催決定" [2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship will open in November]. NPB. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-10-14.


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