2023 Asian Baseball Championship

2023 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Country	Taiwan
Dates	3–10 December 2023
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Japan (20th title)
Runner-up	Chinese Taipei
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Philippines
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Attendance	113,810 (5,173 per game)
	← 2019

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

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

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

Group A	Group B
Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Palestine South Korea	Japan Philippines Thailand Pakistan

First round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei (H)	3	3	0	40	2	1.000	—	Super Round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	28	5	.667	1	Super Round
3	Palestine	3	1	2	4	39	.333	2	Placement Round
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	3	29	.000	3	Placement Round

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

3 December 18:00	South Korea	0–4	Chinese Taipei	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
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	X	4	10	0

4 December 12:30	Palestine	3–1	Hong Kong	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
Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	7	4
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1

5 December 12:30	Hong Kong	0–9	South Korea	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
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
South Korea	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	X	9	11	1

5 December 18:30	Chinese Taipei	19–0 (F/6)	Palestine	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
Chinese Taipei	3	2	7	2	0	5	–	–	–	19	12	0
Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	1	5

6 December 12:30	Palestine	1–19 (F/5)	South Korea	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
Palestine	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6
South Korea	0	2	11	6	X	19	8	1

6 December 18:30	Hong Kong	2–17 (F/5)	Chinese Taipei	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
Hong Kong	1	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	2	5	3
Chinese Taipei	2	2	2	8	3	–	–	–	–	17	17	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	39	1	1.000	—	Super Round
2	Philippines	3	2	1	19	15	.667	1	Super Round
3	Pakistan	3	1	2	6	19	.333	2	Placement Round
4	Thailand	3	0	3	5	34	.000	3	Placement Round

Source: WBSC

4 December 12:30	Thailand	4–14 (F/7)	Philippines	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
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–	4	2	3
Philippines	2	0	2	1	1	3	5	–	–	14	10	2

4 December 18:30	Pakistan	0–14 (F/7)	Japan	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
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	3	0
Japan	0	1	2	3	8	0	X	–	–	14	14	1

5 December 12:30	Pakistan	2–4	Philippines	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
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0
Philippines	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	X	4	7	1

5 December 18:30	Japan	16–0 (F/5)	Thailand	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
Japan	1	5	0	4	6	–	–	–	–	16	9	0
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	3

6 December 12:30	Thailand	1–4	Pakistan	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
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	2
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	x	4	6	2

6 December 18:30	Philippines	1–9	Japan	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
Philippines	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Japan	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	X	9	10	0

Placement round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB
1	Pakistan^[a]	3	2	1	21	10	.667	—
2	Hong Kong^[a]	3	2	1	19	18	.667	—
3	Palestine^[a]	3	2	1	10	13	.667	—
4	Thailand	3	0	3	11	20	.000	2

Source: WBSC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c
Pakistan: 1W–1L TQB +0.5000
Hong Kong: 1W–1L TQB -0.0556
Palestine: 1W–1L TQB -0.4314

8 December 12:30	Hong Kong	12–10	Thailand	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
Hong Kong	3	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	3	12	11	3
Thailand	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	10	9	5

8 December 18:30	Palestine	3–12	Pakistan	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
Palestine	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	3
Pakistan	0	0	3	0	1	2	4	2	X	12	10	2

9 December 12:30	Hong Kong	6–5	Pakistan	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
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	12	3
Pakistan	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	0

9 December 18:30	Thailand	0–4	Palestine	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
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	X	4	6	1

Super round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	15	3	1.000	—	Gold Medal
2	Chinese Taipei (H)	3	2	1	6	2	.667	1	Gold Medal
3	South Korea	3	1	2	10	11	.333	2	Bronze Medal
4	Philippines	3	0	3	4	19	.000	3	Bronze Medal

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

8 December 12:30	Philippines	2–8	South Korea	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
Philippines	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6
South Korea	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	X	8	9	1

8 December 18:30	Japan	1–0 (F/10)	Chinese Taipei	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
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

9 December 12:30	South Korea	2–5	Japan	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
South Korea	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	8	1
Japan	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	X	5	10	0

9 December 18:30	Philippines	1–2	Chinese Taipei	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
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2	5	0

Bronze medal game

10 December 12:30	Philippines	0–7	South Korea	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
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	X	7	9	0

Gold medal game

10 December 18:30	Chinese Taipei	0–1	Japan	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
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	5	1

Final standings

The Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) has published the Final Ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.^[6]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	Japan	6	6	0
	Chinese Taipei	6	4	2
	South Korea	6	4	2
4	Philippines	6	2	4
5	Pakistan	5	2	3
6	Hong Kong	5	2	3
7	Palestine	5	2	3
8	Thailand	5	0	5

	Qualified for 2024 U-23 Baseball World Cup

Awards

The BFA announced the winners of Individual Awards, as well as the tournament's All-Star Team.^[7]

All-Star Team
Position	Player
Starting Pitcher	Shuichiro Kayo
Relief Pitcher	Jo Byeong-hyeon
Catcher	Mark Steven Manaig
First Baseman	Iyang Namoh
Second Baseman	Yukiya Yano
Third Baseman	Liu Ji-Hong
Shortstop	Lin Chen-Fei
Outfielders	Erwin Bosito Chen Hsiao-Yun Motoki Mukoyama
Designated Hitter	Kim Beom-seok

Individual Awards
Award	Player	Value
Most Valuable Player	Motoki Mukoyama
Leading Hitter (Best Batting Average)	Tsz Yin Jordan Wen	0.500
Pitcher with the Best ERA	Steven Mufareh	0.00 13.0 IP
Pitcher with the Best Win/Loss Average	Steven Mufareh	2 13.0 IP
Most Runs Batted In (RBI)	Motoki Mukoyama	9
Most Home Runs	Joseph Matthew Daru	1 PA-(BB+HP)=12
Most Stolen Bases	Jeong Jun-jae	7
Most Runs Scored	Yukiya Yano	9
Best Defensive Player	Lin Ching-Kai

References

^ "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.

External links

Official page

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Pakistan: 1W–1L TQB +0.5000
Hong Kong: 1W–1L TQB -0.0556
Palestine: 1W–1L TQB -0.4314

[1] "Pakistan defeat Palestine to claim West Asia Baseball Cup title". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[2] "Philippines confirmed as East Asia Baseball Cup champions". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[5] "Taiwan win Championship opener". Taipei Times. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[7] "2023 ASIAN-CHAMP-M-BB BFA XXX Asian Championship 2023 Daily Report #07FINAL" (PDF). BFA/WBSC. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[8] "2023 ASIAN-CHAMP-M-BB BFA XXX Asian Championship 2023 Daily Report #07FINAL" (PDF). BFA/WBSC. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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