2015 Asian Baseball Championship

2015 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Taiwan
Dates	16–20 September
Teams	6
Defending champions	Japan (2012)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (7th title)
Runner-up	Chinese Taipei
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	China

Main article: Asian Baseball Championship

The 2015 Asian Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition that was held in Taiwan from September 16–20, 2015. It was the 27th edition of the tournament.

South Korea won the title. Japan previously won five straight gold medals in the tournament since 2003.^[1]

Qualified Teams

Chinese Taipei – Host and 2nd place of the 2012 Asian Baseball Championship
China – 4th place of the 2012 Asian Baseball Championship
Japan – 1st place of the 2012 Asian Baseball Championship
Pakistan – 1st place of the 2015 Asian Baseball Cup South West Division
~~Philippines – 1st place of the 2015 Asian Baseball Cup South East Division~~^{[note 1]}
Indonesia – 2nd place of the 2015 Asian Baseball Cup South East Division*^{[note 1]}
South Korea – 3rd place of the 2012 Asian Baseball Championship

Results

Teams	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Final Rank
South Korea	5	5	0	1
Chinese Taipei	5	4	1	2
Japan	5	3	2	3
China	5	2	3	4
Pakistan	5	1	4	5
Indonesia	5	0	5	6

Notes

1 2 The Philippines qualified for the tournament as winners of the Eastern Division of the 2015 Asian Baseball Cup but later withdrew due to financial and managerial issues faced by its national baseball association.^[2]

References

↑ "S Korea win as Taiwan take silver". Baseball Federation of Asia. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
↑ Ochosa, Mike (24 September 2015). "Philippine baseball's lost opportunity". Rappler. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

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