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

The 2015 Asian Baseball Championship is an international baseball competition to be held in Taiwan from September 16–20, 2015. It will be 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

Notes

1. 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

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