Asia Winter Baseball League

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Asia Winter Baseball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Sports current event.svg 2024 Asia Winter Baseball League
Sport Baseball
Founded2012
No. of teams4~6
CountryFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Continent Asia
Most recent
champion(s)		 Taiwan (TSG Hawks in 2023)
Most titles Japan (5 titles)
Tournament formatShort-League
Official website https://awb.cpbl.com.tw/en

The Asia Winter Baseball League is a professional baseball league hosted in Taiwan [1] with 2012 as its inaugural season. Making use of the warm and dry winter climate in West Taiwan, the short term league aims to offer young baseball players additional training experience and continued exposure in off-season games. It is the de facto successor to the now defunct Asia Series.

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Seasons

2012

Season 2012 was played between Japan, Taiwan Red, Taiwan White, and the Dominican Republic, with Japan winning the championship.

2013

Season 2013 was played between the teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization, Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan, and the Dominican Republic. [2] Japan won the league phase but lost the playoff final to South Korea.

2015

Season 2015 was played between the teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization, Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan, the Chinese Taipei National Training Team, and the Team Europe. This was the first time since the Asia Winter Baseball League was founded that Team Europe was invited. Team Europe consisted of total 30 players from different countries (12 Italians, 8 Dutch, 3 German, 2 French, 1 Czech, 1 Belgian, 1 Croat, 1 Hispanic and 1 Romanian). The Chinese Taipei National Training Team won the championship with team Japan as runner-up.

2016

Season 2016 was played between the 2 teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League (East Japan/West Japan), Korea Baseball Organization Team, Chinese Professional Baseball League Team of Taiwan, Chinese Taipei National Training Team, and the Team Europe. The final was played between the 2 Japanese teams. The West Japan team consisting of players from Nippon Professional Baseball League teams from West Japan won the championship.

2017

Season 2017 was played between the 2 teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League (East Japan/West Japan), Korea Baseball Organization Team, Chinese Professional Baseball League Team of Taiwan, the Japan Amateur Baseball Association All Star Team, and the WBSC All Star team managed by WBSC consisting of Team Europe players augmented with additional U.S. players. Experiencing player shortages due to injuries and early departures of team members, WBSC team took on amateur baseball players from Japan and Taiwan as replacements. The East Japan team consisting of players from Nippon Professional Baseball League teams from East Japan won the championship.

2018

Season 2018 was played by 5 teams, 2 teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League (East Japan/West Japan), one Korea Baseball Organization Team, one Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan team, the Japan Amateur Baseball Association All Star Team. 40 regular season games were played November 24 - December 13, 2018. Each team was playing 16 games, top four teams played three more games in playoffs December 14–16, 2018. All games were played at either Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium or Douliu Baseball Stadium

NPB West missed the Playoffs. KBO finished in fourth place, JABA team in third place, CPBL in second place, NPB East winners.

2019

The CPBL Expansion team Wei Chuan Dragons have expressed their willingness to send a team. source: CPBL Stats

Previous Results

EditionYearHost CityChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeFourth placeNo. of Teams
1 2012 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taichung 		Flag of Japan.svg
NPB 		5-2 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL White 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL Red 		Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg
Dominican Republic NT 		4
2 2013 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taichung 		Flag of South Korea.svg
KBO 		6-2 Flag of Japan.svg
NPB 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL 		Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg
Dominican Republic NT 		4
3 2015 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taichung 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Chinese Taipei NT 		4-2 Flag of Japan.svg
NPB 		Flag of South Korea.svg
KBO 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL 		5
4 2016 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taichung 		Flag of Japan.svg
NPB West 		6-1 Flag of Japan.svg
NPB East 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Chinese Taipei NT 		Flag of South Korea.svg
KBO 		6
5 2017 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taichung 		Flag of Japan.svg
NPB East 		4-1 Flag of South Korea.svg
KBO 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japanese Amateur Baseball Association 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL 		6
6 2018 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Douliu 		Flag of Japan.svg
NPB East 		1-0 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japanese Amateur Baseball Association 		Flag of South Korea.svg
KBO 		5
7 2019 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taichung 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japanese Amateur Baseball Association 		4-2 Flag of Japan.svg
NPB Red 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Wei Chuan Dragons 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL 		6
8 2023 Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Douliu 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
TSG Hawks 		7-1 Flag of Japan.svg
NPB Red 		Flag of the Republic of China.svg
CPBL 		Flag of Japan.svg
Japanese Amateur Baseball Association 		6

All-time Table (Excluding playoffs)

Pos.TeamPWLTFADiffWin%NPB%Best finish
1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 23313379211286912+374.571.627
Flag of Japan.svg NPB 5743113378189+189.754.796Champions(2012)
Flag of Japan.svg NPB Red 159339160+31.600.750Runners up (2019)
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Amateur Baseball Association 4827147266158+108.562.659Champions(2019)
Flag of Japan.svg NPB East 4927193227197+30.551.587Champions(2017, 2018)
Flag of Japan.svg NPB West 4922234246227+19.449.489Champions(2016)
Flag of Japan.svg NPB White 155917881-3.333.357Fifth place (2019)
2 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 100454213488532-44.450.517
Flag of South Korea.svg KBO 100454213488532-44.450.517Champions(2013)
3 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 186838914952944+8.446.483
Flag of the Republic of China.svg CPBL Red 21129010093+7.571.571Third place (2012)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wei Chuan Dragons 157627776+1.467.538Third place (2019)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chinese Taipei NT 3114125169160+9.452.538Champions(2015)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg CPBL White 1981108784+3.421.421Runners Up (2012)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg CPBL 19942517519531-12.420.452Runners Up (2018)
4Rest of World489336214404-190.188.214
Flag of Europe.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flag of the United States.svg WBSC All Stars 17411262127-65.235.267Sixth place (2017)
Flag of Europe.svg Team Europe 315224152277-125.161.185Fifth place (2015)
5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 417340138286-148.171.171
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic NT 417340138286-148.171.171Fourth place (2012, 2013)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Winter baseball league a fine start, but more can be done". China Post. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Team Info". CPBL. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

3. 2018 Schedule and info from CPBL in Chinese Retrieved October 20, 2018 4. Roster of the AWB 2018 NPB teams by Yakyu Database Retrieved October 20, 2018 5. 2018 AWB Rosters Retrieved November 20, 2018 6. Day One of 2018 at CPBL website Retrieved November 24, 2018

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