Asia Winter Baseball League

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.

Asia Winter Baseball League
Current season, competition or edition:
6
SportBaseball
Founded2012
No. of teams4~6
Country Dominican Republic
 Japan
 South Korea
 Taiwan
 European Union
 United States
ContinentAsia
Most recent
champion(s)
Japan (NPB East in 2018)
Most titlesJapan (5 titles)
Official website

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

Edition Year Host City Champions Score Runners-up Third place Fourth place No. of Teams
1 2012
Taichung

Nippon Professional Baseball
5-2
CPBL White

CPBL Red

Dominican Republic NT
4
2 2013
Taichung

Korea Baseball Organization
6-2
Nippon Professional Baseball

Chinese Professional Baseball League

Dominican Republic NT
4
3 2015
Taichung

Chinese Taipei NT
4-2
Nippon Professional Baseball

Korea Baseball Organization

Chinese Professional Baseball League
5
4 2016
Taichung

NPB West
6-1
NPB East

Chinese Taipei NT

Korea Baseball Organization
6
5 2017
Taichung

NPB East
4-1
Korea Baseball Organization

Japanese Amateur Baseball Association

Chinese Professional Baseball League
6
6 2018
Douliu

NPB East
1-0
Chinese Professional Baseball League

Japanese Amateur Baseball Association

Korea Baseball Organization
5
7 2019
Taichung

Japanese Amateur Baseball Association
4-2
NPB Red

Wei Chuan Dragons

Chinese Professional Baseball League
6

All-time Table (Excluding playoffs)

Pos. Team P W L T F A Diff Win% NPB% Best finish
1 Japan 23313379211286912+374.571.627
Nippon Professional Baseball 5743113378189+189.754.796 Champions (2012)
NPB Red 159339160+31.600.750 Runners up (2019)
Japan Amateur Baseball Association 4827147266158+108.562.659 Champions (2019)
NPB East 4927193227197+30.551.587 Champions (2017, 2018)
NPB West 4922234246227+19.449.489 Champions (2016)
NPB White 155917881-3.333.357 Fifth place (2019)
2 South Korea 100454213488532-44.450.517
Korea Baseball Organization 100454213488532-44.450.517 Champions (2013)
3 Taiwan 186838914952944+8.446.483
CPBL Red 21129010093+7.571.571 Third place (2012)
Wei Chuan Dragons 157627776+1.467.538 Third place (2019)
Chinese Taipei NT 3114125169160+9.452.538 Champions (2015)
CPBL White 1981108784+3.421.421 Runners Up (2012)
Chinese Professional Baseball League 19942517519531-12.420.452 Runners Up (2018)
4Rest of World 489336214404-190.188.214
WBSC All Stars 17411262127-65.235.267 Sixth place (2017)
Team Europe 315224152277-125.161.185 Fifth place (2015)
5 Dominican Republic 417340138286-148.171.171
Dominican Republic NT 417340138286-148.171.171 Fourth 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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