Baseball Federation of Asia

The Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) is the governing body of the sport of baseball in Asia. The federation is governed by the International Baseball Federation.

Baseball Federation of Asia
AbbreviationBFA
TypeSport organization
HeadquartersXinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
Region served
Asia
Membership
24 member associations
President
Tom Peng[1]
Vice-presidents
Masatake Yamanaka
Chen Xu
Yang Hae-Young[1]
General Secretary
Lin Hua Wei[1]
Parent organization
World Baseball Softball Confederation
Websitewww.baseballasia.org

History

The birth of Baseball Federation of Asia goes back to 1954 when the 2nd Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines.

The four countries of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines organized a committee aiming at establishing Baseball Federation of Asia, and 7 May of the same year witnessed the commencement of BFA.

American expatriate Charles Chick Parsons of the Philippines was elected as the first president of Baseball Federation of Asia.

The BFA became inactive for eight years following the 1975 Asian Baseball Championship. At the sidelines of the FEMBA World Baseball Championship in Tokyo in 1980, the executives of BFA discussed about resuming the activity of the federation. The Asian Baseball Championship was later resumed in 1983 which was held in Seoul. The membership of the federation grew as more Asian nations were admitted to the BFA.[2]

The total number of BFA members at the present time is 24, and 1 non-member observer State (Vietnam).

Members
  • Cambodia is a member of the BFA but not currently member of the World Baseball Softball Confederation according to the WBSC's website.

Rankings
See also: WBSC World Rankings
Men's Rankings as of 18 March 2020[3]
BFA
Rank		WBSC
Rank		TeamPoints
11 Japan6167
23 South Korea4648
34 Chinese Taipei4385
422 China695
527 Pakistan323
630 Hong Kong279
732 Philippines231
837 Sri Lanka156
943 Indonesia131
1053 Thailand80
1162 Iran51
1266 India39
1375   Nepal21
1479 Bangladesh14
1581 Singapore11
1684 Iraq5
17NR AfghanistanNR
 BruneiNR
 CambodiaNR
 KazakhstanNR
 LaosNR
 MalaysiaNR
 MongoliaNR
 MyanmarNR
 North KoreaNR

Competitions

Current title holders
Competitions Champion Title Runner-up
Asian Baseball Championship  Japan 18th  Chinese Taipei
Asian Baseball Cup East Division  Philippines 4th  Indonesia
West Division  Pakistan 4th  Iran
Asian City Baseball Tournament Saitama 1st Taichung
Asian 18U Baseball Championship  South Korea 5th  Chinese Taipei
Asian 15U Baseball Championship  Japan 2nd  Chinese Taipei
Asian 12U Baseball Championship  Chinese Taipei 7th  South Korea

See also

References
  1. "Organization". Baseball Federation of Asia. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. "BFA History". Baseball Federation of Asia. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. "WBSC Rankings | WBSC". www.wbsc.org. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.


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