The Asian Baseball Cup is a baseball tournament organized by WBSC Asia. It is a second-level tournament to the Asian Baseball Championship. In 2012, the Asian Baseball Cup was divided into two separate divisions, East and West, alternatively called the East Asian Baseball Cup and West Asian Baseball Cup. From 2016, the Asian Baseball Cup tournaments are held biannually.[1]
The tournament serves as a qualifier for two teams that will later compete in the Asian Baseball Championship, along with Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea and China, which automatically qualify for the latter tournament and therefore do not compete at the Asian Baseball Cup.[1]
Results edit
Before 2012 edit
After 2012 edit
Eastern Division edit
- See footnote[1]
| Year | Final Host | Champions 
|
Runners-up 
|
3rd place 
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Details |
 Pathum Thani |
 Philippines |
 Thailand |
 Hong Kong | |
| 2015 Details |
 Jakarta |
Philippines |
 Indonesia |
 Sri Lanka | |
| 2017 Details |
 Hong Kong |
Philippines |
Thailand |
Hong Kong | |
| 2020 Details |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2023 Details |
Bangkok |
Philippines |
Hong Kong |
Thailand | |
Western Division edit
- See footnote[2]
| Year | Final Host | Champions
|
Runners-up
|
3rd place
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Details |
 Lahore |
 Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
 Iran | |
| 2013 Details |
Lahore |
Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
 Afghanistan | |
| 2015 Details |
Islamabad |
Pakistan |
Iran |
 India | |
| 2017 Details |
Islamabad |
Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
Iran | |
| 2019 Details |
 Colombo |
Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
India | |
| 2021 Details |
 Karaj |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3][4] | |||
| 2023 Details |
Islamabad |
Pakistan |
 Palestine |
Sri Lanka | |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 |  Philippines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  India | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Palestine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
References edit
- ^ a b c "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | Tournaments..." Baseball Federation of Asia. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ Asian Baseball Cup-West. Baseball Federation of Asia. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | BFA News..." Baseball Federation of Asia. 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ The BFA decided Sri Lnka and Pakistan as two participants to the 2021 XXX BFA Asian Championship
External links edit
- Asian Baseball Cup results (Baseball Federation of Asia)