Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA). It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions as the qualification games for the Baseball at the Summer Olympics if the event year is exactly one year before the Olympics. The competition has been dominated by teams from the Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

Asian Championship

Year	Host City	Dates	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1954	Manila, Philippines	December 18 - December 24	4	Philippines	Japan	South Korea
1955	Manila, Philippines	December 10 - December 18	4	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
1959	Tokyo, Japan	June 7 - June 14	4	Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
1962	Taipei, Taiwan	January 1 - January 9	4	Japan	South Korea  Chinese Taipei
1963	Seoul, South Korea	September 21 - September 29	4	South Korea	Japan  Chinese Taipei
1965	Manila, Philippines	December 4 - December 12	4	Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
1967	Tokyo, Japan	August 28 - September 2	4	Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
1969	Taipei, Taiwan	November 8 - November 16	4	Japan	Chinese Taipei	Philippines
1971	Seoul, South Korea	September 9 - September 18	5	South Korea	Japan	Philippines
1973	Manila, Philippines	April 28 - May 8	5	Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
1975	Seoul, South Korea	June 21 - July 1	5	South Korea	Japan	Australia
1983	Seoul, South Korea	September 3 - September 13	5	Japan  South Korea  Chinese Taipei
1985	Melbourne, Australia	January 20 - January 31	5	Japan	South Korea  Chinese Taipei
1987	Osaka, Japan	August 24 - August 31	7	Chinese Taipei	Japan	South Korea
1989	Seoul, South Korea	September 16 - September 23	7	Japan  South Korea  Chinese Taipei
1991	Beijing, China	September 15 - September 23	7	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
1993	Perth, Australia	February 26 - March 7	7	Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
1995	Kurashiki, Japan	September 17 - September 23	6	Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
1997	Taipei, Taiwan	May 23 - June 2	6	South Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei
1999	Seoul, South Korea	September 11 - September 17	6	South Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei
2001	New Taipei, Taiwan	March 19 - March 25	5	Chinese Taipei	South Korea	Japan
2003	Sapporo, Japan	October 31 - November 7	7	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
2005	Miyazaki, Japan	May 19 - May 22	6	Japan	Chinese Taipei	People's Republic of China
2007	Taichung, Taiwan	November 27 - December 3	7	Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
2009	Sapporo, Japan	December 18 - December 24	7	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
2012	Taichung, Taiwan	November 28 - December 3	6	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
2015	Taichung, Taiwan	September 16-September 20	6	South Korea	Chinese Taipei	Japan
2017	New Taipei, Taiwan	October 2 - October 8	7	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
2019	Taichung, Taiwan	October 14 - October 20	8	Chinese Taipei	Japan	People's Republic of China
2023	Taipei, Taiwan	September 12-September 19	8	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
2025	Pingtan in China	September 22-September 28	8	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea

Medaling Nations

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Japan	21	8	2	31
South Korea	8	10	9	27
Chinese Taipei	5	13	9	27
Philippines	1	0	2	3
People's Republic of China	0	0	2	2
Australia	0	0	1	1