Asia Professional Baseball Championship

Not to be confused with Asia Baseball Championship.

The Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) is a World Baseball Softball Confederation-sanctioned international baseball competition.

Asia Professional Baseball Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
First season	2017
No. of teams	4
Countries	Japan South Korea Taiwan Australia
Venue(s)	Tokyo (2017/2023)[1][2]
Continent	Asia Oceania
Most recent champion(s)	Japan (2nd title)
Most titles	Japan (2 titles)

The tournament was initially launched with the Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization and Nippon Professional Baseball leagues. Beginning in 2023, the Australian Baseball League was also invited, expanding the competition to a four-nation tournament.

The tournament is contested by the U-24 national teams of Japan, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan.^[1][2] In the case of Taiwan, the national team plays under the banner and name of Team Taiwan, rather than Chinese Taipei, unlike other WBSC sanctioned tournaments.

Alongside the Asia Winter Baseball League, the APBC serves as successor to the heritage of the defunct and inactive Asia Series.

Finals results

Season	Host city		Champions	Score	Runners-up		MVP	No. of teams
2017 Details	Tokyo		Japan	7–0	South Korea		Shuta Tonosaki	3
2023 Details	Tokyo		Japan	4–3	South Korea		Makoto Kadowaki	4