2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship
Tokyo Dome
Tournament details
CountryJapan
DatesNovember 16–19
Teams3
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played4
Attendance104,826 (26,207 per game)
MVPJapan Shuta Tonosaki

The 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC 2017), sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), was the first edition of APBC, and was held in Japan from November 16 to 19.[1][2]

Participating teams

Rosters

Only players born in 1993 or later, or that have less than three years of professional experience are eligible for the competition. However, teams are also allowed up to three wild cards which do not meet either of these criteria. Korea is the only team to have elected not to use its wild cards.[3]

Format

Each of the three teams participated in a round-robin series, playing each other team once. The two teams with the best win-loss percentage faced each other in the final, with the team finishing higher considered the "home team", meaning that they had the advantage of batting last.

Round-robin stage

Pos Team W L Pct. R RA
1 Japan Japan 2 0 1.000 16 9
2 South Korea South Korea 1 1 .500 8 8
3 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 0 2 .000 2 9
Game 1: Korea vs. Japan, November 16, 2017
November 16, 2017, 19:12 (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team12345678910RHE
South Korea South Korea00040000037101
Japan Japan00100200148110
WP: Mizuki Hori (1–0)   LP: Lee Min-ho (0–1)
Home runs:
KOR: Kim Ha-seong (1)
JPN: Hotaka Yamakawa (1), Seiji Uebayashi (1)
Attendance: 32,815   Game time: 4 hours 29 minutes
Boxscore
November 17, 2017, 19:03 (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
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Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei000000000040
South Korea South Korea00000100X140
WP: Im Gi-yeong (1–0)   LP: Chen Kuan-yu (0–1)   Sv: Jang Pill-joon (1)
Attendance: 6,040   Game time: 3 hours 27 minutes
Boxscore
November 18, 2017, 18:41 (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team123456789RHE
Japan Japan0100203118121
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei000000002270
WP: Shota Imanaga (1–0)   LP: Lin Cheng-hsien (0–1)
Home runs:
JPN: Shuta Tonosaki (1)
TWN: Chu Yu-hsien (1)
Attendance: 35,473   Game time: 4 hours 4 minutes
Boxscore

Final

November 19, 2017, 18:11 (JST) at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan
Team123456789RHE
South Korea South Korea000000000030
Japan Japan00013210X7110
WP: Kazuto Taguchi (1–0)   LP: Park Se-woong (0–1)
Home runs:
KOR: None
JPN: Ryoma Nishikawa (1)
Attendance: 30,498   Game time: 3 hours 29 minutes
Boxscore

Final standings

Awards

The APBC 2017 organization announced MVP and All APBC 2017 team of Asia Professional Baseball Championship 2017 as follows.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "「아시아 프로야구 챔피언십 2017」 경기일정 발표". KBO. 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  2. ↑ "「アジア プロ野球チャンピオンシップ2017」大会スポンサーおよび大会公式ロゴが決定". NPB. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Team Korea announce 25-man roster for 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship". 10 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Award - 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship". Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
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