The Asia Winter Baseball League is a professional baseball league hosted in Taiwan with 2012 as its inaugural season. Making use of the warm and dry winter climate in West Taiwan, the short term league aims to offer young baseball players additional training experience and continued exposure in off-season games. It is the de facto successor to the now defunct Asia Series.

Seasons

2012

Season 2012 was played between Japan, Taiwan Red, Taiwan White, and the Dominican Republic, with Japan winning the championship.

2013

Season 2013 was played between the teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization, Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan, and the Dominican Republic. Japan won the league phase but lost the playoff final to South Korea.

2015

Season 2015 was played between the teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League, Korea Baseball Organization, Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan, the Chinese Taipei National Training Team, and the Team Europe. This was the first time since the Asia Winter Baseball League was founded that Team Europe was invited. Team Europe consisted of total 30 players from different countries (12 Italians, 8 Dutch, 3 German, 2 French, 1 Czech, 1 Belgian, 1 Croat, 1 Hispanic and 1 Romanian). The Chinese Taipei National Training Team won the championship with team Japan as runner-up.

2016

Season 2016 was played between the 2 teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League (East Japan/West Japan), Korea Baseball Organization Team, Chinese Professional Baseball League Team of Taiwan, Chinese Taipei National Training Team, and the Team Europe. The final was played between the 2 Japanese teams. The West Japan team consisting of players from Nippon Professional Baseball League teams from West Japan won the championship.

2017

Season 2017 was played between the 2 teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League (East Japan/West Japan), Korea Baseball Organization Team, Chinese Professional Baseball League Team of Taiwan, the Japan Amateur Baseball Association All Star Team, and the WBSC All Star team managed by WBSC consisting of Team Europe players augmented with additional U.S. players. Experiencing player shortages due to injuries and early departures of team members, WBSC team took on amateur baseball players from Japan and Taiwan as replacements. The East Japan team consisting of players from Nippon Professional Baseball League teams from East Japan won the championship.

2018

Season 2018 was played by 5 teams, 2 teams of Nippon Professional Baseball League (East Japan/West Japan), one Korea Baseball Organization Team, one Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan team, the Japan Amateur Baseball Association All Star Team. 40 regular season games were played November 24 - December 13, 2018. Each team was playing 16 games, top four teams played three more games in playoffs December 14–16, 2018. All games were played at either Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium or Douliu Baseball Stadium

NPB West missed the Playoffs. KBO finished in fourth place, JABA team in third place, CPBL in second place, NPB East winners.

2019

The CPBL Expansion team Wei Chuan Dragons have expressed their willingness to send a team.

Previous Results

EditionYearHost CityChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeFourth placeNo. of Teams
12012Taiwan TaichungJapan NPB5-2Taiwan CPBL WhiteTaiwan CPBL RedDominican Republic Dominican Republic NT4
22013Taiwan TaichungSouth Korea KBO6-2Japan NPBTaiwan CPBLDominican Republic Dominican Republic NT4
32015Taiwan TaichungTaiwan Chinese Taipei NT4-2Japan NPBSouth Korea KBOTaiwan CPBL5
42016Taiwan TaichungJapan NPB West6-1Japan NPB EastTaiwan Chinese Taipei NTSouth Korea KBO6
52017Taiwan TaichungJapan NPB East4-1South Korea KBOJapan Japanese Amateur Baseball AssociationTaiwan CPBL6
62018Taiwan DouliuJapan NPB East1-0Taiwan CPBLJapan Japanese Amateur Baseball AssociationSouth Korea KBO5
72019Taiwan TaichungJapan Japanese Amateur Baseball Association4-2Japan NPB RedTaiwan Wei Chuan DragonsTaiwan CPBL6
82023Taiwan DouliuTaiwan TSG Hawks7-1Japan NPB RedTaiwan CPBLJapan Japanese Amateur Baseball Association6
92024Taiwan DouliuJapan NPB White3-1Japan Japanese Amateur Baseball AssociationTaiwan Taiwan MountainsTaiwan Taiwan Seas5
102025Taiwan ChiayiJapan Japanese Amateur Baseball Association5-4Japan NPBTaiwan Taiwan MountainsTaiwan Taiwan Seas5

All-time Table (Excluding playoffs)

Pos.TeamPWLTFADiffWin%NPB%Best finish
1Japan Japan23313379211286912+374.571.627
Japan NPB5743113378189+189.754.796Champions (2012)
Japan NPB Red159339160+31.600.750Runners up (2019)
Japan Japan Amateur Baseball Association4827147266158+108.562.659Champions (2019)
Japan NPB East4927193227197+30.551.587Champions (2017, 2018)
Japan NPB West4922234246227+19.449.489Champions (2016)
Japan NPB White155917881-3.333.357Fifth place (2019)
2South Korea South Korea100454213488532-44.450.517
South Korea KBO100454213488532-44.450.517Champions (2013)
3Taiwan Taiwan186838914952944+8.446.483
Taiwan CPBL Red21129010093+7.571.571Third place (2012)
Taiwan Wei Chuan Dragons157627776+1.467.538Third place (2019)
Taiwan Chinese Taipei NT3114125169160+9.452.538Champions (2015)
Taiwan CPBL White1981108784+3.421.421Runners Up (2012)
Taiwan CPBL19942517519531-12.420.452Runners Up (2018)
4Rest of World489336214404-190.188.214
EuropeJapanTaiwanUnited States WBSC All Stars17411262127-65.235.267Sixth place (2017)
Europe Team Europe315224152277-125.161.185Fifth place (2015)
5Dominican Republic Dominican Republic417340138286-148.171.171
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic NT417340138286-148.171.171Fourth place (2012, 2013)

See also

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