1987 Asian Baseball Championship

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1987 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams7
Final positions
Champions Chinese Taipei (1st title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Guam

The 1987 Asian Baseball Championship was the fourteenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan for the third time. The tournament was won by Chinese Taipei; their first gold medal in the Asian Baseball Championship.[1]

Guam (4th) and India (7th) both made their first appearances at the tournament and became the seventh and eighth teams to contest the championship. Defending champions Japan (2nd), South Korea (3rd), Australia (5th) and China (6th) were the other participants.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bjarkman 2005, pp.477–8
  2. ^ "Taiwan virtual Asian Champ". Manila Standard. 31 August 1987. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

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