Asia Winter Baseball League

Asia Winter Baseball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Asia Winter Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2012
No. of teams	4~6
Country	Dominican Republic  Japan  South Korea  Taiwan  European Union  United States
Continent	Asia
Most recent champion(s)	Taiwan (TSG Hawks in 2023)
Most titles	Japan (5 titles)
Tournament format	Short-League
Official website	https://awb.cpbl.com.tw/en

The Asia Winter Baseball League is a professional baseball league hosted in Taiwan^[1] 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.

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

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.^[2] Japan won the league phase but lost the playoff final to South Korea.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Edition	Year	Host City		Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Fourth place		No. of Teams
1	2012	Taichung		NPB	5-2	CPBL White		CPBL Red	Dominican Republic NT		4
2	2013	Taichung		KBO	6-2	NPB		CPBL	Dominican Republic NT		4
3	2015	Taichung		Chinese Taipei NT	4-2	NPB		KBO	CPBL		5
4	2016	Taichung		NPB West	6-1	NPB East		Chinese Taipei NT	KBO		6
5	2017	Taichung		NPB East	4-1	KBO		Japanese Amateur Baseball Association	CPBL		6
6	2018	Douliu		NPB East	1-0	CPBL		Japanese Amateur Baseball Association	KBO		5
7	2019	Taichung		Japanese Amateur Baseball Association	4-2	NPB Red		Wei Chuan Dragons	CPBL		6
8	2023	Douliu		TSG Hawks	7-1	NPB Red		CPBL	Japanese Amateur Baseball Association		6

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	T	F	A	Diff	Win%	NPB%	Best finish
1	Japan	233	133	79	21	1286	912	+374	.571	.627
	NPB	57	43	11	3	378	189	+189	.754	.796	Champions (2012)
	NPB Red	15	9	3	3	91	60	+31	.600	.750	Runners up (2019)
	Japan Amateur Baseball Association	48	27	14	7	266	158	+108	.562	.659	Champions (2019)
	NPB East	49	27	19	3	227	197	+30	.551	.587	Champions (2017, 2018)
	NPB West	49	22	23	4	246	227	+19	.449	.489	Champions (2016)
	NPB White	15	5	9	1	78	81	-3	.333	.357	Fifth place (2019)
2	South Korea	100	45	42	13	488	532	-44	.450	.517
	KBO	100	45	42	13	488	532	-44	.450	.517	Champions (2013)
3	Taiwan	186	83	89	14	952	944	+8	.446	.483
	CPBL Red	21	12	9	0	100	93	+7	.571	.571	Third place (2012)
	Wei Chuan Dragons	15	7	6	2	77	76	+1	.467	.538	Third place (2019)
	Chinese Taipei NT	31	14	12	5	169	160	+9	.452	.538	Champions (2015)
	CPBL White	19	8	11	0	87	84	+3	.421	.421	Runners Up (2012)
	CPBL	199	42	51	7	519	531	-12	.420	.452	Runners Up (2018)
4	Rest of World	48	9	33	6	214	404	-190	.188	.214
	WBSC All Stars	17	4	11	2	62	127	-65	.235	.267	Sixth place (2017)
	Team Europe	31	5	22	4	152	277	-125	.161	.185	Fifth place (2015)
5	Dominican Republic	41	7	34	0	138	286	-148	.171	.171
	Dominican Republic NT	41	7	34	0	138	286	-148	.171	.171	Fourth place (2012, 2013)

• Asia Series
• Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan)
• Taiwan baseball team
• Professional baseball in Taiwan
• Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) awards

3. 2018 Schedule and info from CPBL in Chinese Retrieved October 20, 2018 4. Roster of the AWB 2018 NPB teams by Yakyu Database Retrieved October 20, 2018 5. 2018 AWB Rosters Retrieved November 20, 2018 6. Day One of 2018 at CPBL website Retrieved November 24, 2018