The Asian Baseball Championship

Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia . It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions as the qualification games for the Baseball at the Summer...

was the fourteenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia

Baseball Federation of Asia

The Baseball Federation of Asia is the governing body of the sport of baseball in Asia. The federation is governed by the International Baseball Federation.-Members:-Rankings:...

. The tournament was held in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 for the third time. The tournament was won by Chinese Taipei; their first Asian Championship.

Guam

Guam national baseball team

The Guam national baseball team is the national baseball team of Guam. The team represents Guam in international competitions. Guam has competed in the Asian Baseball Championship.-Asian Baseball Championship:...

 (4th) and India

India national baseball team

The India national baseball team is the national baseball team of India. The team represents India in international competitions. India now also boasts of two International players Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, both of whom were in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization....

 (7th) both made their first appearances at the tournament and became the seventh and eighth teams to contest the championship. Defending champions Japan

Japan national baseball team

The Japan national baseball team is the national baseball team representing Japan in international competitions. They are one of the more successful baseball teams in the world, having won the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...

 (2nd), South Korea (3rd), Australia

Australia national baseball team

The Australian national baseball team represents Australia in international baseball tournaments and competitions. They are ranked as the top team in Oceania, and are the Oceanian Champions, having been awarded the title in 2007 when New Zealand withdrew from the Oceania Baseball Championship. They...

 (5th) and China

China national baseball team

The China national baseball team is the national representative team of the People's Republic of China.-Olympic Games:China secured qualification to the 2008 Summer Olympics automatically as host nation, giving the country its first Olympics berth....

(6th) were the other participants.