The Asia Professional Baseball Championship 2017 (APBC 2017), sanctioned by the

World Baseball Softball Confederation World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC; french: Confédération internationale de baseball et softball) is the world governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, and Baseball5. It was established in 2013 by the merger of the Inter ...

(WBSC), was the first edition of APBC, and was held in Japan from November 16 to 19.

Participating teams

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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.

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

Final

Final standings

Awards

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

References

External links

* Asia Professional Baseball Championship Asia Professional Baseball Championship Asia Professional Baseball Championship Asia Professional Baseball Championship Asia Professional Baseball Championship {{Asia-baseball-stub