The Global Baseball Games, billed as the Carnext Samurai Japan Series for sponsorship purposes, are an international
exhibition
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition ...
baseball series played between
Samurai Japan
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the ''daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They had ...
and a team of
European All-Stars. The series is typically played in Japan in the same year as the
WBSC Premier12 tournament.
The first edition of the series was played in 2015, then known as the Global Baseball Match, and was the debut of Team Europe in international competition. The next edition was played in 2024, at the
Kyocera Dome in
Osaka. In the second game, six Japanese pitchers combined to throw a
perfect game.
Games
2015
2024
References
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International baseball competitions hosted by Japan
Recurring sporting events established in 2015