1965 Asian Baseball Championship

1965 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Teams	4
Defending champions	South Korea (1963)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (4th title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Philippines

The 1965 Asian Baseball Championship was the sixth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines for the third time. Won by Japan for the fourth time, it was the first of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship wins in a row; the second such sequence for Japan. Defending champions South Korea (2nd), Chinese Taipei (3rd) and Philippines (4th) were the other participants.^[1]

References

↑ Bjarkman 2005, pp.477–8

Bibliography

Bjarkman, Peter C. (2005). Diamonds Around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Westport, CT United States: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32268-6. OCLC 58806121. Retrieved 18 August 2009.

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