1967 Asian Baseball Championship

1967 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Teams	4
Defending champions	Japan (1965)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (5th title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Taiwan
Fourth place	Philippines

The 1967 Asian Baseball Championship was the seventh continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan for the second time. Won by Japan for the fifth time, it was the second of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship wins in a row; the second such sequence for Japan. The order of all teams was repeated for the first time in the tournament's history with South Korea finishing 2nd, Taiwan in 3rd and Philippines in 4th.^[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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