WBSC Asia

Asian sports governing body

WBSC Asia
Type	Sport organization
Headquarters	Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
Region served	Asia
Membership	24 member associations
President	Jeffrey Jr. Koo
Parent organization	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Website	www.baseballasia.org

The WBSC Asia, formerly known as, Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) is the governing body of the sport of baseball and softball in Asia. The federation is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.

History

The birth of Baseball Federation of Asia goes back to 1954 when the 2nd Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines.

The four countries of Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines organized a committee aiming at establishing the Baseball Federation of Asia and 7 May of the same year witnessed the commencement of BFA.

American expatriate Charles Chick Parsons of the Philippines was elected as the first president of the Baseball Federation of Asia.

The BFA became inactive for eight years following the 1975 Asian Baseball Championship. At the sidelines of the FEMBA World Baseball Championship in Tokyo in 1980, the executives of BFA discussed about resuming the activity of the federation. The Asian Baseball Championship was later resumed in 1983 which was held in Seoul. The membership of the federation grew as more Asian nations were admitted to the BFA.^[1]

The total number of BFA members at the present time is 24 and 1 non-member observer State (Vietnam).

Members

Baseball

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	Membership	IOC member
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)	2011	Full	Yes
BAN	Bangladesh	(M, W)	2006	Full	Yes
BHU	Bhutan	(M, W)	2013	Full	Yes
BRU	Brunei	(M, W)	1983	Full	Yes
CAM	Cambodia	(M, W)	1986	Full	Yes
CHN	China	(M, W)	1979	Full	Yes
TPE	Chinese Taipei	(M, W)	1973	Full	Yes
HKG	Hong Kong	(M, W)	1993	Full	Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	1983	Full	Yes
INA	Indonesia	(M, W)	1968	Full	Yes
IRI	Iran	(M, W)	1989	Full	Yes
IRQ	Iraq	(M, W)	2004	Full	Yes
JPN	Japan	(M, W)	1990	Full	Yes
LAO	Laos	(M, W)	2017	Full	Yes
MAS	Malaysia	(M, W)	2004	Full	Yes
MGL	Mongolia	(M, W)	1991	Full	Yes
MYA	Myanmar	(M, W)	2005	Full	Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	2009	Full	Yes
PRK	North Korea	(M, W)		Full	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)	1992	Full	Yes
PLE	Palestine	(M, W)	2017	Full	Yes
PHI	Philippines	(M, W)	1954	Full	Yes
KSA	Saudi Arabia	(M, W)	2019	Full	Yes
SGP	Singapore	(M, W)	1960	Full	Yes
KOR	South Korea	(M, W)	1946	Full	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)		Full	Yes
THA	Thailand	(M, W)	1992	Full	Yes
VIE	Vietnam	(M, W)	2002	Full	Yes

Softball

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	Membership	IOC member
BAN	Bangladesh	(M, W)	2006	Full	Yes
BHU	Bhutan	(M, W)	2013	Full	Yes
BRU	Brunei	(M, W)	1983	Full	Yes
CAM	Cambodia	(M, W)	2022	Full	Yes
CHN	China	(M, W)	1979	Full	Yes
TPE	Chinese Taipei	(M, W)	1973	Full	Yes
HKG	Hong Kong	(M, W)	1937	Full	Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	1967	Full	Yes
INA	Indonesia	(M, W)	1968	Full	Yes
IRI	Iran	(M, W)	1989	Full	Yes
IRQ	Iraq	(M, W)	2004	Full	Yes
JPN	Japan	(M, W)	1949	Full	Yes
JOR	Jordan	(M, W)		Full	Yes
LAO	Laos	(M, W)	2018	Full	Yes
MAS	Malaysia	(M, W)	1974	Full	Yes
MGL	Mongolia	(M, W)	1991	Full	Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	2009	Full	Yes
PRK	North Korea	(M, W)		Full	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)		Full	Yes
PLE	Palestine	(M, W)	2017	Full	Yes
PHI	Philippines	(M, W)	2011	Full	Yes
KSA	Saudi Arabia	(M, W)	2019	Full	Yes
SGP	Singapore	(M, W)	1960	Full	Yes
KOR	South Korea	(M, W)	1946	Full	Yes
THA	Thailand	(M, W)	1966	Full	Yes

WBSC World Rankings

Baseball

WBSC Men's Rankings (as of 18 December 2023)^[2]
Asia*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		Japan	5797
2	4		South Korea	4353
3	5		Chinese Taipei	4170
4	24		China	447
5	28	4	Philippines	316
6	32	5	Hong Kong	223
7	38	11	Pakistan	155
8	42	1	Thailand	110
9	46	9	Palestine	82
10	49	2	Laos	54
11	51	1	Sri Lanka	43
12	57	2	Singapore	30
13	65		Bangladesh	19
14	68		Afghanistan	14
14	68		India	14
15	68		Nepal	14
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 22 September 2023)^[3]
Asia*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		Japan	970
2	2		Chinese Taipei	841
3	7	4	Hong Kong	451
4	9	1	South Korea	413
5	11	3	Philippines	324
6	12	3	China	277
7	15	3	India	177
8	16	3	Pakistan	115
9	17		Indonesia	109
10	19		Thailand	68
11	21		Malaysia	47
11	21		Sri Lanka	47
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Softball

WBSC Men's Softball Rankings (as of 26 April 2023)^[4]
Asia*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	3		Japan	3451
2	12	2	Singapore	994
3	15		Philippines	623
4	20	1	Chinese Taipei	192
5	22		India	177
6	25		Hong Kong	115
7	27		Thailand	72
8	34	1	Indonesia	12
9	35	1	Malaysia	10
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 10 November 2023)^[5]
Asia*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2		Japan	2899
2	4	1	Chinese Taipei	2573
3	14	7	Philippines	898
4	15	4	China	845
5	30	4	South Korea	264
6	31	7	Singapore	258
7	33	7	Hong Kong	223
8	49	1	Thailand	70
9	54	6	India	45
10	58		Indonesia	23
11	59		Malaysia	17
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Baseball5

WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 16 November 2023)^[6]
Asia*	WBSC	+/-	National Team	Points
1	2	1	Chinese Taipei	2775
2	6	1	Japan	1639
3	9	1	South Korea	1442
4	15	2	China	1030
5	20	5	Malaysia	842
6	22	4	Hong Kong	718
7	31	2	Singapore	388
8	37	2	Thailand	195
9	39	2	Philippines	128
10	43	2	Pakistan	60
11	47	2	India	50
*Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points

Historical leaders

Highest Ranked Asia member in the WBSC Rankings

Men's baseball

Women's baseball

Men's softball

Women's softball

Competitions

Baseball

Men's

Asian Baseball Championship
Asian Baseball Cup
U-18 Asian Baseball Championship
U-15 Asian Baseball Championship
U-12 Asian Baseball Championship

Women's

Women's Baseball Asian Cup

Club

Asian City Baseball Tournament

Softball

Men's

Asian Men's Softball Championship
U-23 Asian Men's Softball Championship
U-18 Men Softball Asia Cup

Women's

Asian Women's Softball Championship
Asia Cup Asian Universities Women's Softball
U-15 Women Softball Asia Cup

Baseball5

Baseball5 Asia Cup
Baseball5 Youth Asia Cup

Current title holders

Baseball
Competition		Year	Host country	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition	Dates
Asian Baseball Championship		2019	Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	5th	Japan	2023
Asian Baseball Cup	East Division	2023	Thailand	Philippines	6th	Hong Kong	TBD
Asian Baseball Cup	West Division	2023	Pakistan	Pakistan	6th	Palestine	TBD
U-18 Asian Baseball Championship		2018	Japan	South Korea	5th	Chinese Taipei	2024
U-15 Asian Baseball Championship		2019					2023
U-12 Asian Baseball Championship							TBD
Women's Baseball Asian Cup		2023	China	Japan	3rd	Chinese Taipei	TBD
Softball
Asian Men's Softball Championship		2022	Japan	Japan	9th	Philippines	2023	25–28 June
U-23 Asian Men's Softball Championship		2022	Japan	Japan	2nd	Singapore	TBD
U-18 Men Softball Asia Cup		2023	Japan	Japan			2023	22–24 June
Asian Women's Softball Championship		2023	South Korea	Japan	8th	China	2025
Asia Cup Asian Universities Women's Softball		2022	Thailand	Japan	1st	Chinese Taipei	TBD
U-15 Women Softball Asia Cup		2023	Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	1st	Japan	TBD
Baseball5
Baseball5 Asia Cup		2022	Malaysia	Chinese Taipei	1st	Japan	TBD
Baseball5 Youth Asia Cup		2023	Malaysia	Chinese Taipei	1st	China	TBD
Club
Asian City Baseball Tournament		2022	South Korea	Saitama	1st	Taichung	TBD

References

^ "BFA History". Baseball Federation of Asia. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "The WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking". WBSC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

External links

BFA Baseball Federation of Asia
WBSC Asia

WBSC

Baseball at the Summer Olympics
Softball at the Summer Olympics
Baseball5 at the Youth Olympics

Codes

Confederations

Baseball tournaments

International	World Baseball Classic Women's Baseball World Cup WBSC Premier12 U-23 Baseball World Cup U-18 Baseball World Cup U-15 Baseball World Cup U-12 Baseball World Cup
Club	BCL Americas BCL Europe

Softball tournaments

Baseball5 tournaments

Presidents

IBAF	Leslie Mann (1938–40) Jaime Mariné (1940–43) Jorge Reyes (1943–45) Pablo Morales (1945–47) Chale Pereira (1947–50) Pablo Morales (1950–52) Carlos Zecca (1952–69) Juan Isa (1969–76) William Fehring (1973–75) Carlos García (1975–76) Manuel González (1976–80) Robert Smith (1980–93) Aldo Notari (1993–2006) Harvey Schiller (2006–09) Riccardo Fraccari (2009–13)
WBSC	Riccardo Fraccari (2013–present)

IBAF

Leslie Mann (1938–40)
Jaime Mariné (1940–43)
Jorge Reyes (1943–45)
Pablo Morales (1945–47)
Chale Pereira (1947–50)
Pablo Morales (1950–52)
Carlos Zecca (1952–69)
Juan Isa (1969–76)
William Fehring (1973–75)
Carlos García (1975–76)
Manuel González (1976–80)
Robert Smith (1980–93)
Aldo Notari (1993–2006)
Harvey Schiller (2006–09)
Riccardo Fraccari (2009–13)

WBSC

Riccardo Fraccari (2013–present)

Rankings

WBSC World Rankings

1938—2013: International Baseball Federation (IBF / FIBA / AINBA / IBAF)

v t e International baseball
WBSC World Rankings Teams
WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic Summer Olympics Premier 12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup Global Baseball Games
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup International Amateur Tournament Women's Baseball World Series
Africa	WBSC Africa – African Championship All-Africa Games
Americas	WBSC Americas – Pan American Games Bolivarian Games Caribbean Series Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Championship U-23 U-18 U-15 U-12
Asia	WBSC Asia – Asian Championship U-18 U-15 U-12 Asian Cup Women's Asian Cup Asian Games Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series
Europe	WBSC Europe – European Championship U-23 U-21 U-18 U-15 U-12 European Championship Women Super 6 Champions Cup Confederation Cup Federation Cup
Oceania	WBSC Oceania – Oceania Championship U-18 U-15 U-12 Pacific Games

v t e International softball
World Baseball Softball Confederation (former governing body: International Softball Federation) World Rankings
Men's world events	World Cup U-23 World Cup U-18 World Cup
Women's world events	World Cup World Cup of Softball (USA Softball) World University Championship U-18 World Cup U-15 World Cup Junior League World Series Little League World Series
Mixed world events	U-12 World Cup
Other world events	World Games Summer Universiade
Defunct events	Olympics Fastpitch World Cup
Africa	WBSC Africa
Americas	WBSC Americas Pan American Games South American Games PA Junior Women's Women's South American Men's South American SA Junior Women's SA U-15 Women's
Asia	WBSC Asia Asian Games Men's Women's Women's University U-23 Men's U-17 Men's U-17 Women's U-15 Women's
Europe	WBSC Europe Women's Women's Division B Men's Junior Girls Junior Boys Co-Ed EC, women (club) CWC, women (club) EC, men (club) CWC, men (club) Co-Ed (club)
Oceania	WBSC Oceania Men's

v t e National baseball teams of Asia (WBSC Asia)
Afghanistan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Laos North Korea South Korea Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Pakistan Palestine Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan¹ Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam Nepal ¹Officially known as 'Republic of China'; competing as 'Chinese Taipei'

v t e Asian Sports Federations
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Rugby Union Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Curling Ice Hockey Skating Sports Skiing Sports
Sports recognised by IOC	Air Sports American Football Auto Racing Bandy Baseball Basque Pelota Billiards Sports Carom Pocket Snooker Boules Bowling Bridge Cheer Chess Cricket Dancesport Floorball Flying Disc Ice Stock Sport Karate Kickboxing Korfball Lacrosse Life Saving Motorcycle Sport Mountaineering Muay Thai Netball Orienteering Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller Sports Sambo Ski Mountaineering Softball Sports Climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug-of-War Underwater Sports University Sports Waterski and Wakeboard Wushu
Sports recognised by GAISF	Dragon Boat Sleddog Sports
Others	Aikido Arm Wrestling Bodyboarding Body Building Bowls Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Broomball Carrom Casting Croquet Dodgeball Electronic Sports Footgolf Gaelic Football and Hurling Gateball Jump Rope Kabaddi Landsailing Radio-controlled car Silambam
Olympic Council of Asia Asian Paralympic Committee