BFA News

June 22, 2018

Asian baseball road to Tokyo to start with East Asia Baseball Cup in Hong Kong

21/06/2018

Five teams will participate of the XII BFA East Asia Baseball Cup, starting on Sunday. World No. 36 Philippines, No. 42 Indonesia, No. 56 Thailand and No. 67 Singapore will fight to earn the only available spot for the Asian Championship 2019, while No. 41 Hong Kong has already qualified for being the host of the tournament. This event marks the beginning of the Asian baseball road to Tokyo 2020, since next year’s Asian Championship will serve as a qualifier for the Final Qualification event for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

The five teams will play a single round robin, with the best nation in the tournament advancing to next year’s continental event (should Hong Kong win the event, the 2nd Place finisher would be granted the spot), which also will serve as a qualifier for the WBSC U23 Baseball World Cup 2020. The games will be live-streamed through Hong Kong Baseball Association YouTube channel.

The event will be held at the Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground Baseball Field, in Hong Kong, from 24-28 June. Tickets for the event are available in the tournament’s website.

You can see the complete schedule as below.

 

Date (2018)

Day

Time

Activities

Place

Jun 24

 Sun

09:00

Opening Ceremony

Sai Tso Wan

 

 

Home

 

Away

 

Jun 24

 Sun

10:00

Game 1

SGP

VS

HKG

Sai Tso Wan

14:00

Game 2

INA

VS

THA

Sai Tso Wan

Jun 25

Mon

10:00

Game 3

PHI

VS

THA

Sai Tso Wan

14:00

Game 4

HKG

VS

INA

Sai Tso Wan

Jun 26

Tue

10:00

Game 5

THA

VS

HKG

Sai Tso Wan

14:00

Game 6

SGP

VS

PHI

Sai Tso Wan

Jun 27

 Wed

10:00

Game 7

PHI

VS

INA

Sai Tso Wan

14:00

Game 8

THA

VS

SGP

Sai Tso Wan

Jun 28

 Thu

10:00

Game 9

INA

VS

SGP

Sai Tso Wan

14:00

Game 10

HKG

VS

PHI

Sai Tso Wan

17:00

Closing Ceremony (right after finishing the last game)

Sai Tso Wan