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December 19, 2017

Boost to Asian Baseball: 2017 Hong Kong International Baseball Open Successfully Concluded

Hong Kong won the champion of the National Team Pool by defeating Singapore 16-1, and Ateneo Blue Eagles, Philippines defeated Sydney University Baseball Club in the final, 10-4, to be the champion of the Club Team Pool in the WBSC Hong Kong International Baseball Open (HKIBO) 2017 on December 17.

Hong Kong Baseball Association (HKBA), host of the event, President Philip Li commented “HKIBO is getting more and more popular in the international baseball community and moving forward to attract the participation of many more elite athletes.”  HKBA Chairman Dr. Felix Yip echoed the sentiment and thanked all our umpires, scorers, volunteers, players, coaches, and baseball lovers for making this wonderful tournament a huge success. 　Masanori Miyoshi acted as Chairperson of Organizing Committee and Sujeewa Wijayanayake of Sri Lanka joined umpire squad in addition to those from participating countries

National Team Pool

Champion          Team Hong Kong (HKG)

1st Runner-up       Team Singapore (SGP)

2nd Runner-up      Team Russia (RUS)

Club Team Pool

Champion          Ateneo Blue Eagles, Philippines (ATN)

1st Runner-up      Sydney University Baseball Club, Australia (SDU)

2nd Runner-up      Lanzhou New Way, China (LNZ)

3rd Runner-up        Hong Kong Blue (HKB)

Most Valuable Player National Team Pool

Andrew Holliday (HKG), Vladimir Saranchuk (RUS), Wang Gangyi (SGP),

Most Valuable Player Club Team Pool

Marco Mallari (ATN), Andrew William Wallis (HKB), Qi Di (LNW), Mitchell Liddle (SDU)

Individual Award National Team Pool

Best Coach　 AU Hok Leung (HKG),　 Most Winning Pitcher (1)　 LEUNG Yu Chung (HKG),　 LI Wing Sing (HKG)， Most Home Runs (1)　 CHENG Hoi Ting (HKG),　 YUNG Tsun Wai (HKG)　 Most Hits (9)　 HOLLIDAY Matthew (HKG),  Most Stolen Bases(3) CHENG Hoi Ting (HKG),  YUNG Tsun Wai (HKG)

Individual Award Club Team Pool

Best Coach Randy Dizer (ATN), Most Winning Pitcher (2) MACASAET Paulo (ATN), Most Hits (9) MALLARI Marco (ATN), Most Stolen Bases (6) ALINDOGAN Marquis (ATN)

For further information, please visit HKIBO website. http://hkibo.hkbaseball.org/

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