Baseball Federation of Asia

Baseball Federation of Asia

Abbreviation	BFA
Type	Sport organization
Headquarters	Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
Region served	Asia
Membership	24 member associations
President	Tom Peng[1]
Vice-presidents	Yoshinobu Suzuki Kim Jong-Up Shen Wei[1]
General Secretary	Lin Hua Wei[1]
Parent organization	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Website	www.baseballasia.org

The Baseball Federation of Asia is the governing body of the sport of baseball in Asia. The federation is governed by the International Baseball Federation.

History

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

Four countries/regions such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines organized a committee aiming at establishing Baseball Federation of Asia, and May 7th of the same year witnessed the commencement of BFA.

American expatriate Charles Chick Parsons of the Philippines was elected as the first president of 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.^[2]

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

Members

• Cambodia is a member of the BFA, but not a (current) member of the World Baseball Softball Confederation, according to the WBSC's website.

Rankings

According to the IBAF World Rankings published following the 2013 World Baseball Classic, the teams of Japan, Chinese Taipei, and South Korea represent the BFA in the top 10.

Rankings as of 26 November 2014[3]
BFA Rank	IBAF Rank	Team	Points
1	1	Japan	785.18
2	4	Chinese Taipei	605.48
3	8	South Korea	340.90
4	21	China	68.25
5	23	Philippines	52.40
6	24	Pakistan	51.00
7	30	Thailand	30.50
8	31	Sri Lanka	30.00
9	33	Hong Kong	22.14
10	35	Afghanistan	18.75
11	38	Indonesia	14.00
12	49	Iran	7.50
12	49	Nepal	7.50
14	67	Mongolia	1.75
15	70	Malaysia	0.25

Competitions

Current title holders

Competitions		Champion	Title	Runner-up
Asian Baseball Championship		South Korea	7th	Chinese Taipei
Asian Baseball Cup	East Division	Philippines	4th	Indonesia
	West Division	Pakistan	4th	Iran
Asian City Baseball Tournament		Saitama	1st	Taichung
Asian 18U Baseball Championship		South Korea	4th	Japan
Asian 15U Baseball Championship		Chinese Taipei	6th	Japan
Asian 12U Baseball Championship		Chinese Taipei	6th	Japan

References

See also

• World Baseball Softball Confederation
• Baseball awards#Asia

External links

• BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | Home...

International baseball
WBSC (former governing body: IBAF) World Rankings Teams
WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic WBSC Premier12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	Baseball at the Summer Olympics World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Women's Baseball World Series
Africa	African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games
Americas	Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games
Asia	Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series
Europe	Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12)
Oceania	Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship Pacific Games