Japan beat Korea in the final of the 2023 APBC at Tokyo Dome
The 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship at Tokyo Dome ended with Japan defeating Korea in the final of the four-team event.
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The 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) opened at Tokyo Dome on 16 November 2023. Four national teams took part: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia. The tournament was organised for young professionals, with squads built mainly from players of limited pro experience and a few older additions.
The teams played a round-robin stage in Tokyo, and Japan and Korea, the two strongest sides, advanced to the final. Japan, playing at home in front of its own crowd, beat Korea to win the title.
The result mattered because it extended Japan's recent edge over Korea in senior and youth-level international baseball. For Korean fans, the loss in Tokyo was another disappointment against their main regional rival and set the backdrop for the rematch at the next APBC, again held at Tokyo Dome in 2026.
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