Host country Japan Defending champions Japan (1955) Runner-up South Korea | Teams 4 Champions Japan (2nd title) Third place Chinese Taipei | |
The 1959 Asian Baseball Championship was the third continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan for the first time. It was the second time Japan had won the tournament, and was the second of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship wins in a row. South Korea (2nd), Chinese Taipei (3rd) and Philippines (4th) were the other participants.
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1959 Asian Baseball Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA