The four-team league will run from 15 June to 17 August, with each team playing 36 regular season games.

It's the fourth title for Pakistan. Both finalists qualified for the Asian Baseball Championship, which is a qualification event for the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup. Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in the bronze-medal game.

The season will start on Saturday 15 April in four different venues: Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture; Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture; Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture; and Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Korea will participate in the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) Qualifier for the IV WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, scheduled from 21 May to 2 June in Hong Kong.

The 29-year-old former softball and baseball player has been under contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks since 2021. She will follow the steps of Rachel Balkovec, who managed at Single-A for the New York Yankees in 2022.

Uganda are the eighth team to qualify for the XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup, joining Spain, Netherlands, USA, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela and Australia.

The tournament will grant two spots to the World Cup Group Stage later this year for the top two teams in the final standings.

After the provincial games, the best players of each province will compete in the regional phase. The top two provinces of each region will qualify for the nationals.

An 11th-inning solo home run by Harold Castro made the difference in a thrilling Game Six, played in front of over 20,000 fans at 'Estadio Universitario' in Caracas.

The long ball proved the key, as Manuel Geraldo and Melvin Novoa's home runs decided Game Five and Six. Pitcher Luis Martinez earned two wins and MVP honours.