45th National Championship of Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA) Kicks Off in Osaka
The 45th National Championship of Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA), co-hosted by The Mainichi , started at the Kyocera Dome Osaka on October 25th for 11 days participated by 32 teams.
On Day-1, Saginomiya Seisakusho won 5-4 City Light Okayama, JFE East 2-1 Nippon Steel Muroran Sharks.
1. Okinawa Electric Power (representing Kyushu and Okinawa)
2. NTT West Japan (Kinki and Osaka)
3. City Light Okayama (Chugoku and Okayama)
4. Saginomiya Seisakusho (Kanto and Tokyo)
5. Osaka Gas (Kinki and Osaka)
6. Honda Suzuka (Tokai and Mie)
7. JFE East Japan (Kanto and Chiba)
8. Nippon Steel Muroran Sharks (Hokkaido)
9. NTT East Japan (Kanto and Tokyo)
10. Fushiki Kairiku Unso (Northern Shinetsu)
11. 77Bank (Tohoku and Miyagi)
12. Nippon Transport (Kanto and Saitama)
13. Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki (Tokai and Aichi)
14. Panasonic (Kinki and Osaka)
15. JR West Japan (Chugoku and Hiroshima)
16. Honda (Kanto and Saitama)
17. JR Shikoku (Shikoku and Kagawa)
18. Yamaha (Tokai and Shizuoka)
19. Toshiba (Kanto and Kanagawa)
20. Oji (Tokai and Aichi)
21. Tokyo Gas (Kanto and Tokyo)
22. Nippon Life (Kinki and Osaka)
23. JR Kyushu (Kyushu and Fukuoka)
24. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe/Takasago (Kinki and Hyogo)
25. JX Eneos (Kanto and Kanagawa)
26. Seibu Gas (Kyushu and Fukuoka)
27. Nippon Steel Kashima (Kanto and Ibaraki)
28. JFE West Japan (Chugoku and Hirosima)
29. Matsugen Minoshima Baseball Clubu (Kinki and Wakayama)
30. Toyota Motors (Tokai and Aichi)
31. Nihon Shinyaku (Kinki and Kyoto)
32. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (Kanto and Kanagawa)