Baseball Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

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Edited August 4, 2025 by Sindo

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great news for all the baseball fans around the world, especially for the KBO fans 

 

https://lngfrm.net/odk-media-launches-new-asian-fast-channels-on-plex/

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the most exciting week of the year for all the baseball fans is coming! 

 

all the main Baseball Leagues in the world in fact are about to start their Final Series

 

on Friday night, it's MLB World Series time

 

on Saturday, instead, it's NPB Japan Series time

 

and by the end of the week, also the KBO Korean Series will be underway

 

 

MLB has its own dedicated thread, here we go for a recap of the NPB and KBO

 

 

the NPB Japan Series will be played by the Hanshin Tigers (Central League champions, defeated 4 games to 0 the 2024 JS series DeNA Baystars Yokohama in the CL Final Series) and the Softbank Hawks Fukuoka (Pacific League champions, defeated the Nippon-Ham Fighters Sapporo 4 games to 3 in the PL Final Series, after going up 3-0 and being chased until 3 games apiece before winning by a score of 2-1 in game 7)

 

the JS format is best-of-7 series, with the classic 2-3-2 scheme

 

game #1 is scheduled for Saturday, October 25th in Fukuoka @ 6.30 p.m. local time (11.30 a.m. CET, 5.30 a.m. ET in North America)

 

the following games will be played on Sunday, Oct. 26th again in Fukuoka (@ 6.30 p.m. local), on Tuesday, Oct. 28th, Wednesday, Oct. 29th and (if necessary) on Thursday, Oct. 30th in Nishinomiya (always @ 6 p.m. local)

always only if necessary, game 6 and 7 will be back in Fukuoka (always @ 6.30 p.m. local) on Saturday, Nov. 1st and Sunday, Nov. 2nd

 

 

the Korean KBO, meanwhile, has still to determine the LG Twins Seoul opponents in the Korean Series, as the Playoff Series between Hanwha Eagles and Samsung Lions is currently tied at 2-2 (it's a best-of-5 series, game 5 is scheduled for Friday @ 6.30 p.m. local time, 11.30 a.m. CET)

 

back with more details when the playoff series is over

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Hanwha Eagles defeated Samsung Lions 11-2 in game #5 of the KBO Playoff and advance to the Korean Series for the first time since 2006 (they only won 1 KS out of 6 appearances so far, in 1999)

 

they will face the RS champions, the LG Twins Seoul (KS champions in 2023, more recently)

 

the 2025 Korean Series (best-of-7 series, 2-3-2 scheme) start on Sunday, October 26th @ 2 p.m. local time (6 a.m. CET, 1 a.m. ET in North America) in Seoul

 

game #2 is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 27th (6.30 p.m. local), also in Seoul; meanwhile the games 3-4-5 will be played on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, Thursday, Oct. 30th and, if necessary, Friday, Oct. 31st in Daejeon (always @ 6.30 p.m. local time)

 

if necessary, the series will go back to Seoul for the games 6 and 7, which are scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 2nd (2 p.m. local) and Monday, Nov. 3rd (6.30 p.m. local)

 

rainouts and changes to the schedule are always possible, as both teams play in outdoor stadiums

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the  Fukuoka Softbank Hawks are the 2025 Japan Series Champions 

 

they defeated the Hanshin Tigers 4 games to 1

 

it's the 12th Japan Series title in 22 appearances for them

 

Series Recap

 

game #1: Tigers, 2 @ Hawks, 1 (Boxscore)

 

game #2: Hawks, 10 vs Tigers, 1 (Boxscore)

 

game #3: Hawks, 2 @ Tigers, 1 (Boxscore)

 

game #4: Hawks, 3 @ Tigers, 2 (Boxscore)

 

game #5: Hawks, 3 @ Tigers, 2 (Boxscore)

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the  LG Twins Seoul are the 2025 Korean Series Champions 

 

they defeated the Hanwha Eagles 4 games to 1

 

it's the 4th Korean Series title in 8 appearances for them

 

Series Recap

 

game #1: Twins, 8 vs Eagles, 2 (Boxscore)

 

game #2: Twins, 13 vs Eagles, 5 (Boxscore)

 

game #3: Eagles, 7 vs Twins, 3 (Boxscore)

 

game #4: Twins, 7 @ Eagles, 4 (Boxscore)

 

game #5: Twins, 4 @ Eagles, 1 (Boxscore)

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the  Rakuten Monkeys are the 2025 Taiwan Series Champions 

 

they defeated the China Brothers 4 games to 1

 

it's the 8th Taiwan Series title for them, the first under the current ownership (Rakuten group)

 

Series Recap

 

game #1: Monkeys, 3 @ Brothers, 0 (Game Recap)

 

game #2: Monkeys, 2 @ Brothers, 1 (Game Recap)

 

game #3: Brothers, 2 @ Monkeys, 0 (Game Recap)

 

game #4: Monkeys, 3 vs Brothers, 1 (Game Recap)

 

game #5: Monkeys, 9 @ Brothers, 7 (Game Recap)

Edited October 31, 2025 by phelps

[Benolympique 2,438]

https://static.wbsc.org/uploads/federations/0/documents/871506df-a39d-6ed7-5b48-dd4451d0ecf7.pdf

 

qualification system

 

 

debut march 2026 

[NearPup 4,154]

3 minutes ago, Benolympique said:

https://static.wbsc.org/uploads/federations/0/documents/871506df-a39d-6ed7-5b48-dd4451d0ecf7.pdf

 

qualification system

 

 

debut march 2026 

Oh boy Canada's only chance to qualify is through the WBC. Ouch. It's so over already xD

 

(Either way, this is an awful qualification system, especially for the Americas, not in terms of number of quotas but in terms of how they are decided)

Edited February 9 by NearPup

[Benolympique 2,438]

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

Oh boy Canada's only chance to qualify is through the WBC. Ouch. It's so over already xD

 

(Either way, this is an awful qualification system, especially for the Americas)

Who are the favorites for the Americas?