Vietnam National Baseball Club Championship


The National Baseball Club Championship, or National Baseball Championship, formerly known as the National Baseball Club Cup, is an annual baseball tournament in Vietnam. Sanctioned by the Vietnam Baseball and Softball Federation, it is the first official national tournament for domestic clubs in Vietnam, where the winners are recognized as national champions.
Since its debut in 2022, the tournament has had 4 editions, participating teams from 5 Vietnamese cities and 3 champions crowned in its history.

Format

Games in the group stage and semifinals are played in 110 and 150 minutes, respectively, before the last official inning is announced, while the championship game is played in 7 innings. If a game remains tied after said time and inning limits, it will head into extras. Mercy rule applies in the tournament, in which a game is called after the 4th inning should the run difference is upwards of 10 runs.
Most editions of the tournament feature a round robin group stage where teams are split into 2 pools, from each of which 2 teams advance to the single-elimination semifinals and finals. No third-place game is held.
The 2023 edition was the only tournament so far to be played in a double-elimination bracket of 11 teams.
Starting from the 2023 edition, the tournament solely consists of players of Vietnamese nationality, with foreign nationals excluded from competition.

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