Intercity baseball tournament

Intercity baseball tournament
SportBaseball
Founded1927
No. of teams32
Country Japan
Most recent
champion(s)		Yokohama (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries East)
Most titlesTeam: ENEOS (12)
City: Tokyo city/Tokyo (14)
TV partner(s)NHK, Gaora
Official websitewww.jaba.or.jp/toshitaikou/

The intercity baseball tournament (都市対抗野球大会 Toshi Taikō yakyū taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Summer All-star" (真夏の球宴 manatsu no kyūen), is an annual nationwide inter-city baseball tournament in Japan. The winners are awarded the "Black Lion Flag" (黒獅子旗 kurojishi ki), runners-up are awarded the "White Lion Flag" (白獅子旗 shirojishi ki).

Winners

A bracket after city and team in champion column indicates number of titles.

(baseball team) links to Japanese wikipedia article except club team and team does not have an article.

Ed Year Champion Score Runner-up
1 1927 Dalian, Manchuria Club 3-0 Osaka, All Osaka
2 1928 Dalian (2), Dalian works team 1-0 Tokyo City, Tokyo Club
3 1929 Dalian (3), Manchuria Club (2) 5-0 Nagoya, Nagoya Railway Bureau (baseball team)
4 1930 Tokyo City, Tokyo Club 10-5 Nagoya, Nagoya Railway Bureau
5 1931 Tokyo City (2), Tokyo Club (2) 12-6 Yokohama, All Yokohama
6 1932 Kobe, All Kobe 1-0 Dalian, Manchuria Club
7 1933 Tokyo City (3), Tokyo Club (3) 6x-5 Keijō, All Keijō
8 1934 Osaka, All Osaka 7x-6 Yahata, Yawata Steel (baseball team)
9 1935 Tokyo City (4), Tokyo Club (4) 3-0 Kawasaki, Columbia (baseball team)
10 1936 Moji, Moji Railway Bureau (baseball team) 5-1 Dalian, Manchuria Club
11 1937 Yahata, Yawata Steel 3-1 Tokyo City, Tokyo Club
12 1938 Tokyo City (5), Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation (baseball team) 4-1 Keijō, All Keijō
13 1939 Tokyo City (6), Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation (2) 3-0 Shōnai, Shōnai Tamurakoma (baseball team)
14 1940 Keijō, All Keijō 4-0 Dalian, Dalian works team
15 1941 Tournament cancelled due to war escalation[a]
16 1942 Keijō (2), All Keijō (2)[b] 12-6 Osaka, Daido Steel Co., Ltd.[c]
Tournament cancelled due to war escalation (1943–45)
17 1946 Gifu, Dai Nippon Construction (baseball team) 3-0 Kiryū, All Kiryū
18 1947 Gifu (2), Dai Nippon Construction (2) 8-2 Takasago, Kanebo Takasago (baseball team )
19 1948 Fukuoka, Nishi-Nippon Railroad (baseball team) 8-1 Beppu, Hoshinogumi (baseball team)
20 1949 Osaka (2), All Kanebo (baseball team) 6-1 Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi (baseball team)
21 1950 Beppu, Hoshinogumi 8-2 Yoshiwara, Daishowa Paper (baseball team)
22 1951 Osaka (3), All Kanebo (2) 3-2 Osaka, Nankai-doken (baseball team[d])
23 1952 Osaka (4), All Kanebo (3)[e] 11-5 Futase, Nittetsu Futase
24 1953 Yoshiwara, Daishowa Paper 3-0 Osaka, All Kanebo
25 1954 Yahata (2), Yawata Steel (2) 5-2 Tokyo, All Fujikura
26 1955 Osaka (5), All Kanebo (4) 5-1 Osaka, Kanegafuchi Chemical
27 1956 Yokohama, Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (baseball team) 3-2 Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
28 1957 Tokyo (7), Kumagai Gumi 4-0 Urawa, Nippon Express (baseball team)
29 1958 Yokohama (2), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (2) 4-0 Futase, Nittetsu Futase
30 1959 Matsuyama, Maruzen Petroleum (baseball team) 6-4 Kamaishi, Fuji Steel Kamaishi (baseball team)
31 1960 Tokyo (8), Kumagai Gumi (2) 3x-2 (10 innings) Kadoma Town, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (baseball team[f])
32 1961 Yokohama (3), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (3) 4-2 (12 innings) Nagoya, Shin-Mitsubishi Jukogyo Nagoya (baseball team[g])
33 1962 Yokohama (4), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (4) 12-0 Nagoya, Nippon Express Nagoya
(baseball team)
34 1963 Kyoto, Sekisui Chemical 4-3 Muroran, Fuji Steel Muroran (baseball team)
35 1964 Urawa, Nippon Express 2-0 Kawasaki, Nippon Columbia
36 1965 Osaka (6), Denden Kinki (baseball team) 4-0 Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries (baseball team[h])
37 1966 Tokyo (9), Kumagai Gumi (3) 4x-3 (10 innings) Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries
38 1967 Yokohama (5), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (5) 4-2 (12 innings) Hamamatsu, Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. (baseball team)
39 1968 Himeji, Nippon Steel Hirohata (baseball team[i]) 1-0 Hamamatsu, Kawai Musical Instruments (baseball team)
40 1969 Chiba, Denden Kantō (baseball team) 2x-1 Ōta, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (baseball team)
41 1970 Fuji, Daishowa Paper (2) 1-1 (tied after 14 innings)
3-0		 Kobe, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe (baseball team[j])
42 1971 Himeji (2), Nippon Steel Hirohata (2) 6-2 Matsuyama, Maruzen Petroleum
43 1972 Hamamatsu, Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. 4-0 Kawasaki, Mitsubishi Motors Kawasaki (baseball team)
44 1973 Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan (baseball team) 11-2 Yokosuka, Nissan Motors (baseball team)
45 1974 Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido (baseball team) 4-0 (10 innings) Kitakyushu, Nippon Steel Yawata[k]
46 1975 Chiba (2), Denden Kantō (2) 3-0 Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido
47 1976 Kawasaki (2), Nippon Kokan (2) 1-0 Sapporo, Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (baseball team)
48 1977 Kobe (2), Kobe Steel (baseball team[l]) 3-0 Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
49 1978 Kawasaki (3), Toshiba (baseball team) 4-0 Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan
50 1979 Hiroshima, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima (baseball team[m]) 6-4 Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
51 1980 Fuji (3), Daishowa Paper (3) 8-3 Sapporo, Sapporo Toyopet (baseball team)
52 1981 Tokyo (10), Denden Tokyo (baseball team) 3-2 Kawasaki, Toshiba
53 1982 Wakayama, Sumitomo Metal Industries 5-4 Fukuyama, Nippon Kokan Fukuyama (baseball team)
54 1983 Kawasaki (4), Toshiba (2) 8-3 Nagoya, Nippon Steel Nagoya (baseball team[n])
55 1984 Yokosuka, Nissan Motors 10-9 Kawasaki, Nippon Kokan
56 1985 Osaka (7), Nippon Life (baseball team) 4-3 Kawasaki, Toshiba
57 1986 Yokohama (6), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (6) 9-7 Kanazawa, NTT Hokuriku (baseball team)
58 1987 Hamamatsu (2), Yamaha Corporation (2) 4-3 Kawasaki, Toshiba
59 1988 Kawasaki (5), Toshiba (3) 3x-2 Nagoya, NTT Tōkai (baseball team)
60 1989 Tokyo (11), Prince Hotels (baseball team[o]) 8-3 Shiraoi, Daishowa Paper Hokkaido
61 1990 Hamamatsu (3), Yamaha Corporation (3) 12-11 Himeji, Nippon Steel Hirohata
62 1991 Kawasaki (6), Toshiba (4) 16-6 Nagasaki, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki (baseball team[p])
63 1992 Osaka (8), Nippon Life (2) 4-2 Tokyo, Kumagai Gumi
64 1993 Yokohama (7), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (7) 7-5 Urawa, Nippon Express
65 1994 Suzuka, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Suzuka (baseball team[q]) 5-3 Ōgaki, Seino Transportation (baseball team)
66 1995 Yokohama (8), Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. (8) 8x-7 (10 innings) Fukuyama, NKK
67 1996 Wakō, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (baseball team[r]) 8-7 Hiroshima, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hiroshima
68 1997 Osaka (9), Nippon Life (3) 5-3 Urawa, Nippon Express
69 1998 Yokosuka (2), Nissan Motors (2) 11-3 Chiba, Kawasaki Steel Chiba (baseball team)
70 1999 Kawasaki (7), Toshiba (5) 12-0 Nagasaki, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki
71 2000 Kawasaki (8), Mitsubishi Motors Kawasaki 9-3 Osaka, Osaka Gas (baseball team)
72 2001 Hamamatsu (4), Kawai Musical Instruments 6-3 Okazaki, Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki (baseball team)
73 2002 Fujisawa, Isuzu Motors Ltd (baseball team) 2-0 Ōzu, Honda Kumamoto (baseball team[s])
74 2003 Kawasaki (9), Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki (2) 5-4 Chōfu, Shidax (baseball team)
75 2004 Kasugai, Oji Paper Company (baseball team) 6x-5 (10 innings) Sayama, Honda (baseball team[t])
76 2005 Kawasaki (10), Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki (3) 6-3 Yokosuka, Nissan Motors
77 2006 Nikaho, TDK (baseball team) 4-3 Yokosuka, Nissan Motors
78 2007 Kawasaki (11), Toshiba (6) 7-5 Tokyo, JR East Japan (baseball team)
79 2008 Yokohama (9), Nippon Oil Corporation ENEOS[u] (9) 4-1 Kasugai, Oji Paper Company
80 2009 Sayama, Honda (2)[v] 4-2 Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation (baseball team)
81 2010 Kawasaki (12), Toshiba (7) 2-0 Kitakyushu, JR Kyushu
82 2011 Tokyo (12), JR East Japan 2x-1 (11 innings) Tokyo, NTT East Japan
83 2012 Yokohama (10), JX-ENEOS (10) 6-3 Tokyo, JR East Japan
84 2013 Yokohama (11), JX-ENEOS (11) 3-1 Tokyo, JR East Japan
85 2014 Ōgaki, Seino Transportation 2-0 Ōta, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
86 2015 Osaka (10), Nippon Life (4) 5-3 (14 innings) Osaka, Osaka Gas
87 2016 Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation 4-0 Hitachi, Hitachi (baseball team)
88 2017 Tokyo (13), NTT East Japan (2) 10-4 Saitama, Nippon Express
89 2018 Osaka (11), Osaka Gas 2-0 Kobe/Takasago, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe・Takasago [w]
90 2019 Chiba (3), JFE East Japan 6-4 Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation
91 2020 Sayama (2), Honda (3) [v] 4-1 Tokyo, NTT East Japan
92 2021 Tokyo (14), Tokyo Gas (baseball team) 6-5 Ōzu, Honda Kumamoto [x]
93 2022 Yokohama (12), ENEOS (12) 5-4 Tokyo, Tokyo Gas
94 2023 Toyota (2), Toyota Motor Corporation (2) 4-2 Hamamatsu, Yamaha Corporation
95 2024 Yokohama, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries East 3-1 Sendai City, JR East Tohoku

Note

  1. ^ Teams supposed to play were Hakodate, Hakodate Ocean Club; Sendai, Sendai Railway Bureau (baseball team); Ōta, Ōta Yuhi (full name is Ōta Yuhi Club); Tokyo City, Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation; Yokohama, All Furukawa; Niigata, 日東紡; Nagoya, Toho Gas (baseball team); Osaka, Nakayama Steel Works (baseball team, under team name 中山製鋼 in this tournament); Himeji, Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Hirohata (baseball team); Kobe, Kobe Customs; Kure, Kure Construction; Yahata, Yawata Steel; Tainan, Tainan Prefecture Team; Keijō, All Keijō; Dalian, Dalian works team; Xinjing; Manchuria Telegraph and Telephone (under team name 新京電電); Shanghai, 上海華中鉄道. Among those teams, All Furukawa, Kure Construction and 上海華中鉄道 have never appeared after this tournament.
  2. ^ This title is not considered as two consecutive titles.
  3. ^ Appeared as 大同製鋼.
  4. ^ This team was virtually the farm team of Nankai Hawks.
  5. ^ In previous tournament, it qualified automatically as a defending champion but broke the rule by using players from losing teams in Osaka qualification. Therefore it declined the automatic qualification and entered Osaka qualification. It won the qualification and used players from Nippon Life.
  6. ^ Appeared as 松下電器.
  7. ^ Appeared as 新三菱重工名古屋.
  8. ^ Appeared as 住友金属.
  9. ^ Appeared as 新日本製鐵広畑.
  10. ^ Appeared as 三菱重工神戸.
  11. ^ Appeared as 新日本製鐵八幡.
  12. ^ Appeared as 神戸製鋼.
  13. ^ Appeared as 三菱重工広島.
  14. ^ Appeared as 新日本製鐵名古屋.
  15. ^ Appeared as プリンスホテル.
  16. ^ Appeared as 三菱重工長崎.
  17. ^ Appeared as 本田技研鈴鹿.
  18. ^ Appeared as 本田技研.
  19. ^ Appeared as ホンダ熊本.
  20. ^ Appeared as ホンダ.
  21. ^ Appeared as 新日本石油ENEOS.
  22. ^ a b Appeared as Honda.
  23. ^ Appeared as 三菱重工神戸・高砂.
  24. ^ Appeared as Honda熊本.

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