Samurai Japan manager Iguchi: ``We will win'' Asian Professional Baseball opens on 12th

The Asian Professional Baseball Championship, an international tournament for young players, will begin on the 12th at Tokyo Dome. Manager Iguchi of the Japanese national team Samurai Japan, who will be playing in this tournament for the first time, held an official press conference on the 11th and said, ``Our goal is to win.We want to play solid Japanese baseball.We will be aggressive in our batting.'' Japan's third consecutive victory in the tournament is at stake.

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Kanemaru (Chunichi) will start in the first league match against Taiwan on the 12th. They will play against South Korea on the 13th and Australia on the 14th. The final and third place match will be held on the 15th.

According to tournament regulations, the players are mainly players under the age of 24 and in their third year with the team, with each team allowed to have up to three overage players. It will be a place to assess the abilities of athletes in anticipation of the Premier 12, an international competition that will be held as a qualifying round for the Los Angeles Olympics next fall.