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We, Masters Koshien, finally support the World Masters Games 2027 Kansai.
We established the World Masters Games 2027 Kansai Baseball Organising Committee with the Hyogo Amateur Baseball Association.


What is the World Masters Games?
The World Masters Games started with the 1985 games held in Toronto.
It is the world's largest lifelong sports competition with over 170,000 sports enthusiasts participating so far.
It takes place every four years, attracting tens of thousands of athletes to new locations.
The 11th World Masters Games will be held in May 2027 in Kansai, Japan.
The 1st Games（1985）Toronto（Canada）
61 countries / 8,305 participants		 The 2nd Games（1989）
Herning, Aalborg and Aarhus
（Denmark）
76 countries / 5,437 participants		 The 3rd Games（1994）
Brisbane
（Australia）
71 countries / 23,659 participants		 The 4th Games（1998）
Portland
（USA）
101 countries / 11,000 participants		 The 5th Games（2002）
Melbourne
（Australia）
97 countries / 24,886 participants
The 6th Games（2005）
Edmonton
（Canada）
89 countries / 21,600 participants		 The 7th Games（2009）
Sydney
（Australia）
95 countries / 28,676 participants		 The 8th Games（2013）
Torino
（Italy）
107 countries / 19,000 participants		 The 9th Games（2017）
Auckland
（New Zealand）
about 100 countries / 28,571 participants		 The 10th Games（2025）
Taipei and New Taipei
（Taiwan）
The 11th Games（2027）
Kansai
（Japan）



Baseball
Baseball is played by two teams each consisting of nine players, and the objective is to score as many runs as possible. The teams switch offence and defence positions when three outs are recorded. The team with the higher score after switching offence and defence positions nine times (nine innings) wins the game.
＜General Category＞
◆ Divided into 4 categories; “A30+”, “A45+”, “B30+”, “B45+”
30+: Minimum age is 30 (born on or before 31 December 1997)
45+: Minimum age is 45 (born on or before 31 December 1982)
* The age of youngest registered team member determines which age category the team will compete in.
* A team may make entry into a younger age category.

＊One player can participate only in one category.
＊All teams can compete regardless of gender.
* Minimum and maximum number of participants per team are 12 and 50, respectively.
* All teams are required to have a minimum of 12 players.
* Teams are also required at least one manager and one umpire.
＜Schedule＞

＊The competition schedule and venues are subject to change depending on the number of registered teams.
* Date: 15 - 29 May 2027
* Grade B and Grade A will take place on 15-21 May and 22-29 May, respectively.
* Divided into a total of 5 stadiums.
* At least 3 matches per team will be played.
* Registered members can freely switch players for each match.
＜Medal Ceremony＞
◆ The Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded to the first, second and third-ranked all teams and all players by grade and by category.
◆ No third-place playoff will be held.





PRE GAME 2019
〇 Saturday, 30 November 2019
The Pre Game 2019 was held at a baseball field in Miki city, which is one of the venues for the WMG 2021 Kansai.
The Japanese team and the Asian teams (Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Nepal),
scheduled to participate in WMG 2021 Kansai Baseball, had the exhibition game.

【The Highlights of the Pre Game 2019】
＜Masters Koshien in Osaka pref.＞ ＜Masters Koshien in Osaka pref.＞ ＜Masters Koshien in Hyogo pref.＞ ＜Masters Koshien in Nara pref.＞
＜Masters Koshien in Wakayama pref.＞ ＜Masters Koshien in Tokushima＞ ＜Women's Professional Beseball＞ ＜Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka＞
＜Kingdom of Thailand＞ ＜Republic of the Philippines＞ ＜Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal＞ ＜Republic of Indonesia＞