Making use of the warm and dry winter climate in West Taiwan, the short term league aims to offer young baseball players additional training experience and continued exposure in off-season games.

[2] Japan won the league phase but lost the playoff final to South Korea.

This was the first time since the Asia Winter Baseball League was founded that Team Europe was invited.

Team Europe consisted of total 30 players from different countries (12 Italians, 8 Dutch, 3 German, 2 French, 1 Czech, 1 Belgian, 1 Croat, 1 Hispanic and 1 Romanian).

Roster of the AWB 2018 NPB teams by Yakyu Database Retrieved October 20, 2018 5.