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Japan Women's Baseball League

Japan Women's Baseball League

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The Japan Women's Baseball League (Japanese: 日本女子プロ野球リーグ, Hepburn: Nihon Joshi Puro Yakyū Rīgu), formerly Girls Professional Baseball League until 2012, was the highest level of women's baseball in Japan.[1][2]

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History

2019

On 26 August, it was announced that the league would suffer from severe contraction if new investors were not found and crowd number would not increase.[3] On 9 November, it was announced that over half of the league's players had been released ahead of the 2020 season.[4] In December 2021, the league announced it would shut down indefinitely.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Krieger, Daniel (19 March 2012). "For Some Women, the Name of the Game Is Baseball". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    "日本女子プロ野球リーグ JWBL". www.jwbl.jp. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. [3]
    "女子プロ野球機構が新規参入呼びかけ 太田幸司氏「死にものぐるいで存続考える」/デイリースポーツ online". Daily (in Japanese). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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    "選手の半分以上が退団、女子プロ野球リーグに一体何が？：朝日新聞デジタル". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 9 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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    https://www.jwbl.jp


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