Baseball Challenge League

Baseball Challenge League

Sport	Baseball
Founded	2007
No. of teams	6
Country(ies)	Japan
Most recent champion(s)	Niigata Albirex Baseball Club
Most titles	Ishikawa Million Stars (3)

The Baseball Challenge League (ベースボール・チャレンジ・リーグ, Bēsubōru Charenji Rīgu) is a baseball league in Japan. The abbreviated designation "BC League (BCリーグ)."

Teams

Division	Team	Founded	City	League champion	Division champion	Half term champion	Team color
Jōshin'etsu	Niigata Albirex Baseball Club	2007	Niigata Prefecture	1	2	4
	Shinano Grandserows	2007	Nagano Prefecture	0	0	0
	Gunma Diamond Pegasus	2008	Gunma Prefecture	1	3	6
Hokuriku	Toyama Thunderbirds	2007	Toyama Prefecture	1	1	2
	Ishikawa Million Stars	2007	Ishikawa Prefecture	3	3	5
	Fukui Miracle Elephants	2008	Fukui Prefecture	0	1	3

Order according to the year

Gold is the League Champion, and Silver is The Division Champion.

Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2007	Ishikawa	Toyama	Shinano	Niigata

Joshin'etsu Division					Hokuriku Division
Year		First	Second	Third	Year		First	Second	Third
2008	First half	Niigata	Gunma	Shinano	2008	First half	Toyama	Ishikawa	Fukui
	Second half	Gunma	Niigata	Shinano		Second half	Toyama	Ishikawa	Fukui
2009	First half	Gunma	Niigata	Shinano	2009	First half	Ishikawa	Toyama	Fukui
	Second half	Gunma	Niigata	Shinano		Second half	Ishikawa	Toyama	Fukui
2010	First half	Gunma	Shinano	Niigata	2010	First half	Ishikawa	Fukui	Toyama
	Second half	Gunma	Niigata	Shinano		Second half	Fukui	Ishikawa	Toyama
2011	First half	Gunma	Shinano	Niigata	2011	First half	Ishikawa	Toyama	Fukui
	Second half	Niigata	Shinano	Gunma		Second half	Fukui	Ishikawa	Toyama
2012	First half	Niigata	Shinano	Gunma	2012	First half	Ishikawa	Fukui	Toyama
	Second half	Niigata	Shinano	Gunma		Second half	Fukui	Toyama	Ishikawa

External links

• Baseball Challenge League Official Site (in Japanese)