2019 Asian Baseball Championship

Summary

The 29th Asian Baseball Championship was the international baseball competition for Asian men's national teams. It was held in Taichung and Yunlin, Taiwan, on October 14 to 20, 2019.[1] Chinese Taipei and China, the top two finishers, excluding Japan, qualified to compete in the Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament which will take place in March or April 2020.

2019 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryTaiwan
DatesOctober 14–20, 2019
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Chinese Taipei (5th title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place South Korea
← 2017
2023 →

Qualified teams edit

Group stage edit

Qualified to Super round
Qualified to consolation round

The first stage consisted of each team playing against each other team in its group once.

Group A edit

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
  Japan 3 0 1.000 32 0
  Chinese Taipei 2 1 .667 1 34 4
  Hong Kong 1 2 .333 2 7 33
  Sri Lanka 0 3 .000 3 1 37
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
October 14 18:30 Hong Kong   2–17   Chinese Taipei 5 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 1:40 889  
October 15 12:00 Sri Lanka   1–5   Hong Kong   Taichung Baseball Field 2:13 220  
October 15 18:30 Japan   2–0   Chinese Taipei   Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:54 0  
October 16 18:30 Chinese Taipei   17–0   Sri Lanka 5 Douliu Baseball Stadium 1:38 765  
October 16 18:30 Hong Kong   0–15   Japan 5 Taichung Baseball Field 1:41 0  
October 17 12:00 Sri Lanka   0–15   Japan 5 Taichung Baseball Field 1:30 0  

Group B edit

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH (TQB)
  China 2 1 .667 16 6 1–1
  South Korea 2 1 .667 28 8 1–1
  Philippines 2 1 .667 14 12 1–1
  Pakistan 0 3 .000 2 2 34
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
October 14 12:00 South Korea   4–5   China 10 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:24 200  
October 14 13:00 Philippines   11–0   Pakistan 7 Taichung Baseball Field 2:30 0  
October 15 12:00 Pakistan   1–12   South Korea 7 Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:17 350  
October 15 18:30 China   0–1   Philippines   Taichung Baseball Field 2:30 0  
October 16 12:00 Philippines   2–12   South Korea 7 Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:20 166  
October 16 12:00 Pakistan   1–11   China 7 Taichung Baseball Field 2:08 250  

Super round and Consolation edit

Consolation edit

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
  Philippines 4 1 .800 31 13
  Hong Kong 2 3 .400 2 24 50
  Sri Lanka 1 4 .200 3 12 45
  Pakistan 0 5 .000 4 10 61
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
October 18 12:00 Sri Lanka   10–1   Pakistan   Taichung Baseball Field 3:04 130  
October 18 18:30 Hong Kong   0–10   Philippines 8 Taichung Baseball Field 2:05 239  
October 19 12:00 Pakistan   7–17   Hong Kong 7 Taichung Baseball Field 2:23 167  
October 19 18:30 Sri Lanka   1–7   Philippines   Taichung Baseball Field 2:23 186  

Super round edit

Qualified for gold medal game
Qualified for bronze medal game
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
  Japan 5 0 1.000 54 4
  Chinese Taipei 4 1 .800 1 51 7
  China 2 3 .400 3 19 27 1–1
  South Korea 2 3 .400 3 32 26 1–1
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
October 18 12:00 China   1–11   Japan 7 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:11 346  
October 18 18:30 South Korea   1–7   Chinese Taipei   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:30 1,250  
October 19 12:00 South Korea   3–11   Japan   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:01 362  
October 19 18:30 Chinese Taipei   10–2   China   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:10 0  

Bronze medal game edit

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
October 20 12:00 South Korea   6–8   China   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium      

Gold medal game edit

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
October 20 18:30 Chinese Taipei   5–4   Japan   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium      

Final standing edit

Qualification to Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament
Already qualified to 2020 Summer Olympics as hosts
Rank Team
    Chinese Taipei
    Japan
    China
4   South Korea
5   Philippines
6   Hong Kong
7   Sri Lanka
8   Pakistan

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "BFA launched the game schedule of Asian Championship". Baseball Federation of Asia. 8 October 2019.