2007 Asian Baseball Championship
The 24th Asian Baseball Championship was contested in Taichung, Taiwan in November and December 2007. The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The winner of the tournament will gain automatic entry into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The second and third place teams will advance to the final 2008 Olympic qualifier, which was also hosted by Taiwan in March 2008.
B Level
[edit | edit source]The B level teams are Hong Kong (IBAF Asian Cup Champion 2006), Thailand, Philippines and Pakistan. However, the winner will advance to join the three A level teams in a round robin competition.
| Team | W | D | L | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 2 | 1 | 0 | - |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 |
| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 |
November 27, 2007
November 28, 2007
November 29, 2007
A Level
[edit | edit source]The winner from the B Level of the tournament will join the three traditional powers of Asia in a round robin competition. All games will be played at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.
| Team | W | L | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3 | 0 | - |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 2 | 1 | - |
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | - |
| File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 0 | 3 | - |
December 1, 2007
December 2, 2007
December 3, 2007
Final standings
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Controversy
[edit | edit source]In the match between Japan and South Korea on December 2, a dispute arose over the lineup table of the South Korea team. In the tournament, teams were obliged to submit a starting players table 1 hour before a game begin. Managers have made a consensus to change players if unexpected injuries were happen, which are commonly accepted in the international baseball games.
Despite these arrangements, the South Korea manager Kim Kyung-Moon drastically changed his starting players immediately before the game, including a starting pitcher[1] and this substitution clearly advantaged the South Korea team. Japanese manager Senichi Hoshino requested an explanation but his appeal to an umpire was turned down.
After the game was over, which resulted a Japanese win, Hoshino made comments critical of South Korean acts as ungentlemanly conduct.[2] Japanese team officially submitted a protest note to the South Korea team and the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). John C. Ostermeyer, secretary general of IBAF, acknowledged this appeal and announced that IBAF express regret at the South Korea team and plan to change regulations at a meeting held in January 2008.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]- 2006 Intercontinental Cup
- Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games
- 2007 Baseball World Cup
- Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Japan Defeats Korea 4-3 in Hotly Contested Matchup Between Asian Powerhouse Squads[permanent dead link], IBAF News, December 1, 2007
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ IBAF、ルール改正へ=韓国の打順表変更問題で Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, Jiji Press, December 3, 2007
External links
[edit | edit source]- Schedule - http://www.ctba.org.tw/news_detail.php?id=52 (Traditional Chinese)