Taiwan national baseball team
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The Taiwan National Baseball Team or the Chinese Taipei National Baseball Team (Traditional Chinese:中華成棒代表隊 Wade-Giles:Chung Hwa Cheng Pang Tai Piau Tui) is the national representative team of Taiwan and is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is one the elite baseball teams in Asia along with Japan and South Korea. The team, however, comprises amateurs and professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, Japan's Central League and Pacific League, and the Major League Baseball. Nonetheless, it participated in many of the international and regional tournaments and has achieved many successes. The team has won four champions in Asian Baseball Championship in 1983, 1987, 1989 and 2001. It has also won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Its recent success was the winning of the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha in a sweeping victory by beating S. Korea, Thailand, China, Philipines, and finally Japan.
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[edit] Name controversey
Since the expulsion of the Republic of China from the United Nations, the Taiwan national baseball team was forced to compete internationally under the name of Chinese Taipei because the Chinese dominated regime on Taiwan did not want to use the name "Taiwan" for fear of Taiwanese claim to independence. This created quite a bit of confusion. International media usually refer to the team fittingly as the "Taiwan Team."
[edit] International competition
[edit] Asian Baseball Championship
Chinese Taipei has a very successful history in participating the Championship. It has finished 4 times in the first place, 6 times in the second place and 10 times in the third place. The team will compete again in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship which will be held in Taiwan.
[edit] Asian Games
[edit] 2006 Asian Games
Game Summary
30 November 2006 
04 vs 02 
- Hsieh Chia Hsian and Chen Yung Chi hit a total of three solo home runs to defeat South Korea 4-2 to snatch its first victory in Doha.
02 December 2006 16 vs 00 
- v. Thailand. Game finished in the 5th inning.
04 December 2006 04 vs 02 
- v. China. S. Korean umpire was believed to have cheated by favoring China in an attempt to keep Korean hope for gold alive.
05 December 2006 15 vs 00 
- v. Philipines. Game finished in the 5th inning.
07 December 2006 08 vs 07 
- vs. Japan. Initially, Chinese Taipei was 3 points down. However, in the 9 inning, a game-winning walk off hit by Lin Chih Sheng helped Taiwan win its first Asian Games baseball gold medal.
- Further information: List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 Asian Games
[edit] Intercontinental Cup
- See also:2006 Intercontinental Cup
The team's first appearance at the Intercontinental Cup was in 1973. Since then, the team has won two bronze medal, one in 1983] in Belgium and the recent one in 2006 in Taiwan. Taiwan did not participate in the 1975, 1979, 1981, 1993 and 1997 Intercontinental Cup. It is currently ranked 7th in the Medal Winner Ranking. [1] Cuba, Japan, Nicaragua and the Uninted States remain Taiwan's three biggest rivals in the Intercontinental Cup.
As the host of the recent 2006 Intercontinental Cup, Taiwan won its second bronze medal after beating Japan in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup final 4-0.
[edit] Olympics
[edit] 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona
On 26 July 1992 and the following ten days, Chinese Taipei competed against seven other national teams from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico, Spain and the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The teams played each other seven rounds and the top four on the table advance to finals. Chinese Taipei evetually advanced to the finals, beating Japan 5-2 in the semi-finals. It struggled in the final against Cuba, suffering an enormous defeat. The score was 1-11. Nonetheless, it won a silver medal which is still now its best result ever achieved in the Olympics.
Game Summary
26 July 1992 - Round 1, Chinese Taipei defeated Italy 8-2.
27 July 1992 - Round 2, Chinese Taipei lost one point to the United States. The final score 9-10.
28 July 1992 - Round 3, Chinese Taipei sought its second victory over the Puerto Ricans. The score was 10-1.
29 July 1992 - Round 4, Chinese Taipei dominated the Espan~oles. The final score was 20-0.
31 July 1992 - Round 5, Chinese Taipei beaten the Dominican Republic eleven to nothing.
1 August 1992 - Round 6, Chinese Taipei faced one of its two main rival from Asia - Japan. It sought its fifth victory by beating Japan 2-0
2 August 1992 - Round 7, in the final round, Chinese Taipei again suffered another defeat to the Cubans. This time Chinese Taipei scored only one point. The score was 1-8.
4 August 1992 - Semi-final, Chinese Taipei defeated Japan 5-2 would played against Cuba in the final.
5 August 1992 - Final, Chinese Taipei was defeated by Cuba. Final score 1-11.
[edit] 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens
[edit] World Cup of Baseball
[edit] World Baseball Classic
Chinese Taipei participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. The squad included players from Major League Baseball. During the Classic, the team played in Pool A but ended up being the third place and did not advance. Their only victory was a 12-3 win over China.
- Further information: List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 World Baseball Classic
[edit] Roster
Managers
- Lin Hua Wei (WBC)
- Republic of China Yeh Chih Shien (current)
Pitchers
- Chang Chien Ming (2006)
- Chiang Chien Ming (2006)
- Chu Wei Ming (WBC)
- Hsu Chu Chien (WBC)
- Hsu Wen Hsiung (WBC)
- Huang Chu Chung (WBC)
- Keng Po Hsuan (2006)
- Kuo Hung Chih (2006)
- Lee Chen Chang (2006)
- Lin En Yu (WBC)
- Lin Ying Chieh (WBC)
- Lin Ko Chien (2006)
- Lin Yueh Ping (2006)
- Pan Wei Lun (2006)
- Tsai Ying Feng (WBC)
- Tseng Sung Wei (2006)
- Yang Chien Fu (WBC)
- Yang Yao Hsun (WBC)
Catchers
- Chen Feng Min (2006)
- Kao Chih Kang (WBC)
- Yeh Chun Chang (2006)
Infielders
- Chang Chia Hao (WBC)
- Chang Tai Shan (2006)
- Chen Chan Ming (WBC)
- Chen Yung Chi (2006)
- Hseih Chia Hsieh (WBC)
- HU Chin Lung (2006)
- Lin Chih Sheng (2006)
- Shih Chih Wei (2006)
- Wang Chuan Chia (2006)
- Yang Chung Shou (2006)
- Yang Sen (WBC)
Outfielders
- Chan Chih Yao (WBC)
- Chang Chien Ming (WBC)
- Chen Chin Feng (2006)
- Hsieh Chia Shian (2006)
- Huang Lung Yu (WBC)
- Lin Wei Chu (2006)
- Yu Shien Ming (2006)
[edit] Honours
- Asian Baseball Championship
- 1954 - Finished in 4th place
- 1955 - Silver Medal
- 1959 - Bronze Medal
- 1962 - Bronze Medal
- 1963 - Bronze Medal
- 1965 - Bronze Medal
- 1967 - Bronze Medal
- 1969 - Silver Medal
- 1971 - Finished in 5th place
- 1973 - Bronze Medal
- 1975 - Finished in 4th place
- 1983 - Champion（Together with Japan and South Korea)
- 1985 - Silver Medal（Together with South Korea）
- 1987 - Champion
- 1989 - Champion（Together with Japan and South Korea）
- 1991 - Champion
- 1993 - Bronze Medal
- 1995 - Bronze Medal
- 1997 - Bronze Medal
- 1999 - Bronze Medal
- 2001 - Champion
- 2003 - Silver Medal
- 2005 - Silver Medal
- Asian Games
- Intercontinental Cup
- 2006 - Bronze Medal
- Olympics
- World Baseball Classic
- 2006: Finished in 3rd place in Pool A (Did not advance)
- World Cup of Baseball
- 1936—1971：Did not enter
- 1972：Finished in 8th place
- 1973：Finished in 5th place
- 1974：Finished in 8th place
- 1976：Finished in 7th place
- 1978：Did not enter
- 1980：Did not enter
- 1982：Finished in 4th place
- 1984：Silver Medal
- 1986：Bronze Medal
- 1988：Bronze Medal
- 1990：Finished in 6th place
- 1994：Finished in 6th place
- 1998：Finished in 13th place（Did not advance）
- 2001：Bronze Medal
- 2003：Finished in 4th place
- 2005：Finished in 6th place in Pool B (Did not advance）
[edit] See also
- Asian Baseball Championship
- Chinese Professional Baseball League
- Intercontinental Cup
- List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 Asian Games
- List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 World Baseball Classic
- Taiwan Series
- World Baseball Classic
- World Cup of Baseball
