Taiwan national baseball team
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| Country |  Taiwan |
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| Federation | Chinese Taipai Baseball Association |
| Confederation | Baseball Federation of Asia |
| Manager | Yeh Chih Shien |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 2006) |
| Best result | 12 |
The Chinese Taipei national baseball team or the Taiwan national baseball team (Officially: Chinese: 中華民國國家代表隊; Wade-Giles: Chung Hwa Min Kuo Kuo Chia Tai Piao Tui, commonly known as Chinese: 中華成棒代表隊; Wade-Giles: Chung Hwa Cheng Pang Tai Piao Tui) is the national representative team of the Republic of China (ROC). It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. Initially, the team compete under the name of Taiwan in 1954.[citation needed]
The team is one of the best baseball teams in Asia, along with Japan and South Korea. The team comprises amateurs and professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, Japan's Central League and Pacific League, and North American Major League Baseball. 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 South Korea, Thailand, China, Philippines, and finally Japan.
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[edit] Name controversy
In 1954, when Taiwan national baseball first participated in the Asian Baseball Championship, it was competed under the name of United Team of Taiwan.[citation needed] 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 People's Republic of China's One China Policy, thus creating some confusion.
[edit] Regional 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
Chinese Taipei has not missed any of the Asian Games since its first appearance in the Asian Games was in 1990 in Beijing, China. In Beijing, it finished in first place, however, it was a demonstration sport thus it did not receive any medal. Its second appearance was in 1994 where it finished in third place. In 1998, it again finished in third place. Taipei lost to South Korea in 2002 in Pusan, South Korea and hence finished in second. It was by far its best result. At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, a game-winning walk of hit by Lin Chih Sheng helped to win its first Asian Games baseball gold. The team will be receive seventy million New Taiwan Dollar from the Republic of China government for their excellent achievement in Doha, Qatar.
[edit] 2006 Asian Games
- Further information: Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games
At the 2006 Asian Games baseball event, Chinese Taipei will against China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. Nonetheless, Japan and South Korea are two of the most threatening teams in the event. The Japanese team is made up of amateurs, however, can be very threatening. South Korea, however, is made up of professionals from the Korean professional league, thus is regarded as the most threatening team to Chinese Taipei. Chinese Taipei is made of a mix of amateurs and professionals from Taiwan, Japan and America's professional league. Some of the notable players are Kuo Hong Chih, Hu Chin Lung and Chiang Chien Ming. Chinese Taipei’s first game at the 2006 Asian Games baseball was against South Korea. The game was played on 30 November 2006 at the Al-Rayyan Sports Club. The Taiwanese use three home runs, two by Chen Yung Chi and one by Hsieh Chia Hsian, to strike first in the gold medal chase. Despite South Korea had eleven hits, it still lost the game. Taipei had ten hits and both team committed two errors in the game. Nonetheless, Taipei won its first game.[1] Chinese Taipei’s second game in Doha was Thailand. Played on 2 December 2006, Pan Wen Lunas the starting pitcher, it was an easy game for Taipei. Chang Chien Ming, Chen Chin Feng, Chen Feng Min had a home run, finishing Thailand in the bottom of the forth inning. Taipei scored three points in the first inning, nine points in the third inning and four points in the fifth inning. Chinese Taipei sought its third consecutive victory over the People’s Republic of China on 4 Decembe 2006. It was believed to be an unfair game as the South Korean umpire made too many calls against Taipei. Some believed that the umpire was cheating in order to favour China in attempt to keep South Korea’s hope for gold alive. Chang Tai Shan and Chin-Feng Chen both home runs saved Taipei from losing the game. In the game, Taipei had eight hits and China had two hits and committed an error. Chinese Taipei played the Philippines on December 5, 2006. Having seven points scored in the first inning, Taipei dominated the game quickly. At the end of the forth inning, Taipei was leading by thirteen points. The game thus ended at the bottom of inning as the Philippines failed to score a point. The final score was 15-0. Taipei hence advanced to the final for second time in the history. Fifteen runs, seventeen hits and one error for Taipei and four hits and two errors for the Philippines. This was the second game for Taipei to finish the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. Chinese Taipei played Japan in the Asian Games baseball final on 7 December 2006. The Japanese starting pitcher was Hideto Isomura and Chiang Chien Ming was the for starting pitcher for Chinese Taipei as Kuo Hong Chih was unfit for the game. Taipei was three points down after playing two innings. At the end of the third inning Japan led Taipei by one point. The score was 3-2. Japan led Taipei until in the top of the seventh inning but was one point down in the bottom of the seventh inning as Chia-Hsian Hsieh, Chen Feng Min, Hu Chin Lung and Chin-Feng Chen each contributed a point and helped Taipei to lead the game for the first time. The score was 6-5. Japan re-took the lead in the eighth inning but score nothing in the ninth inning. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Taipei had occupied the second and third, then a game-winning walk off hit by Lin Chih Sheng helped Taipei win its first Asian Games baseball gold medal.[2][3] In this game, Japan had eleven hits and seven runs, however, committed two errors. Taipei, on the other hand, had thirteen hits and eights runs, and committed no error.
- Further information: List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 Asian Games
[edit] International competition
[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.[4] Cuba, Japan, Nicaragua and the United States remain Taiwan's four 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.
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[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 eventually 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 by one run 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 Spanish. The final score was 20-0.
31 July 1992 - Round 5, Chinese Taipei beat the Dominican Republic eleven to nothing.
1 August 1992 - Round 6, Chinese Taipei faced one of its two main rivals from Asia - Japan. It acquired its fifth victory by beating Japan 2-0
2 August 1992 - Round 7, in the final round, Chinese Taipei suffered another defeat to the Cubans. This time Chinese Taipei scored only one run. The score was 1-8.
4 August 1992 - Semi-final, Chinese Taipei defeated Japan 5-2 and 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
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[edit] Honours
- Asian Baseball Championship
- 1st place 1983 (Together with Japan and South Korea), 1987, 1989 (Together with Japan and South Korea), 1991, 2001
- 2nd place 1955, 1969, 1985 (Together with South Korea), 2003, 2005
- 3rd place 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
- 4th place 1954, 1975
- 5th place 1971
- Asian Games
- 1st place 1990 (Demonstration sport), 2006
- 2nd place 2002
- 3rd place 1994, 1998
- Intercontinental Cup
- 3rd place 2006
- Olympics
- 2nd place 1992
- 3rd place 1984 (Demonstration sport)
- 5th place 2004
- 8th place 1988 (Dempstration sport)
- Did not enter
- 1996
- 2000
- World Baseball Classic
- 3rd place 2006 (Pool A, Did not advance)
- World Cup of Baseball
- 2nd place 1984
- 3rd place 1986, 1988, 2001,
- 4th place 1982, 2003
- 5th place 1973
- 6th place 1990, 1994, 2005 (Pool B, Did not advance)
- 7th place 1976
- 8th place 1972, 1974, 2007
- 13th place 1998 (Did not advance)
- Did not enter
- 1936 - 1971
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- 1980
[edit] Records
- Largest win — Taiwan 30 - 0 India
, (Japan, 1987) - Worst defeat — Taiwan 3 -20 the Netherlands
, (Belgium, 15 July 1983)
[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
[edit] References
- ^ Li, Chien-chung Taiwan Beats South Korea in Asian Games Baseball, Taiwan Headlines, 11/30/06
- ^ Chinese Taipei take baseball gold, Gulf Times, 8 December, 2006
- ^ Huang, PaulTaiwan clinch gold in nail-biter, Taipei Times, Dec 08, 2006
- ^ Baseball - Intercontinental Cup
[edit] External links
- Player information from WikiBaseball (Chinese)
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