2006 World Baseball Classic – Pool A

Games of Pool A played at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan.

Rk	Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
1	South Korea	3	0	–
2	Japan	2	1	–
3	Chinese Taipei	1	2	–
4	China	0	3	–

Results

Pool A
KOR 2 ◄  TPE 0 linescore	JPN 18 ◄  CHN 2 (F/8) linescore	CHN 1  KOR 10 ◄ linescore	JPN 14 ◄  TPE 3 (F/7) linescore	TPE 12 ◄  CHN 3 linescore	KOR 3 ◄  JPN 2 linescore

South Korea 2, Chinese Taipei 0

• Game time: March 3, 2006 – 11:30 JST
• Attendance: 5,193 (12.4%)^[1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea ◄	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Jae Weong Seo (1–0)   LP: En-Yu Lin (0–1)   Sv: Chan Ho Park (1)

Japan 18, China 2

• Game time: March 3, 2006 – 18:30 JST
• Attendance: 15,869 (37.8%)^[2]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Japan ◄	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	7	18	15	0
China	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	4
WP: Koji Uehara (1–0)   LP: Quansheng Zhao (0–1)   Sv: Naoyuki Shimizu (1) Home runs: JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1), Hitoshi Tamura (1) CHN: Wei Wang (1)

Completed early due to mercy rule (8 Innings).

South Korea 10, China 1

• Game time: March 4, 2006 – 11:00 JST
• Attendance: 3,925 (9.3%)^[3]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
South Korea ◄	1	0	3	1	0	2	2	1	x	10	18	0
WP: Min-Han Son (1–0)   LP: Kun Chen (0–1) Home runs: CHN: Shou Yang (1) KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee 2 (2)

Japan 14, Chinese Taipei 3

• Game time: March 4, 2006 – 18:00 JST
• Attendance: 31,047 (73.9%)^[4]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan ◄	3	1	1	0	6	1	2	14	15	0
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	0
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0)   LP: Chu-Chian Hsu (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Hitoshi Tamura (2) TPE: None

Completed early due to mercy rule (7 Innings).

Chinese Taipei 12, China 3

• Game time: March 5, 2006 – 11:00 JST
• Attendance: 4,577 (10.9%)^[5]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei ◄	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	4	1	12	15	2
China	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	8	3
WP: Wei-Lun Pan (1–0)   LP: Nan Wang (0–1) Home runs: TPE: Yung Chi Chen (1) CHN: None

South Korea 3, Japan 2

• Game time: March 5, 2006 – 18:00 JST
• Attendance: 40,353 (96.1%)^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea ◄	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	5	0
Japan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Dae-Sung Koo (1–0)   LP: Hirotoshi Ishii (0–1)   Sv: Chan Ho Park (2) Home runs: KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee (3) JPN: Munenori Kawasaki (1)

References

2006 World Baseball Classic Format Round 1: Pool A • Pool B • Pool C • Pool D Round 2: Pool 1 • Pool 2 Finals: Finals Other Controversies • Rosters