The 24th Asian Baseball Championship was contested in Taichung

Taichung

-Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 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

Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 13 to August 23. All games were played at Wukesong Baseball Field, a temporary venue constructed at the Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center...

 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. The second and third place teams will advance to the final 2008 Olympic qualifier, also scheduled to be played in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 in the spring of 2008.

B Level

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
	2	1	0
	1	1	1
	1	0	2	1-0
	1	0	2	0-1

November 27, 2007

Taichung Baseball Field Taichung Baseball Field The Taichung Baseball Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Taichung, Taiwan. Built in 1935 during the Taiwan under Japanese rule era, this stadium has been repeatedly refurbished and currently can seat 8,500 people...		2–0
Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		8–4

November 28, 2007

Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		5–3
Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		1–4

November 29, 2007

Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		0–0 (F/12)
Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		8–6

A Level

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

Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...

.

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
	3	0
	2	1
	1	2
	0	3

December 1, 2007

Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		5–2
Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		0–10 (F/7)

December 2, 2007

Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		9–0
Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		4–3

December 3, 2007

Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		1–13 (F/7)
Intercontinental Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is located in Taichung, the third largest city in Taiwan. The first phase of the stadium's construction is nearly complete and officially opened on November 9, 2006 replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. The construction is basically finished...		10–2

Final standings

Place	Team
4.
5.
6.
7.

Controversy

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

Kim Kyung-Moon

Kim Kyung-Moon is the manager of the NC Dinos, and a former catcher in the Korea Baseball Organization.-Playing career:...

 drastically changed his starting players immediately before the game, including a starting pitcher

Starting pitcher

In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher is the pitcher who delivers the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher....

 and this substitution clearly advantaged the South Korea team. Japanese manager Senichi Hoshino

Senichi Hoshino

, 22 January 1947, is a former Japanese professional baseball player and current manager.In 2003, he led the Tigers to their first Central League pennant in 18 years before retiring for health reasons. Since 2007, He had managed the Japanese national team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.In October,...

 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. Japanese team officially submitted a protest note to the South Korea team and the International Baseball Federation

International Baseball Federation

The International Baseball Federation is the worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as overseeing, deciding and executing the policy of the bat-and-ball sport of baseball at the international level...

 (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.

See also

• 2006 Intercontinental Cup
• Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games
  Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games
  Baseball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar beginning on November 29, 2006. Six East and Southeast Asian nations participated in the tournament. Chinese Taipei won its first ever baseball gold medal in the Asian Games when they mounted a ninth inning...
  
  
• 2007 Baseball World Cup
  2007 Baseball World Cup
  The XXXVII International Baseball Federation Baseball World Cup was held in the Republic of China from November 6 through November 18, 2007. Four stadiums hosted...
  
  
• Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
  Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
  Eight teams will qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. The host nation qualifies automatically. Additionally, two teams will qualify from the American qualifying tournament, and one team will qualify from both the European and Asian qualifying tournaments...