2019 Asian Baseball Championship

The 29th 2019 Asian Baseball Championship was the international baseball competition for Asian men's national teams. It was held in Taichung, Taiwan, on October 14-20, 2019.[1] Chinese Taipei and China, the top two finishers, excluding Japan, qualified to compete in the Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament which will take place in March or April 2020.

2019 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Taiwan
Dates October 14-20, 2019
Teams8
Defending champions Japan (2017)
Final positions
Champions
 Chinese Taipei (5th title)
Runner-up
 Japan
Third place
 China
Fourth place South Korea
Main article: Asian Baseball Championship

Qualified teams

Group stage
Qualified to Super round
Qualified to Consolation round

The first stage consisted of each team playing against each other team in its group once.

Group A
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
 Japan301.000—320
 Chinese Taipei21.6671344
 Hong Kong12.3332733
 Sri Lanka03.0003137
Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
October 14 18:30 Hong Kong  2–17  Chinese Taipei 5 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 1:40 889  
October 15 12:00 Sri Lanka  1–5  Hong Kong   Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 2:13 220  
October 15 18:30 Japan  2–0  Chinese Taipei   Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:54 0  
October 16 18:30 Chinese Taipei  17–0  Sri Lanka 5 Douliu Baseball Stadium 1:38 765  
October 16 18:30 Hong Kong  0–15  Japan 5 Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 1:41 0  
October 17 12:00 Sri Lanka  0–15  Japan 5 Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 1:30 0  

Group B
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH (TQB)
 China21.667—1661–1
 South Korea21.667—2881–1
 Philippines21.667—14121–1
 Pakistan03.0002234
Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
October 14 12:00 South Korea  4–5  China 10 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:24 200  
October 14 13:00 Philippines  11–0  Pakistan 7 Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 2:30 0  
October 15 12:00 Pakistan  1–12  South Korea 7 Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:17 350  
October 15 18:30 China  0–1  Philippines   Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 2:30 0  
October 16 12:00 Philippines  2–12  South Korea 7 Douliu Baseball Stadium 2:20 166  
October 16 12:00 Pakistan  1–11  China 7 Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 2:08 250  

Super round and Consolation

Consolation
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
 Philippines41.800–3113
 Hong Kong23.40022450
 Sri Lanka14.20031245
 Pakistan05.00041061
Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
October 18 12:00 Sri Lanka  10–1  Pakistan   Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 3:04 130  
October 18 18:30 Hong Kong  0–10  Philippines 8 Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 2:05 239  
October 19 12:00 Pakistan  7–17  Hong Kong 7 Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 2:23 167  
October 19 18:30 Sri Lanka  1–7  Philippines   Taichung Stadium (NTUS) 2:23 186  

Super round
Qualified for Gold medal game
Qualified for Bronze medal game
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
 Japan501.000–544
 Chinese Taipei41.8001517
 China23.400319271–1
 South Korea23.400332261–1
Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
October 18 12:00 China  1–11  Japan 7 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:11 346  
October 18 18:30 South Korea  1–7  Chinese Taipei   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:30 1,250  
October 19 12:00 South Korea  3–11  Japan   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:01 362  
October 19 18:30 Chinese Taipei  10–2  China   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:10 0  

Bronze medal game
Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
October 20 12:00 South Korea  6–8  China   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium      

Gold medal game
Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
October 20 18:30 Chinese Taipei  5–4  Japan   Intercontinental Baseball Stadium      

Final standing
Qualification to Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament
Already qualified to 2020 Summer Olympics as hosts
Rank Team
 Chinese Taipei
 Japan
 China
4 South Korea
5 Philippines
6 Hong Kong
7 Sri Lanka
8 Pakistan

References
  1. "BFA launched the game schedule of Asian Championship". Baseball Federation of Asia. 8 October 2019.
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