2019 Asian Baseball Championship

The 29th Asian Baseball Championship was the international baseball competition for Asian men's national teams. It was held in Taichung and Yunlin, Taiwan, on October 14 to 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
Country	Taiwan
Dates	October 14–20, 2019
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei (5th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	South Korea
← 2017 2023 →

Main article: Asian Baseball Championship

Qualified teams

•  Chinese Taipei – Host
•  Japan
•  South Korea
•  China
•  Hong Kong
•  Philippines - 2018 East Asia Cup winner
•  Pakistan - 2018 West Asia Cup finalist
•  Sri Lanka - 2018 West Asia Cup finalist

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
Japan	3	0	1.000	—	32	0
Chinese Taipei	2	1	.667	1	34	4
Hong Kong	1	2	.333	2	7	33
Sri Lanka	0	3	.000	3	1	37

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	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 Baseball Field	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 Baseball Field	1:41	0
October 17	12:00	Sri Lanka	0–15	Japan	5	Taichung Baseball Field	1:30	0

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH (TQB)
China	2	1	.667	—	16	6	1–1
South Korea	2	1	.667	—	28	8	1–1
Philippines	2	1	.667	—	14	12	1–1
Pakistan	0	3	.000	2	2	34

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	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 Baseball Field	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 Baseball Field	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 Baseball Field	2:08	250

Super round and Consolation

Consolation

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
Philippines	4	1	.800	–	31	13
Hong Kong	2	3	.400	2	24	50
Sri Lanka	1	4	.200	3	12	45
Pakistan	0	5	.000	4	10	61

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
October 18	12:00	Sri Lanka	10–1	Pakistan		Taichung Baseball Field	3:04	130
October 18	18:30	Hong Kong	0–10	Philippines	8	Taichung Baseball Field	2:05	239
October 19	12:00	Pakistan	7–17	Hong Kong	7	Taichung Baseball Field	2:23	167
October 19	18:30	Sri Lanka	1–7	Philippines		Taichung Baseball Field	2:23	186

Super round

	Qualified for gold medal game
	Qualified for bronze medal game

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
Japan	5	0	1.000	–	54	4
Chinese Taipei	4	1	.800	1	51	7
China	2	3	.400	3	19	27	1–1
South Korea	2	3	.400	3	32	26	1–1

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	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 duration	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 duration	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

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan