Chinese Taipei national baseball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Chinese Taipei women's national baseball team.

The Chinese Taipei national baseball team (Chinese: 中華臺北棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Táiběi Bàngqiú Dàibiǎoduì) is the national men's baseball team of Taiwan. It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked second in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The team is usually made up of professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, and Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball from the United States.

Chinese Taipei national baseball team
Information
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan) (competes as  Chinese Taipei)
Federation	Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (中華民國棒球協會)
Confederation	Baseball Federation of Asia
Manager	Hao Ju Tseng (2023–)
WBSC ranking
Current	2 (5 August 2025)[1]
Highest	2 (3 times; latest in December 2022)
Lowest	5 (2 times; latest in September 2018)
Uniforms
Home Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	6 (first in 2006)
Best result	8th (1 time, in 2013)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1984)
Best result	2nd (1 time, in 1992)
WBSC Premier12
Appearances	3 (first in 2015)
Best result	1st (1 time, in 2024)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1972)
Best result	2nd (1 time, in 1984)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1973)
Best result	3rd (2 times, most recent in 2006)
Asian Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1994)
Best result	1st (1 time, in 2006)
Asian Championship
Appearances	26 (first in 1954)
Best result	1st (5 times, most recent in 2019)

Originally known as United Taiwan (Chinese: 臺灣聯隊), then the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Bàngqiú Dàibiǎo Duì), it was officially re-designated by international federations as Chinese Taipei under the Lausanne Agreement in 1981.^[2] The name continues to be a topic of contention, with proposals to participate as “Taiwan” included in the 2018 referendum. Certain media outlets have referred to the team as Team Taiwan.^[3]

The team has won five titles in the Asian Baseball Championship (most recently in 2019), a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. It won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha in a sweeping victory by beating South Korea, Thailand, China, Philippines, and finally all-time rival Japan. It achieved eighth place in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, fifth place in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12, and first place in the 2024 WBSC Premier12.

The team will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March 2026.

Name

Main article: Chinese Taipei

Following the handover of Taiwan to the Republic of China (ROC) in 1945, the ROC government did not devise any baseball development policies. Organized baseball was mostly handled by civilians and some state-owned companies such as Taipower.^[4] In 1949, the Taiwan Provincial Baseball Association, predecessor to the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association, was established. In a 1951 international tour to the Philippines, a national team named United Taiwan Team (Chinese: 臺灣聯隊) was sent and competed with a logo that said TW.^[4]

In 1954, when the team first participated in the Asian Baseball Championship, it competed under the name Republic of China as part of the government's new sports diplomacy efforts.^[4]

Since the expulsion of the ROC from the United Nations in 1971, its national baseball team has competed internationally under the name Chinese Taipei, due to diplomatic pressure from the People's Republic of China, which follows a One China Policy. Within Taiwan, the team is referred to as either 中華隊 (hanyu pinyin: Zhōnghuá Duì; literally, Zhonghua team) or 台灣隊 (hanyu pinyin: Táiwān Duì; literally, Taiwan team). The designation continues to be controversial among the Taiwanese, culminating in a referendum vote in 2018 proposing to participate in the Olympics as “Taiwan”. The proposal failed to get enough votes, with many fearing that the Taiwanese team would be disallowed to compete under the name.

Public opinion

According to a December 2024 survey conducted by think tank Taiwan Brain Trust, 71.5% of Taiwanese people believe the team should compete as Taiwan, and 79.6% believe the government should actively push for name changes to Taiwan.^[5] In a separate survey conducted by Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation, 46% of Taiwanese people prefer to use the term 台灣隊 (Team Taiwan), 35% prefer 中華隊 (Zhonghua Team), 9% who are indifferent between the two, with less than 1% preferring the official Chinese Taipei.^[6]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[7]

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2019

Asian Championship GS	October 14	Hong Kong	2–17 (F/5)	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 889

Asian Championship GS	October 15	Japan	2–0	Chinese Taipei	Douliu Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 0

Asian Championship GS	October 16	Chinese Taipei	17–0 (F/5)	Sri Lanka	Douliu Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 765

Asian Championship SR	October 18	South Korea	1–7	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,250

Asian Championship SR	October 19	Chinese Taipei	10–2	China	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 0

Asian Championship F	October 20	Chinese Taipei	5–4	Japan	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 0

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 5	Puerto Rico	1–6	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 11,852

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 6	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Venezuela	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 10,983

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 7	Japan	8–1	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	18:30 NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 20,465

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 11	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Mexico	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,803

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 12	Chinese Taipei	7–0	South Korea	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Japan
	19:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 4,056

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 15	Chinese Taipei	2–3	United States	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 4,967

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 16	Australia	1–5	Chinese Taipei	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 7,299

2023

World Baseball Classic GS	March 8	Panama	12–5	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	19:00 NST	WP: Randall Delgado (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Chih-Wei Hu (0–1) HR: Nien-Ting Wu (1)	Attendance: 15,540 Umpires: HP – Roberto Ortiz, 1B – Trent Thomas, 2B – Chris Segal, 3B – Ki Talk Park

World Baseball Classic GS	March 10	Italy	7–11	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	19:00 NST	LP: Stephen Woods Jr. (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Yen-Ching Lu (1–0) Sv: Chia-Hao Sung (1) HR: Tzu-Wei Lin (1), Yu Chang (1), Kungkuan Giljegiljaw (1)	Attendance: 18,799 Umpires: HP – Chris Segal, 1B – Nic Lentz, 2B – Shoji Arisumi, 3B – Ki Talk Park

World Baseball Classic GS	March 11	Netherlands	5–9	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	19:00 NST	LP: Lars Huijer (0–1) HR: Ray-Patrick Didder (1)	Boxscore	WP: Tzu-Peng Huang (1–0) Sv: Chia-Hao Sung (2) HR: Yu Chang (2)	Attendance: 18,826 Umpires: HP – Mark Carlson, 1B – Ki Talk Park, 2B – Dan Iassogna, 3B – Serge Makouchetev

World Baseball Classic GS	March 12	Chinese Taipei	1–7	Cuba	Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
	12:00 NST	LP: Shih-Peng Chen (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Elián Leyva (1–0) HR: Erisbel Arruebarrena (1), Yoán Moncada (1)	Attendance: 18,852 Umpires: HP – Nic Lentz, 1B – Ki Talk Park, 2B – Larry Vanover, 3B – Shoji Arisumi

2024

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 13	South Korea	3-6	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30 NST	LP: Ko Young-pyo HR: Na Seung-yeop (1)	Boxscore	WP: Chang Yi Sv: Wu Chun-wei HR: Chen Chen-Wei (1), Chen Chieh-hsien (1)	Attendance: 39,000

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 13	Chinese Taipei	2-1	Dominican Republic	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30 NST	WP: Huang Tzu-peng Sv: Wu Chun-wei HR: Chiang Kun-yu (1)	Boxscore	LP: Pedro Fernandez	Attendance: 25,000

WBSC Premier 12 GS	November 16	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:00 NST	WP: Hiroto Saiki Sv: Taisei Ota HR: Sosuke Genda (1)	Boxscore	LP: Chen Po-ching HR: Pei-Fong Dai (1)	Attendance: 34,882

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 13	Chinese Taipei	11-3	Australia	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30 NST	WP: Chang Yi HR: Lin Li (1), Giljegiljaw Kungkuan (1)	Boxscore	LP: Mitch Neunborn HR: Robbie Perkins (1), Solomon Maguire (1)	Attendance: 34,166

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 18	Cuba	0-2	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30 NST	LP: Yoennis Yera	Boxscore	WP: Wang Chih-hsuan Sv: Wu Chun-wei	Attendance: 30,924

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 21	Chinese Taipei	0-2	Venezuela	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT	LP: Huang Tzu-peng HR: Carlos Pérez (1)	Boxscore	WP: Oddanier Mosqueda Sv: Enderson Franco	Attendance: 6,790

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 22	Chinese Taipei	8-2	United States	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT	WP: Chiang Kuo-hao HR: Pan Chieh-kai (1)	Boxscore	LP: Sam Benschoter HR: Colby Thomas (1)	Attendance: 9,472

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 23	Chinese Taipei	6-9	Japan	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00 JT	LP: Chen Po-ching HR: Lin An-ko (1)	Boxscore	WP: Koki Kitayama HR: Itsuki Murabayashi (1)	Attendance: 41,674

WBSC Premier12 F	November 24	Chinese Taipei	4-0	Japan	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00 JT	WP: Lin Yu-min HR: Chen Chieh-hsien (1), Lin Chia-cheng (1)	Boxscore	LP: Shosei Togo	Attendance: 41,827

2025

World Baseball Classic Q	February 21	Spain	12-5	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00 NST	WP: Elián Leyva HR: Gabriel Lino (1)	Boxscore	LP: Chen Yu-hung HR: Yu Chang (1)	Attendance: 35,325

World Baseball Classic Q	February 22	Chinese Taipei	9-1	South Africa	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00 NST	WP: Sha Tzu-chen HR: Sung Cheng-jui (1), Lee Tsung-hsien (1)	Boxscore	LP: Damon King	Attendance: 35,868

World Baseball Classic Q	February 23	Nicaragua	6-0	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00 NST	WP: Dilmer Mejia	Boxscore	LP: Hsu Shiang-sheng	Attendance: 35,565

World Baseball Classic Q	February 25	Chinese Taipei	6-3	Spain	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00 NST	WP: Zhuang Chen Zhong-ao Sv: Tseng Jyun-yue	Boxscore	LP: Ramón Rosso HR: Rusber Estrada (1)	Attendance: 35,768

2026

World Baseball Classic GS	March 5	Chinese Taipei		Australia	Tokyo Dome, Japan

World Baseball Classic GS	March 6	Japan		Chinese Taipei	Tokyo Dome, Japan

World Baseball Classic GS	March 7	Chinese Taipei		Czech Republic	Tokyo Dome, Japan

World Baseball Classic GS	March 8	Chinese Taipei		South Korea	Tokyo Dome, Japan

Current roster

Chinese Taipei's roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic^[8]

Chinese Taipei – 2023 World Baseball Classic roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 15 Yen-Ching Lu 16 Wei-Chung Wang 17 Chen Kuan-yu 21 C. C. Lee 29 Kai-Wei Teng 32 Yu-Hsun Chen 43 Sung Chia-hao 58 Chih-Wei Hu 59 Kuan-Wei Chen 60 Jyun-Yue Tseng 69 Tzu-Peng Huang 71 Shao-Ching Chiang 81 Shih-Peng Chen 93 Che-Yuan Wu		Catchers  4 Kungkuan Giljegiljaw 31 Dai-An Lin 65 Yu-Chieh Kao Infielders  1 Tsung-Che Cheng  5 Tzu-Wei Lin  6 Wei-Chen Wang 18 Yu Chang 39 Nien-Ting Wu 46 Kuo-Chen Fan 83 Li Lin 90 Kun-Yu Chiang Outfielders  2 Tien-Hsin Kuo  9 Wang Po-jung 12 Chen-Wei Chen 24 Chieh-Hsien Chen 35 Chin Cheng		Manager 70 Lin Yueh-ping Coaches 23 Peng Cheng-min (Hitting) 91 Tseng Hao-jin (Hitting)  0 Hsu Ming-chieh (Pitching) 66 Chang Chien-ming (First Base/Outfield) 13 Chen Chiang-ho (Third Base) 34 Kao Chih-kang (Bench/Catching) 40 Wang Chien-ming (Bullpen)

Chinese Taipei's roster for the 2024 WBSC Premier12^[9]

Chinese Taipei – 2024 WBSC Premier12 roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 19 Chang Yi 59 Chen Kuan-wei 17 Chen Kuan-yu 20 Chen Po-ching 12 Chiang Kuo-hao 71 Chuang Hsin-yen 39 Huang En-sih 69 Huang Tzu-peng 75 Kuo Chun-lin 18 Lin Kai-wei 45 Lin Yu-min 64 Wang Chih-hsuan 21 Wu Chun-wei		Catchers 27 Lyle Lin 95 Tai Pei-fong Infielders  9 Chang Cheng-yu 90 Chiang Kun-yu 85 Chu Yu-hsien  4 Giljegiljaw Kungkuan 25 Li Kai-wei 83 Li Lin 35 Pan Chieh-kai 58 Yueh Tung-hua Outfielders 98 Chen Chen-wei 24 Chen Chieh-hsien 14 Chiu Chih-cheng 77 Lin An-ko 32 Tseng Sung-en		Manager 99 Tseng Hao-ju Coaches 34 Kao Chih-kang 31 Chen Chiang-ho 70 Lin Yueh-ping 28 Kao Kuo Hui 23 Peng Cheng-min 40 Wang Chien-ming (Pitching) 66 Chang Chien-ming

Tournament record

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	Round 1	12th	1	2	15	19		No qualifiers held
2009	Round 1	15th	0	2	1	13
2013	Round 2	8th	2	3	17	25		3	0	35	0
2017	Round 1	14th	0	3	20	32		Automatically qualified
2023	Group Stage	17th	2	2	26	31
2026	To be determined							2	2	20	22
Total	Round 2	6/6	5	12	79	120		5	2	55	22

2006–2017

See also: 2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, 2009 World Baseball Classic rosters, 2013 World Baseball Classic rosters, and 2017 World Baseball Classic rosters

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 placed third and did not advance. The team's only victory was a 12–3 win over China.

Taiwan returned in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The squad included players from Major League Baseball. During the Classic, the team played in Pool A against the same teams as in 2006. After losses to South Korea and China, Chinese Taipei was eliminated from the tournament, finishing in 14th place.

Chinese Taipei was required to participate in the 2013 qualifiers as it was eliminated early in the game with zero wins, along with Canada, Spain and Panama. Chinese Taipei was grouped in Qualifier 4 with other teams invited, Thailand, Philippines and New Zealand. Chinese Taipei defeated New Zealand in the first round with a 10–0 win. It then crushed Philippines 16–0. In the Qualifier Round, it met New Zealand again, this time beating the team 9–0 to gain entry into the WBC 2013, where the team was grouped with South Korea, the Netherlands and Australia. The team did not lose any points in the qualification.

Taiwan faced Israel, the Netherlands, and South Korea in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.^[10] The Chinese Taipei team lost all three games it played and was eliminated in the first round.

2023–2026

See also: 2023 World Baseball Classic rosters

Chinese Taipei participated in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The squad faced Cuba, the Netherlands, Italy and Panama. The Taiwanese team defeated the Netherlands and Italy, and lost to Panama and Cuba. Since all teams in Pool A finished with a 2–2 record, based on tiebreaker rule, Chinese Taipei placed 5th in the pool^[11] and was eliminated in the first round.

Finishing last in the World Baseball Classic 2023 Pool A, the team had to participate in the 2026 World Baseball Classic qualification. It played as the host at Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 21–25, 2025. The club played against Spain, Nicaragua, and South Africa. The team won over South Africa and lost to Spain in the first two rounds.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		Method
1992	Silver medal	2nd	6	3	67	34		1991 Asian Baseball Championship
1996	Did not qualify							1995 Asian Baseball Championship
2000	Did not qualify							1999 Asian Baseball Championship
2004	Preliminary	5th	3	4	23	28		2003 Asian Baseball Championship
2008	Preliminary	5th	2	5	29	33		Final Qualifying Tournament
2020	Did not qualify (withdraw from final qualifying tournament due to COVID-19)							2019 Asian Baseball Championship
Total	Silver medal	3/6	11	12	119	95

Barcelona Olympics, 1992

Main article: Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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 the best result it has achieved so far 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 play against Cuba in the final.

5 August 1992 - Final, Chinese Taipei was defeated by Cuba. Final score 1–11.

Athens Olympics, 2004

See also: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team squads § Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei qualified for the 2004 Olympics by finishing 2nd in the Asian Baseball Championship. The team ended up finishing 5th in the tournament.

Beijing Olympics, 2008

See also: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team squads § Chinese Taipei

The team qualified for the 2008 Olympics by finishing 3rd place in the Final Qualifying Tournament.

On August 15, Chinese Taipei lost to China for the first time in an international baseball event. However, it had been suspected by DPP legislators that Beijing set up the schedule unfair to Chinese Taipei. Chinese Taipei was scheduled to play the latest game the day before. It was estimated that the players could only get three hours of sleep.^[12] This allegation was rebuked by the governing party KMT as playing politics over baseball games as well as by the International Olympic Committee as common scheduling practice. The IOC further gave examples of other games being scheduled in a similar matter

The team finished 5th in the tournament.

WBSC Premier12

WBSC Premier12
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA	Ranking
2015	Group Stage	9th	2	3	27	25	4th
2019	Super Round	5th	4	3	24	15	4th
2024	Champions	1st	6	3	40	23	5th
2027	To be determined
Total	1 Title	3/3	12	9	91	63

2015

Chinese Taipei came in ninth in the 2015 WBSC Premier12 Tournament.

2019

Chinese Taipei came in fifth in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament, in November 2019.^[13]

2024

Chinese Taipei won the 12-team 2024 WBSC Premier12 Tournament, ending Japan's 27 winning streak in international tournaments.^[14][15] This is the first time the team has won international tournaments.^[16]

2009 IBAF World Cup

Main article: 2009 Baseball World Cup

Chinese Taipei participated in the 2009 Baseball World Cup, which occurred between September 9 and September 27, 2009. The team went 1–2 in the first round, losing to Mexico and Australia, but winning against Czech Republic. Chinese Taipei entered the second round as a wild card. Chinese Taipei went 5–2 in the second round, pulling off victories against Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Australia, and Mexico. The team qualified easily for the final round, but finished in 8th place, going 1–6 and losing the game for a 7th place title.

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 medals, one in 1983 in Belgium and one in 2006 in Taiwan. Taiwan did not participate in the 1975, 1979, 1981, 1993 and 1997 Intercontinental Cups. It is currently ranked 7th in the Medal Winner Ranking.^[17] 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.

Asian Baseball Championship

Chinese Taipei has twice finished in first place, 10 times in second place and 10 times in third. The team competed again in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship which was held in Taiwan.

2009 Asian Baseball Championship

Main article: 2009 Asian Baseball Championship

In the 2009 Championship, Chinese Taipei sought their revenge against their humiliating defeat by China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with an obliterating win of 13–1, crushing the Mainland Chinese baseball team. They proceeded on to the finals against their old time rival Japan. Japan won the match and took the title with a narrow score of 6–5, putting Chinese Taipei in second place. In the final round of the tournament, Chinese Taipei defeated 2008 Olympic baseball champions South Korea with a 5–4 victory. Their next match was played against China, whom they lost to for the first time in history at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Chinese Taipei would end up with a 13–1 victory in 7 innings (game ended due to mercy rule) over China. The team would then play a final decisive game against their long-time rival Japan. The Japanese team won 6-5 and took the championship title, having gone 3–0 in the final round. Chinese Taipei would finish as the runner-up, with 2 wins and 1 loss in the last round of the tournament.

2019 Asian Baseball Championship

Main article: 2019 Asian Baseball Championship

In the 2009 Championship, Chinese Taipei recorded a 2–1 record in pool play to advance to the "Super Round". They had a 4–1 record in the Super Round to advance to the championship game. Facing Japan in the championship game, Chinese Taipei prevailed, 5–4, taking the title and earning a spot in the Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Asian Games

Chinese Taipei has not missed any of the Asian Games since its first appearance in 1990 in Beijing. In Beijing, it finished in first place, however, it was a demonstration sport thus it did not receive any medals. Its second appearance was in 1994 where it finished in third place. In 1998, it again finished in third place. Chinese 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, Qatar, a game-winning walk off hit by Lin Chih-sheng helped to win its first Asian Games baseball gold. The team received seventy million New Taiwan Dollar from the Republic of China (ROC)/Taiwan government for their excellent achievement in Doha. They have finished in second place at the 2010 Asian games being beaten by South Korea 7–6 in the final.^[18]

Doha Asian Games, 2006

Further information: Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games

Guangzhou Asian Games, 2010

Further information: Baseball at the 2010 Asian Games

Taiwanese players thank the home fans after losing the semifinal game to Cuba in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup

Uniform

Before 1984		1984 to 1999
Away	Home	Away	Home
1999 to 2003		2003 to 2012
Away	Home	Away	Home
2012 to 2016, 2018 to present		2017 World Baseball Classic		2017 APBC
Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home

Honors and recognition

• Asian Baseball Championship
  • Gold: 1983 (Together with Japan and South Korea), 1987, 1989 (Together with Japan and South Korea), 2001, 2019
  • Silver: 1955, 1969, 1985 (Together with South Korea), 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2015
  • Bronze: 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
  • 4th: 1954, 1975
  • 5th: 1971
• Asian Games
  • Gold: 1990 (Demonstration sport), 2006
  • Silver: 2002, 2010
  • Bronze: 1994, 1998
• Intercontinental Cup
  • Bronze: 2006
• Baseball World Cup
  • Silver: 1984
  • Bronze: 1986, 1988, 2001
  • 4th: 1982, 2003
  • 5th: 1973

Records

• Largest win — 30 - 0 India , (Japan, 26 August 1987)
• Worst defeat — 3 - 20 the Netherlands , (Belgium, 15 July 1983)

See also

• Chinese Taipei women's national baseball team
• Chinese Taipei Baseball Association
• Asian Baseball Championship
• Chinese Professional Baseball League
• Taiwan Series
• World Baseball Classic
• One-China policy
• Cross-Straits relations