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. Olympic baseball is competed by men only, while women compete in the similar sport of softball.

This event may be the last baseball event contested in the Olympics history, as the International Olympic Committee voted to remove baseball from the program in the 2012 Olympics.^[1] Along with softball, baseball was rejected for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics at the IOC's meeting in October 2009.^[2]

This was also the first time that the IBAF's new extra-inning rule was officially in effect.^[3] South Korea won the gold medal in a 3–2 final victory against Cuba.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Template:FlagIOC Hyun-Jin Ryu Ki-Joo Han Jin-Man Park Hyuk Kwon Taek-Keun Lee Dae-Ho Lee Seung-Hwan Oh Jung-Keun Bong Young-Min Ko Jong-Wook Lee Keun-Woo Jeong Min-Jae Kim Kab-Yong Jin Jin-Young Lee Won-Sam Jang Seung-Jun Song Kwang-Hyun Kim Yong-Kyu Lee Dong-Joo Kim Min-Ho Kang Hyun-Soo Kim Seung-Yeop Lee Tae-Hyon Chong Suk-Min Yoon Manager: Kyung-Moon Kim Coaches: Kye-Hyun Cho Gwang-Soo Kim Ki-Tae Kim	Template:FlagIOC Ariel Pestano Yoandry Urgellés Alfredo Despaigne Luis Rodríguez Alexei Bell Yadier Pedroso Jonder Martínez Adiel Palma Luis Navas Giorvis Duvergel Alexander Mayeta Eriel Sánchez Rolando Meriño Héctor Olivera Michel Enríquez Yuliesky Gourriel Vicyohandry Odelín Pedro Luis Lazo Eduardo Paret Norberto González Norge Luis Vera Frederich Cepeda Elier Sánchez Miguel La Hera Manager: Antonio Pacheco	Template:FlagIOC Brett Anderson Blaine Neal Matt Brown Nate Schierholtz Jeremy Cummings Michael Koplove Terry Tiffee Kevin Jepsen Brian Duensing Dexter Fowler Brandon Knight Mike Hessman Casey Weathers Jason Donald Jayson Nix Taylor Teagarden Stephen Strasburg Jake Arrieta Lou Marson Matt LaPorta Trevor Cahill Brian Barden John Gall Jeff Stevens Manager: Davey Johnson Coaches: Marcel Lachemann Reggie Smith Rick Eckstein Dick Cooke Rolando de Armas

Competition format[]

Eight teams are competing in the Olympic baseball tournament, and the competition consists of two rounds. The preliminary round follows a round robin format, where each of the teams plays all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advance to a single elimination round culminating in the bronze and gold medal games.

Qualification[]

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation				CHN
American Qualifying Tournament	Aug 25 – Sept 7, 2006	Havana	2	USA CUB
European Championship	Sept 7 – Sept 16, 2007	[[Image:Template:Country flag alias ESP\|22x20px]] Barcelona	1	NED
Asian Baseball Championship	Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2007	[[Image:Template:Country flag alias TWN\|22x20px]] Taichung ¹^[4]	1	JPN
Final Qualifying Tournament	Mar 7 – Mar 14, 2008	[[Image:Template:Country flag alias TWN\|22x20px]] Taichung and Douliou¹	3	CAN KOR TPE
TOTAL			8

↑1 Chinese Taipei is the official IOC designation for the state officially referred to as the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan. Template:Seealso

Team squad[]

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team squads

Team	Qualification criteria	Appearance
Canada	1st place of Final Qualifying Tournament	2nd
China	Automatic as host nation of the Olympics	1st
Chinese Taipei	3rd place of Final Qualifying Tournament	3rd
Cuba	2nd place of American Qualifying Tournament	5th
Japan	1st place of Asian Baseball Championship	5th
South Korea	2nd place of Final Qualifying Tournament	3rd
Netherlands	1st place of European Championship	4th
United States	1st place of American Qualifying Tournament	4th

Group stage[]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
KOR	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	–	–
CUB	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	–
USA	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	–
JPN	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	–
TPE	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1–0
CAN	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0–1
NED	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1–0
CHN	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0–1

August 13[]

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August 13—10:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NED	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
TPE	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	5	7	0

WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1-0) LP: David Bergman (0-1)

August 13—11:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAN	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	4	-	10	10	0
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	8	2

WP: Chris Begg (1-0) LP: Tao Bu (0-1)
HRs: CAN – Scott Thorman (1), Michael Saunders (1)

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August 13—18:00 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USA	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	7	12	1
KOR	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	8	9	1

WP: Suk-Min Yoon (1-0) LP: Jeff Stevens (0-1)
HRs: USA – Nate Schierholtz (1), Mike Hessman (1) KOR – Dae-Ho Lee (1)

August 13—19:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
JPN	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
CUB	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	4	9	1

WP: Norge Luis Vera (1-0) LP: Yu Darvish (0-1) SV: Pedro Luis Lazo (1)

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August 14[]

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August 14—10:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USA	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	-	7	10	0
NED	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	0

WP: Stephen Strasburg (1-0) LP: Shairon Martis (0-1)
HRs: USA – Matt Brown (1), Matt Laporta (1)

August 14—11:30 at WKB Main Field (postponed: RAIN)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
KOR	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	3	0

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August 14—19:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAN	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	6	9	2
CUB	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	7	5	2

WP: Vicyohandri Odelín (1-0) LP: Jonathan Lockwood (0-1) SV: Norberto González (1)
HRs: CAN – Michael Saunders (2), Nick Weglarz 2 (2) CUB – Alexander Malleta (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1)

August 14—20:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
JPN	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	6	9	1
TPE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

WP: Hideaki Wakui (1-0) LP: Fu-Te Ni (0-1)
HRs: JPN – Shinnosuke Abe (1)

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August 15[]

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August 15—10:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
TPE	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	11	1
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	8	11	3

WP: Jiangang Lv (1-0) LP: Chien-Fu Yang (0-1)
HRs: TPE – Kuo-Hui Lo (1)

August 15—11:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
CUB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	10	0
USA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	6	0

WP: Pedro Luis Lazo (1-0) LP: Jeff Stevens (0-2)
HRs: CUB – Alfredo Despaigne (2) USA – Jayson Nix (1)

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August 15—18:00 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KOR	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
CAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

WP: Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0) LP: Mike Johnson (0-1)
HRs: KOR – Keun-Woo Jeong (1)

August 15—19:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NED	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
JPN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	6	10	0

WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1-0) LP: Alexander Smit (0-1)
HRs: JPN – Takahiko Sato (1)

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August 16[]

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August 16—10:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAN	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
USA	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	5	9	1

WP: Brian Duensing (1-0) LP: Chris Reitsma (0-1)
HRs: USA – Brian Barden (1)

August 16—11:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TPE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
CUB	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	5	0

WP: Elier Sánchez (1-0) LP: Chen-Chang Lee (0-1) SV: Norberto González (2)
HRs: CUB – Frederich Cepeda (1)

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August 16—18:00 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NED	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	6	9	1
CHN	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	11	1

WP: Leon Boyd (1-0) LP: Kai Liu (0-1) SV: David Bergman (1)
HRs: NED – Sharnol Adriana (1), Sidney de Jong (1), Bryan Engelhardt (1)

August 16—19:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	9	1
JPN	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	7	1

WP: Suk-Min Yoon (2-0) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-1) SV: Tae-Hyon Chong (1)
HRs: KOR – Dae-Ho Lee (2) JPN – Takahiro Arai (1)

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August 17[]

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August 17—18:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
CHN	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
KOR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0

WP: Seung-Hwan Oh (1-0) LP: Jiangang Lu (1-1)

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August 18[]

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August 18—10:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
JPN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
CAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1-0) LP: Chris Begg (1-1) SV: Koji Uehara (1)
HRs: JPN – Atsunori Inaba (1)

August 18—11:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KOR	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	16	2
TPE	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	8	12	2

WP: Ki-Joo Han (1-0) LP: Fu-Te Ni (0-2) SV: Suk-Min Yoon (1)
HRs: KOR – Young-Min Ko (1)

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August 18—18:00 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CUB	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	4	-	14	16	0
NED	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	3	10	2

WP: Jonder Martínez (1-0) LP: Juan Carlos Sulbaran (0-1)
HRs: NED – Bryan Engelhardt (2), Percy Isenia (1)

August 18—19:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1
USA	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	X	9	9	0

WP: Jake Arrieta (1-0) LP: Chenhao Li (0-1)
HRs: CHN – Yang Yang (1)

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August 19[]

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August 19—10:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAN	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	1
NED	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

WP: Brooks McNiven (1-0) LP: Shairon Martis (0-2)

August 19—11:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CUB	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	2
KOR	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	X	7	9	0

WP: Seung-Jun Song (1-0) LP: Vicyohandri Odelín (1-1) SV: Seung-Hwan Oh (1)

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August 19—18:00 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	2	0
JPN	0	3	1	0	0	6	X	-	-	10	10	0

WP: Hideaki Wakui (2-0) LP: Nan Wang (0-1)
HRs: JPN – Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1)

August 19—19:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TPE	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
USA	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	4	10	2

WP: Brandon Knight (1-0) LP: Wen-Hsiung Hsu (0-1) SV: Kevin Jepson (1)
HRs: TPE – Chih-Sheng Lin (1) USA – John Gall (1)

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August 20[]

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August 20—10:30 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	1	2	1
CUB	0	9	1	4	1	2	X	-	-	17	20	0

WP: Jonder Martínez (2-0) LP: Tao Bu (0-2)
HRs: CUB – Giorbis Duvergel (1), Michel Enríquez (1), Ariel Pestano (1)

August 20—11:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KOR	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	-	10	16	1
NED	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	4	1

WP: Won-Sam Jang (1-0) LP: Alexander Smit (0-2)
HRs: KOR – Dae-Ho Lee (3), Taek-Keun Lee (1)

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August 20—18:00 at WKB Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
TPE	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	10	2
CAN	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	3

WP: Fu-Te Ni (1-2) LP: Chris Reitsma (0-2) SV: Chih-Chia Chang (1)
HRs: TPE – Chih-Sheng Lin (2), Che-Hsuan Lin (1) CAN – Stubby Clapp (1)

August 20—19:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	0
JPN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0

WP: Jeff Stevens (1-2) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-2) SV: Casey Weathers (1)

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Knockout stage[]

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Semifinals[]

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August 22—10:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
JPN	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
KOR	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	X	6	10	1

WP: Kwang-Hyun Kim (1-0) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-3)
HRs: KOR – Seung-Yeop Lee (1)

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August 22—18:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USA	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
CUB	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	6	X	10	14	2

WP: Norge Luis Vera (2-0) LP: Stephen Strasburg (1-1) SV: Pedro Luis Lazo (2)
HRs: CUB – Alfredo Despaigne (3), Frederich Cepeda (2), Alexei Bell (1), Ariel Pestano (2)

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Bronze medal match[]

August 23—10:30 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
JPN	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
USA	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	X	8	9	0

WP: Brett Anderson (1-0) LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0-1)
HRs: JPN – Masahiro Araki (1), Norichika Aoki (1) USA – Matt LaPorta (2), Matt Brown (2), Jason Donald (1)

Gold medal match[]

August 23—18:00 at WKB Main Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KOR	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0
CUB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	1

WP: Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-0) LP: Norberto González (0-1) SV: Tae-Hyon Chong (2)
HRs: KOR – Seung-Yeop Lee (2) CUB – Michel Enríquez (2), Alexei Bell (2)

Final standings[]

Place	Team
Gold	KOR
Silver	CUB
Bronze	USA
4	JPN
5	TPE
6	CAN
7	NED
8	CHN

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Notes[]

↑ Michaelis, Vicki (2005-07-08). Baseball, softball bumped from Olympics. USA Today. Retrieved on August 17, 2008.
↑ Associated Press (August 13, 2009). Olympic Leaders Approve Golf and Rugby for 2016 Summer Games. Fox News. Retrieved on 2010-02-16.
↑ Associated Press (2008-07-25). IBAF changes rules for extra-inning games in time for Beijing. ESPN. Retrieved on 2008-07-31.
↑ Chinese Taipei Baseball Association Official Website

References[]

[1] Michaelis, Vicki (2005-07-08). Baseball, softball bumped from Olympics. USA Today. Retrieved on August 17, 2008.

[2] Associated Press (August 13, 2009). Olympic Leaders Approve Golf and Rugby for 2016 Summer Games. Fox News. Retrieved on 2010-02-16.

[3] Associated Press (2008-07-25). IBAF changes rules for extra-inning games in time for Beijing. ESPN. Retrieved on 2008-07-31.

[4] Chinese Taipei Baseball Association Official Website

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Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Competition format[]

Qualification[]

Team squad[]

Group stage[]

August 13[]

August 14[]

August 15[]

August 16[]

August 17[]

August 18[]

August 19[]

August 20[]

Knockout stage[]

Semifinals[]

Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

Final standings[]

Notes[]

References[]

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