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. For the third time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available.
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 Pictogram used to identify baseball at the 2008 Games | ||||||||||
| Venue | Wukesong Baseball Field | |||||||||
| Dates | August 13–23 | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | |||||||||
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Competing teams
This is the most recently contested baseball tournament in Olympic 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] However, following a 2016 IOC vote, baseball will again be included in the 2020 Games.[3]
This was also the first time that the IBAF's new extra-innings rule was officially in effect, allowing each team to start with two base runners from the 11th inning on.[4] South Korea won the gold medal in a 3–2 final victory against Cuba.
Medalists
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
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host nation |  China | |||
| American Qualifying Tournament | Aug 25 – Sept 7, 2006 |  Havana |
2 |  United States Cuba |
| European Championship | Sept 7 – Sept 16, 2007 |  Barcelona |
1 |  Netherlands |
| Asian Baseball Championship | Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2007 |  Taichung |
1 |  Japan |
| Final Qualifying Tournament | Mar 7 – Mar 14, 2008 | Taichung and Douliou |
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| 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.
Team squad
| Team | Qualification criteria | Appearance |
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| 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 |
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| South Korea |
7 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 22 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Cuba |
7 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 23 | .857 | 1 | – |
| United States |
7 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 22 | .714 | 2 | – |
| Japan |
7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | .571 | 3 | – |
| Chinese Taipei |
7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 33 | .286 | 5 | 1–0 |
| Canada |
7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | .286 | 5 | 0–1 |
| Netherlands |
7 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 50 | .143 | 6 | 1–0 |
| China |
7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 60 | .143 | 6 | 0–1 |
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Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | |||||
| 2008-08-22 - Beijing | ||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| 2008-08-23 - Beijing | ||||||
| South Korea | 6 | |||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||
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| Cuba | 2 | |||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| Cuba | 10 | |||||
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| Japan | 4 | |||||
| United States | 8 | |||||
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Bronze medal match
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Japan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| United States | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Brett Anderson (1-0) LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Masahiro Araki (1), Norichika Aoki (1) USA: Matt LaPorta (2), Matt Brown (2), Jason Donald (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold medal match
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cuba | 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) Home runs: KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee (2) CUB: Michel Enríquez (2), Alexei Bell (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Final standings
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Notes
- Michaelis, Vicki (2005-07-08). "Baseball, softball bumped from Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
- "Olympic Leaders Approve Golf and Rugby for 2016 Summer Games". Fox News. Associated Press. August 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- Victor Mather (August 3, 2016). "Baseball and Softball Returning to Olympics in 2020". The New York Times.
- "IBAF changes rules for extra-inning games in time for Beijing". ESPN. Associated Press. 2008-07-25. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
References
External links
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