Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Baseball
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Baseball 2008.png
Pictogram used to identify baseball at the 2008 Games
Venue Wukesong Baseball Field
Dates August 13–23
Teams 8
Medalists
Gold medal   South Korea
Silver medal   Cuba
Bronze medal   United States
«2004  
Competing teams

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.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
South Korea
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		 Cuba
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		 United States
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  China
American Qualifying Tournament Aug 25 – Sept 7, 2006 Cuba Havana 2  United States
 Cuba
European Championship Sept 7 – Sept 16, 2007 Spain Barcelona 1  Netherlands
Asian Baseball Championship Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2007 Republic of China Taichung [1][4] 1  Japan
Final Qualifying Tournament Mar 7 – Mar 14, 2008 Republic of China Taichung and Douliou[2] 3  Canada
 South Korea
 Chinese Taipei
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.

See also: Political status of Taiwan

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
 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

August 13

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 5 7 0
WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1-0)   LP: David Bergman (0-1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Canada 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 - 10 10 0
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 2
WP: Chris Begg (1-0)   LP: Tao Bu (0-1)
Home runs:
CAN: Scott Thorman (1), Michael Saunders (1)
CHN: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 7 12 1
 South Korea 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 8 9 1
WP: Suk-Min Yoon (1-0)   LP: Jeff Stevens (0-1)
Home runs:
USA: Nate Schierholtz (1), Mike Hessman (1)
KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 1
 Cuba 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)

August 14

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 - 7 10 0
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
WP: Stephen Strasburg (1-0)   LP: Shairon Martis (0-1)
Home runs:
USA: Matt Brown (1), Matt Laporta (1)
NED: None


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Canada 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 9 2
 Cuba 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)
Home runs:
CAN: Michael Saunders (2), Nick Weglarz 2 (2)
CUB: Alexander Malleta (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 6 9 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
WP: Hideaki Wakui (1-0)   LP: Fu-Te Ni (0-1)
Home runs:
JPN: Shinnosuke Abe (1)
TPE: None

August 15

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 11 1
 China 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)
Home runs:
TPE: Kuo-Hui Lo (1)
CHN: None


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
 Cuba 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 10 0
 United States 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)
Home runs:
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (2)
USA: Jayson Nix (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0)   LP: Mike Johnson (0-1)
Home runs:
KOR: Keun-Woo Jeong (1)
CAN: None


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
 Japan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 6 10 0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1-0)   LP: Alexander Smit (0-1)
Home runs:
NED: None
JPN: Takahiko Sato (1)

August 16

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Canada 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
 United States 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 5 9 1
WP: Brian Duensing (1-0)   LP: Chris Reitsma (0-1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
USA: Brian Barden (1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
 Cuba 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)
Home runs:
TPE: None
CUB: Frederich Cepeda (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 9 1
 China 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)
Home runs:
NED: Sharnol Adriana (1), Sidney de Jong (1), Bryan Engelhardt (1)
CHN: None


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 9 1
 Japan 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)
Home runs:
KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (2)
JPN: Takahiro Arai (1)

August 17

Team 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
 China - 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
WP: Seung-Hwan Oh (1-0)   LP: Jiangang Lu (1-1)

August 18

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
 Canada 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)
Home runs:
JPN: Atsunori Inaba (1)
CAN: None


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 16 2
 Chinese Taipei 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)
Home runs:
KOR: Young-Min Ko (1)
TPE: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 4 - 14 16 0
 Netherlands 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 2
WP: Jonder Martínez (1-0)   LP: Juan Carlos Sulbaran (0-1)
Home runs:
CUB: None
NED: Bryan Engelhardt (2), Percy Isenia (1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
 United States 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 X 9 9 0
WP: Jake Arrieta (1-0)   LP: Chenhao Li (0-1)
Home runs:
CHN: Yang Yang (1)
USA: None

August 19

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Canada 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 1
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
WP: Brooks McNiven (1-0)   LP: Shairon Martis (0-2)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 2
 South Korea 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)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 2 0
 Japan 0 3 1 0 0 6 X - - 10 10 0
WP: Hideaki Wakui (2-0)   LP: Nan Wang (0-1)
Home runs:
CHN: None
JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 0
 United States 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)
Home runs:
TPE: Chih-Sheng Lin (1)
USA: John Gall (1)

August 20

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 1 2 1
 Cuba 0 9 1 4 1 2 X - - 17 20 0
WP: Jonder Martínez (2-0)   LP: Tao Bu (0-2)
Home runs:
CHN: None
CUB: Giorbis Duvergel (1), Michel Enríquez (1), Ariel Pestano (1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 - 10 16 1
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
WP: Won-Sam Jang (1-0)   LP: Alexander Smit (0-2)
Home runs:
KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (3), Taek-Keun Lee (1)
NED: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10 2
 Canada 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)
Home runs:
TPE: Chih-Sheng Lin (2), Che-Hsuan Lin (1)
CAN: Stubby Clapp (1)


Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 0
 Japan 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)

Knockout stage

  Semifinals Gold Medal Match
2008-08-22 - Beijing
  Japan  2  
  South Korea  6  
 
2008-08-23 - Beijing
      South Korea  3
    Cuba  2
Bronze Medal Match
2008-08-22 - Beijing 2008-08-23 - Beijing
  United States  2   Japan  4
  Cuba  10     United States  8

Semifinals

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
 South Korea 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 X 6 10 1
WP: Kwang-Hyun Kim (1-0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-3)
Home runs:
JPN: None
KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
 Cuba 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)
Home runs:
USA: None
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (3), Frederich Cepeda (2), Alexei Bell (1), Ariel Pestano (2)

Bronze medal match

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 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
 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

Place Team
Gold  South Korea
Silver  Cuba
Bronze  United States
4  Japan
5  Chinese Taipei
6  Canada
7  Netherlands
8  China
 2008 Olympic Champions 

South Korea
First title

Notes

  1. ^ Michaelis, Vicki (2005-07-08). "Baseball, softball bumped from Olympics". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2005-07-08-baseball-softball-dropped_x.htm. Retrieved August 17, 2008. 
  2. ^ "Olympic Leaders Approve Golf and Rugby for 2016 Summer Games". Fox News. Associated Press. August 13, 2009. http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,539269,00.html. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 
  3. ^ "IBAF changes rules for extra-inning games in time for Beijing". ESPN. Associated Press. 2008-07-25. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=3505389. Retrieved 2008-07-31. 
  4. ^ Chinese Taipei Baseball Association Official Website

References

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