Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Eight teams will qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. The host nation qualifies automatically. Additionally, two teams will qualify from the American qualifying tournament, and one team will qualify from both the European and Asian qualifying tournaments. The field will be rounded out by the top three teams from the world Olympic qualifying tournament.

Table

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies
Host Nation	-	-	1
Americas Qualifying Tournament	Aug 25 - Sep 7, 2006	Havana Havana Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...	2
European Championship	September 7–16, 2007	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...	1
Asian Baseball Championship 2007 Asian Baseball Championship The 24th Asian Baseball Championship was contested in Taichung, Taiwan in November and December 2007. The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The winner of the tournament will gain automatic entry into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...	Nov 27 - Dec 3, 2007	Taichung Taichung -Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....	1
Final Qualifying Tournament	March 7–14, 2008	Taichung Taichung -Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly.... and Douliou	3
TOTAL			8

Note

Qualifying Round

North and Central America

36
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
5	5	0	1.000	49	13
5	3	2	0.600	34	17
5	3	2	0.600	20	14
5	2	3	0.400	38	35
5	2	3	0.400	24	28
5	0	5	0.000	4	58

Schedule

Home	Result	Away
November 15, 2005
	1-3
	23-0 (6 Innings)
	17-4 (7 Innings)
November 16, 2005
	12-0 (7 Innings)
	6-1
	5-4
November 17, 2005
	15-5
	7-4
	5-2
November 18, 2005
	7-2
	6-1
	9-3
November 19, 2005
	5-2
	4-2
	1-12

Caribbean

32
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
3	3	0	1.000	32	0
3	2	1	0.667	32	5
3	1	2	0.333	11	17
3	0	3	0.000	0	53
Withdrew
Withdrew
Withdrew

South America

12
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
4	4	0	1.000	24	12
4	3	1	0.750	26	8
4	2	2	0.500	14	15
4	1	3	0.250	14	19
4	0	4	0.000	12	36

Notes

Preliminary Round

Group A

54
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA	RD
5	5	0	1.000	64	10
5	4	1	0.800	38	17
5	3	2	0.600	24	18
5	2	3	0.400	31	31	0
5	1	4	0.200	15	41
5	0	5	0.000	11	63

Group B

19
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
5	4	1	0.800	46	27
5	4	1	0.800	23	19
5	3	2	0.600	24	18
5	2	3	0.400	27	39
5	1	4	0.200	27	32
5	1	4	0.200	23	34

Schedule

Home		Away
August 25, 2006

August 26, 2006
	9-3
	11-0
	2-1
	3-2
August 27, 2006
	6-5
	8-7
	7-6
	5-4
	4-0
	13-1
August 28, 2006
	3-15
	5-7
	10-6
	17-3
August 29, 2006
	2-5
	1-2
	8-3
	11-0
August 30, 2006
	9-12
	7-3
	15-1
	6-4
	8-7

Final Round

37
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA	RD
7	6	1	0.857	69	32
7	6	1	0.857	63	18
7	5	2	0.714	38	24
7	4	3	0.571	43	38
7	3	4	0.428	41	41	0
7	2	5	0.286	39	51
7	2	5	0.286	16	33
7	0	7	0.000	21	61

Oceania Qualifying Tournament

With withdrawing from the tournament, received an automatic berth into the World Qualifying Tournament.

Team	W	L	RA/9	Tiebreaker
	0	0	0	0
	Withdrew

Schedule

Home		Time
February 8, 2007
	Cancelled	19:00
February 9, 2007
	Cancelled	19:00
February 10, 2007
	Cancelled	15:00
	Cancelled	19:00
February 11, 2007
	Cancelled	14:00

Qualifying Round 1

Group A

32
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
3	3	0	1.000	35	3
3	2	1	0.667	22	18
3	1	2	0.333	24	23
3	0	3	0.000	8	45

Group B

23
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
3	3	0	1.000	33	10
3	2	1	0.667	29	17
3	1	2	0.333	28	43
3	0	3	0.000	22	42

Group C

24
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
3	3	0	1.000	30	6
3	2	1	0.667	14	5
3	1	2	0.333	15	16
3	0	3	0.000	8	40

Group D

23
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA	RD
3	3	0	1.000	25	2
3	2	1	0.667	18	11
3	1	2	0.333	17	17	0
3	0	3	0.000	3	33

Qualifying Round 2

European Baseball Championship

The European Baseball Championship

European Baseball Championship

The European Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Europe, governed by the Confederation of European Baseball . Italy won the inaugural European Baseball Championship in , and the competition has since been dominated by the Italian team and the...

in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The Netherlands

Netherlands national baseball team

The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Netherlands. They are currently the top team in Europe and currently the sixth ranked men's baseball team in the IBAF World Rankings....

won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. Great Britain

Great Britain national baseball team

The Great Britain national baseball team is the national baseball team of Great Britain. It is governed by the British Baseball Federation, which is a member nation of the Confederation of European Baseball.-History:...

and Spain

Spain national baseball team

The Spain national baseball team is the national team of Spain. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation. It is a member nation of the Confédération Européenne de Baseball, or Confederation of European Baseball....

advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Conferderation and replaced with Austria. Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

was downgraded to the last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated.

Preliminary Round

Group A

61
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
5	5	0	1.000	66	5
5	4	1	0.800	36	15
5	3	2	0.600	20	27
5	2	3	0.400	26	38
5	1	4	0.200	13	44
5	0	5	0.000	2	37

September 8

1 - 9

0 - 9*

0 - 22 (5 inn.)

September 9

2 - 11

10 - 0 (7 inn.)

11 - 0 (7 inn.)

September 10

14 - 2 (7 inn.)

0 - 9*

8 - 7

September 11

6 - 3

3 - 8

1 - 2

September 12

6 - 1

0 - 13 (7 inn.)

4 - 1

* The Czech Republic's 4-1 and 6-2 victories over Croatia and Austria were vacated and the results recorded as 9-0 forfeits.

Group B

11
Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
5	4	1	0.800	35	24
5	4	1	0.800	29	22
5	3	2	0.600	20	15
5	3	2	0.600	31	13
5	1	4	0.200	10	36
5	0	5	0.000	14	29

September 7

12 - 8

September 8

0 - 13 (8 inn.)

4 - 2

September 9

5 - 4

1 - 5

7 - 10

September 10

6 - 2

4 - 0

6 - 0

September 11

3 - 4

4 - 3 (11 inn.)

4 - 6

September 12

2 - 7

9 - 0

6 - 2

Final Round

40
Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA
	5	5	0	1.000	54	14
	5	3	2	0.800	35	24
1-1, 0.833 RA/IN
	5	3	2	0.600	41	32
1-1, 0.833 RA/IN
	5	3	2	0.600	29	24
1-1, 0.889 RA/IN
	5	1	4	0.200	16	35
	5	0	5	0.000	15	51

* Tiebreakers: 1) W-L in games among tied teams 2) Runs against per 1 defensive inning among tied teams 3) Earned Runs against per 1 defensive inning among tied teams

September 14

18 - 0 (7 inn.)

3 - 11

7 - 10

September 15

10 - 0 (7 inn.)

8 - 10 (11 inn.)

5 - 7

September 16

7 - 1

5 - 8

6 - 1

Classification

September 13

Seventh Place Game

2 - 7

Ninth Place Game

2 - 1

Eleventh Place Game

2 - 7

2007 Asian Championship

Please note, that the IBAF

International Baseball Federation

The International Baseball Federation is the worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as overseeing, deciding and executing the policy of the bat-and-ball sport of baseball at the international level...

and IOC

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

recognize Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

as Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

. Internationally, the team plays as the Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

National baseball team, however are referred to, in the country, as the Taiwan

Taiwan

National baseball team and use the flag

B Level

W	D	L	Tiebreaker
2	1	0
1	1	1
1	0	2	1-0
1	0	2	0-1

Schedule

Home	Result	Time
November 27, 2007
	0-2	17:00
	4-8	18:00
November 28, 2007
	3-5	13:00
	4-1	18:00
November 29, 2007
	0-0 (F/12)	13:00
	6-8	18:00

A Level

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
	3	0
	2	1
	1	2
	0	3

Schedule

Home	Result	Time
December 1, 2007
	2-5	13:00
	10-0 (F/7)	18:00
December 2, 2007
	0-9	13:00
	3-4	18:00
December 3, 2007
	13-1 (F/7)	13:00
	2-10	18:00

African Qualifying Tournament

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
	5	0
	3	1
	3	2
	2	3
	1	3
	0	5

Schedule

Home	Result	Time
December 15
	22-0	9:00
	17-3	9:00
	1-18	12:20
	0-20	12:20
	0-29	15:30
	22-0	15:30
December 16
	Rained Out	9:00
	Rained Out	9:00
	1-16 (5 Innings)	12:20
	3-1 (6 Innings)	12:20
	Rained Out	15:30
	Rained Out	15:30
December 17
	2-12 (8 Innings)	9:00
	11-5	9:00
	19-11 (7 Innings)	9:00
	15-0 (7 Innings)	12:00
	5-22 (6 Innings)	12:00
	7-4	12:00
	Cancelled	15:00

Note: The final game between Lesotho and Nigeria was dependent on whether it had any impact upon the final standings. As South Africa had clinched the championship before the game was to begin, it was cancelled.

Final Qualifying Tournament

The final qualifying tournament will feature the third and fourth place teams from the Americas qualifying tournament, the second and third place teams from the Asian and European qualifying tournaments, and the Oceanian and African continental champions. However, European runner-up Great Britain withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by the fourth place team Germany.

Qualified Teams (Americas 3rd) (Americas 4th) (Europe 3rd) (Europe 4th; Replace Europe 2nd Great Britain that withdrew from the tournament) (Asia 2nd) (Asia 3rd) (Oceania 1st) (Africa 1st)

Standings

W	L	Tiebreaker
6	1	1-0
6	1	0-1
5	2
4	3	1-0
4	3	0-1
2	5
1	6
0	7

Schedule

Home	Result	Time
March 7
	0-5	12:30
	10-15	12:30
	13-3 (F/7)	19:00
	1-4	18:30
March 8
	10-0 (F/7)	12:30
	1-6	12:30
	16-2 (F/7)	18:30
	0-1	18:30
March 9
	0-2	12:30
	10-5	12:30
	1-2	18:30
	6-1	18:30
March 10
	4-3	12:30
	5-14	12:30
	5-6 (F/10)	18:30
	4-7	18:30
March 12
	12-1 (F/7)	12:30
	11-0 (F/7)	12:30
	5-0	18:30
	5-0	18:30
March 13
	9-0	12:30
	0-4	12:30
	4-3	18:30
	0-4	18:30
March 14
	1-2	12:30
	11-13	12:30
	3-4	18:30
	2-1 (F/10)	16:30

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