Baseball at the 2018 Asian Games

Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field Rawamangun Baseball Field
Dates	21 August – 1 September 2018
Competitors	213 from 10 nations
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Baseball at the 2018 Asian Games was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21 August to 1 September 2018.^[1] A total of ten teams, the most ever, competed in the competition at two competition venues in Jakarta: Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field and Rawamangun Baseball Field. The baseball teams of Laos, Sri Lanka and hosts Indonesia made their Asian Games baseball debut. The top six ranked teams, along with the hosts Indonesia (ranked eighth), advanced to the main draw. The bottom three teams competed, with the winner advancing to the main draw.^[2]

Schedule

Q	Qualification	P	Preliminary round	S	Super round	F	Finals

Event↓/Date →	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	28th Tue	29th Wed	30th Thu	31st Fri	1st Sat
Men	Q	Q	Q			P	P	P		S	S	F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	South Korea Im Chan-kyu Oh Ji-hwan Kim Ha-seong An Chi-hong Hwang Jae-gyun Park Min-woo Lee Jung-hoo Lee Jae-won Kim Hyun-soo Yang Eui-ji Choi Won-tae Son Ah-seop Kim Jae-hwan Im Gi-yeong Jang Pill-joon Lee Yong-chan Park Jong-hun Choi Chung-yeon Park Byung-ho Yang Hyeon-jong Jung Woo-ram Park Hae-min Ham Deok-ju Park Chi-guk	Japan Koji Chikamoto Junpei Horimai Sho Aoyagi Shoji Kitamura Momotaro Matsumoto Asahi Sato Tsuyoshi Tamura Michiori Okabe Shohei Morishita Junya Kino Yuichiro Okano Yuki Jibiki Yudai Aranishi Isamu Usui Makoto Hori Takumi Takahashi Katsutoshi Satake Akiyoshi Katsuno Takehiro Tsujino Kohei Sasagawa Ryo Kinami Ryoga Tomiyama Takeshi Hosoyamada	Chinese Taipei Lin Tzu-chieh Hsiao Po-ting Chen Jui-mu Lin Han Lin Chen-fei Tai Ju-liang Lin Chia-yu Wu Sheng-feng Lin Hua-ching Tang Chia-chun Wang Yu-pu Shen Hao-wei Tsai Wei-fan Chan Tzu-hsien Huang Chia-wei Wang Tsung-hao Chiang Chien-ming Chen Wei-chih Lin Yu-hsiang Wang Cheng-hao Chen Hsiao-yun Chen Bo-hao Lin Cheng-hsien Huang Chien-lung

Draw

The top seven ranked teams advanced to the main draw. The bottom three teams competed in round 1, with the winner advancing to the main draw. The teams were distributed according to their position at the WBSC World Rankings.

Group A

Japan
China
Pakistan
Round 1 winner

Group B

Round 1

Squads

China	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong	Indonesia
Chen Chen Meng Weiqiang Na Chuang Li Ning Yang Yanyong Liu Yu Du Xiaolei Zhu Jinghao Luan Chenchen Chen Junpeng Song Yunqi Lu Zhenhong Luo Jinjun Chu Fujia Lu Yusong Yang Shunyi Zheng Chaoqun Sun Jianzeng Yang Jin Ran Song Gan Quan Cui Enting Qi Xin Gong Haicheng	Lin Tzu-chieh Hsiao Po-ting Chen Jui-mu Lin Han Lin Chen-fei Tai Ju-liang Lin Chia-yu Wu Sheng-feng Lin Hua-ching Tang Chia-chun Wang Yu-pu Shen Hao-wei Tsai Wei-fan Chan Tzu-hsien Huang Chia-wei Wang Tsung-hao Chiang Chien-ming Chen Wei-chih Lin Yu-hsiang Wang Cheng-hao Chen Hsiao-yun Chen Bo-hao Lin Cheng-hsien Huang Chien-lung	Connor Kwok Chan Cheuk Kiu Ashley Ma Andy Lo Gordon Chau Pun Wo Sau Leung Chung Hei Lam Lai Him Cheng Hoi Ting Yeung Kun Hin Michael Yu Matthew Andrew Holliday Benny Tam Sam Leung Yuen Chun Pang Mok Wing Tung Li Wing Sing Tony Wu Leung Ho Nam Tsang Kin Chung Yung Tsun Wai Kenneth Chiu Ng Yau Pang Liu Ho Yin	Faldy Akhmad Zulfikar All Luthvy Jhonata Nanda Dwi Saputra Muharom Hakeem Yatim Rizki Ramadhan Albefiandi Aiken Setiawan Jerry Rachman Adi Susanto Bachtiar Sanjaya Aditya Muflih Mahmud Andospa Aldo Saputra Rawafi Yaputra Yanto Rozali Andika Arlistianto Gunawan Pandu Khallista Zidney Fahmidyan Lukman Kurnia Ramdhoni Yana Gerhana Diva Reza Fabil Chindy Patria Yudharana Ramon Setiyono Hadi Nur Muhammad Ranjani Riski Moehammad Adjhari
Japan	Laos	Pakistan	South Korea
Koji Chikamoto Junpei Horimai Sho Aoyagi Shoji Kitamura Momotaro Matsumoto Asahi Sato Tsuyoshi Tamura Michiori Okabe Shohei Morishita Junya Kino Yuichiro Okano Yuki Jibiki Yudai Aranishi Isamu Usui Makoto Hori Takumi Takahashi Katsutoshi Satake Akiyoshi Katsuno Takehiro Tsujino Kohei Sasagawa Ryo Kinami Ryoga Tomiyama Takeshi Hosoyamada	Leeyang Nyiaxue Chinu Va Soua Xong Phithak Hopkhop Cola Phouangkeo Nalor Gniatou Boy Venvongsoth Syvone Yelee Long Vue Bounmee Nyiabeemoua Thongvanh Her Bee Sengsoulin Thatsaphone Soukhalom Pakaysith Phommasee Peun Silouanglath	Tariq Nadeem Muhammad Sumair Zawar Arsalan Jamashed Faqeer Hussain Muhammad Zakir Muhammad Usman Umair Imdad Bhatti Muhammad Waseem Muhammad Rafi Ihsanullah Muhammad Hussain Muhammad Amjad Aslam Inayatullah Khan Jawad Ali Fazal-ur-Rehman Ubaidullah	Im Chan-kyu Oh Ji-hwan Kim Ha-seong An Chi-hong Hwang Jae-gyun Park Min-woo Lee Jung-hoo Lee Jae-won Kim Hyun-soo Yang Eui-ji Choi Won-tae Son Ah-seop Kim Jae-hwan Im Gi-yeong Jang Pill-joon Lee Yong-chan Park Jong-hun Choi Chung-yeon Park Byung-ho Yang Hyeon-jong Jung Woo-ram Park Hae-min Ham Deok-ju Park Chi-guk
Sri Lanka	Thailand
Sahan Avishka Chamika Yasas Nelanka Karunarathna Sanjeewa Jayarathne Shashika Dulshan Amila Pushpakumara Akalanka Ranasinghe Naween Anuradha Subas Isara Gunasiri Sandun Madushanka Chirath Karunarathne Kaushala Prabuddha Tharindu Madumal Sameera Rathnayake Iresh Kosala Krishna Hapuarachchi Sanjeewa Manna Uthum Saliya Wijesinghe	Akaradech Jitpong Nirawit Bunnam Paramutt Meepakdee Adichat Wongvichit Sanyalak Pipatpinyo Joe Daru Suratit Faengsup Netithorn Nualla-ong Naruephol Muangkasem Chayaphat Suanthong Wissaroot Sihamat Siraphop Nadee Phoomwut Wutthikorn Chanatip Thongbai Phanuwat Sukmuang Alex Clark Thanabordee Panyimphakakul Sarawut Jandang Kevin Irwin Sakai Phraechai Jack Daru

Results

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Round 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	29	3	1.000	—	Preliminary
2	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	18	24	.500	1
3	Laos	2	0	2	10	30	.000	2

Source: OCA

21 August 14:00	Thailand	15–0 (F/6)	Laos	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 200 Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
	WP: Phanuwat Sukmuang		LP: Phithak Hopkhop
	HR: Naruephol Muangkasem (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Laos	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	1	5
Thailand	2	4	4	2	2	1	—	—	—	15	13	1

22 August 14:00	Laos	10–15	Sri Lanka	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 400 Umpires: Yang Jae-man (KOR)
	LP: Cola Phouangkeo		WP: Chirath Karunarathne
	HR: Nalor Gniatou (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sri Lanka	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	3	15	16	1
Laos	2	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	10	13	3

23 August 14:00	Sri Lanka	3–14 (F/7)	Thailand	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 150 Umpires: Yoshinori Koide (JPN)
	LP: Sanjeewa Jayarathne		WP: Kevin Irwin


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Thailand	1	6	0	1	0	5	1	—	—	14	21	1
Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	3	9	2

Preliminary

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	56	2	1.000	—	Super round
2	China	3	2	1	33	20	.667	1	Super round
3	Pakistan	3	1	2	11	32	.333	2	Consolation round
4	Thailand	3	0	3	1	47	.000	3	Consolation round

Source: OCA

26 August 9:00	Japan	15–0 (F/6)	Pakistan	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 200 Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
	WP: Yudai Aranishi	Boxscore	LP: Tariq Nadeem
	HR: Kohei Sasagawa (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	4	1
Japan	0	4	8	1	1	1	—	—	—	15	15	0

26 August 14:00	China	15–0 (F/6)	Thailand	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 150 Umpires: Yang Jae-man (KOR)
	WP: Gan Quan	Boxscore	LP: Siraphop Nadee
	HR: Lu Zhenhong (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	1	4
China	0	4	0	5	1	5	—	—	—	15	15	0

27 August 9:00	Thailand	1–8	Pakistan	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 70 Umpires: Cheung Sui Man (HKG)
	LP: Kevin Irwin	Boxscore	WP: Muhammad Usman
	HR: Joe Daru (1)		HR: Arsalan Jamashed (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pakistan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	7	0
Thailand	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5

27 August 14:00	Japan	17–2 (F/5)	China	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 150 Umpires: Chu Hsu-kuang (TPE)
	WP: Akiyoshi Katsuno	Boxscore	LP: Gong Haicheng
	HR: Shohei Morishita (1), Momotaro Matsumoto (2), Tsuyoshi Tamura (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	2	0	—	—	—	—	2	5	0
Japan	13	1	2	0	1	—	—	—	—	17	17	0

28 August 9:00	Thailand	0–24 (F/5)	Japan	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 130 Umpires: Sujeewa Wijayanayake (SRI)
	LP: Alex Clark	Boxscore	WP: Takumi Takahashi
			HR: Tsuyoshi Tamura (2), Yuki Jibiki (1), Michiori Okabe (1), Asahi Sato (1), Kohei Sasagawa (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	4	4	5	3	8	—	—	—	—	24	19	1
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	2

28 August 14:00	Pakistan	3–16 (F/7)	China	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 100 Umpires: Yang Jae-man (KOR)
	LP: Ihsanullah	Boxscore	WP: Meng Weiqiang
			HR: Chen Chen (1), Song Yunqi (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	1	3	0	0	3	0	9	—	—	16	19	1
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	—	—	3	6	3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	33	2	1.000	—	Super round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	37	5	.667	1	Super round
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	11	41	.333	2	Consolation round
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	4	37	.000	3	Consolation round

Source: OCA

26 August 12:00	Indonesia	4–7	Hong Kong	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 500 Umpires: Sung Yu-meng (TPE)
	LP: Chindy Patria Yudharana	Boxscore	WP: Sam Leung Sv: Matthew Andrew Holliday
			HR: Matthew Andrew Holliday (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hong Kong	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	7	11	1
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	5	1

26 August 18:30	South Korea	1–2	Chinese Taipei	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 1,750 Umpires: Tomohisa Yamaguchi (JPN)
	LP: Yang Hyeon-jong	Boxscore	WP: Wu Sheng-feng Sv: Wang Cheng-hao
	HR: Kim Jae-hwan (1)		HR: Lin Chia-yu (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0

27 August 12:00	Chinese Taipei	16–1 (F/5)	Hong Kong	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 100 Umpires: Park Hi-young (KOR)
	WP: Lin Cheng-hsien	Boxscore	LP: Leung Chung Hei


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hong Kong	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	2	0
Chinese Taipei	0	2	8	3	3	—	—	—	—	16	17	0

27 August 18:30	South Korea	15–0 (F/5)	Indonesia	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 150 Umpires: Yoshinori Koide (JPN)
	WP: Choi Won-tae	Boxscore	LP: Nanda Dwi Saputra
	HR: Hwang Jae-gyun (2)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	3	3
South Korea	1	4	6	2	2	—	—	—	—	15	13	0

28 August 12:00	Hong Kong	3–21	South Korea	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 600 Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
	LP: Yeung Kun Hin	Boxscore	WP: Lee Yong-chan
	HR: Matthew Andrew Holliday (1)		HR: Lee Jung-hoo (2), Hwang Jae-gyun (1), Lee Jae-won (1), Park Byung-ho (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	3	10	21	16	0
Hong Kong	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	8	3

28 August 18:30	Indonesia	0–15 (F/7)	Chinese Taipei	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 750 Umpires: Katsutoshi Takahashi (JPN)
	LP: Chindy Patria Yudharana	Boxscore	WP: Huang Chien-lung


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	6	0	1	1	0	5	2	—	—	15	14	0
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	2	1

Consolation round

The results of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the consolation round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	30	5	1.000	—
2	Hong Kong	3	2	1	14	20	.667	1
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	18	28	.333	2
4	Thailand	3	0	3	16	25	.000	3

Source: OCA

30 August 9:00	Pakistan	10–2	Indonesia	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 80 Umpires: Sung Yu-meng (TPE)
	WP: Muhammad Usman Sv: Inayatullah Khan	Boxscore	LP: Nanda Dwi Saputra
	HR: Muhammad Zakir (1), Jawad Ali (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Indonesia	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8	4
Pakistan	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	1	X	10	12	1

30 August 14:00	Hong Kong	5–4	Thailand	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 100 Umpires: Sandy Kusuma (INA)
	WP: Sam Leung	Boxscore	LP: Siraphop Nadee
	HR: Benny Tam (1)		HR: Joe Daru (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Thailand	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	8	3
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	5	10	1

31 August 8:00	Pakistan	12–2 (F/7)	Hong Kong	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 75 Umpires: Yoshinori Koide (JPN)
	WP: Ihsanullah	Boxscore	LP: Leung Chung Hei


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hong Kong	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	—	—	2	6	3
Pakistan	1	1	0	4	0	1	5	—	—	12	15	0

31 August 14:00	Indonesia	12–11	Thailand	Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 100 Umpires: Chu Hsu-kuang (TPE)
	WP: Andika Arlistianto Sv: Chindy Patria Yudharana	Boxscore	LP: Kevin Irwin
	HR: Hakeem Yatim (1)		HR: Suratit Faengsup (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Thailand	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	4	0	11	12	5
Indonesia	3	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	X	12	15	2

Super round

The results of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the super round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	16	4	.667^[a]	—	Gold medal match
2	Japan	3	2	1	23	7	.667^[a]	—	Gold medal match
3	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	3	6	.667^[a]	—	Bronze medal match
4	China	3	0	3	3	28	.000	2	Bronze medal match

Source: OCA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Team quality balance: KOR +0.167, JPN +0.056, TPE −0.222.

30 August 12:00	Japan	1–5	South Korea	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 637 Umpires: Chu Hsu-kuang (TPE)
	LP: Katsutoshi Satake	Boxscore	WP: Lee Yong-chan
			HR: Kim Ha-seong (1), Park Byung-ho (1), Hwang Jae-gyun (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	14	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	1

30 August 18:30	Chinese Taipei	1–0	China	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 412 Umpires: Tomohisa Yamaguchi (JPN)
	WP: Huang Chien-lung Sv: Wang Cheng-hao	Boxscore	LP: Gan Quan


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	6	0

31 August 14:00	South Korea	10–1	China	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 400 Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
	WP: Im Gi-yeong	Boxscore	LP: Gong Haicheng
	HR: Park Byung-ho (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	2
South Korea	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	X	10	15	0

31 August 18:30	Chinese Taipei	0–5	Japan	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 500 Umpires: Park Hi-young (KOR)
	LP: Lin Hua-ching	Boxscore	WP: Yuichiro Okano Sv: Yudai Aranishi
			HR: Tsuyoshi Tamura (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	7	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2

Final round

Bronze medal match

1 September 11:00	Chinese Taipei	10–0 (F/8)	China	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 850 Umpires: Tomohisa Yamaguchi (JPN)
	WP: Wang Tsung-hao	Boxscore	LP: Meng Weiqiang
	HR: Chan Tzu-hsien (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	2	2
Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	—	10	10	1

Gold medal match

1 September 16:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 1,700 Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
	WP: Yang Hyeon-jong Sv: Jung Woo-ram	Boxscore	LP: Ryoga Tomiyama
	HR: Park Byung-ho (1)