2003 Asian Baseball Championship

2003 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Dates31 October – 7 November 2003
Teams7
Final positions
Champions Japan (12th title)
Runners-up Chinese Taipei
Third place South Korea
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Games played12

The 2003 Asian Baseball Championship was the 22nd edition of the Asian Baseball Championship. The tournament was contested in the Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Japan from 31 October to 7 November 2003.[1] The tournament was sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The top two teams of the tournament, Japan and Chinese Taipei, gained automatic entry into the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[2]

Participating teams

Entry in preliminary round
Entry in final round

Squads

Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)

Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Position No. Player Birth Club in 2003
P 1 Wang Chien-Ming March 31, 1980 New York Yankees (AA team Trenton Thunder)
P 11 Lin Yueh-Ping January 28, 1982 Taipower
P 15 Lin En-Yu March 25, 1981 National Sports Training Center (National Training Team)
P 18 Hsu Ming-Chieh November 20, 1975 Seibu Lions
P 25 Tu Chang-Wei May 11, 1982 Chinese Culture University (Mobil Giants)
P 46 Yang Chien-Fu April 22, 1979 Sinon Bulls
P 47 Pan Wei-Lun March 5, 1982 Uni-President Lions
P 99 Chang Chih-Chia May 6, 1980 Seibu Lions
C 27 Yeh Chun-Chang October 25, 1972 Sinon Bulls
C 34 Kao Chih-Kang February 7, 1981 Taiwan Cooperative Bank
IF 13 Chen Yung-Chi July 13, 1983 National College of Physical Education and Sports (Taiwan Beer)
IF 17 Huang Chung-Yi (c) October 12, 1967 Sinon Bulls
IF 28 Wang Chuan-Chia June 26, 1971 Uni-President Lions
IF 31 Cheng Chang-Ming January 28, 1978 Chinatrust Whales
IF 49 Chang Tai-Shan October 31, 1976 Sinon Bulls
IF 55 Hsieh Chia-Hsian April 8, 1976 Macoto Gida
IF 88 Cheng Chao-Hang February 14, 1977 Sinon Bulls
OF 12 Chang Chia-Hao October 31, 1976 Sinon Bulls
OF 23 Peng Cheng-min August 6, 1978 Brother Elephants
OF 50 Chen Chih-Yuan October 27, 1976 Brother Elephants
OF 52 Chen Chin-Feng October 28, 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers (AAA team Las Vegas 51s)
OF 53 Huang Kan-Lin March 25, 1981 Uni-President Lions
Bench Coaches
Team
Manager		 85 Hsu Sheng Ming September 11, 1958 Chinatrust Whales
Coach 4 Lin I-Tseng December 12, 1959 Brother Elephants
Coach 29 Lee Lai-Fa June 26, 1956 National Training Team
Coach 80 Mitsujiro Sakai January 31, 1968 National Training Team
Coach 81 Yang Shien-Ming April 30, 1959 National Taiwan College of Physical Education (Fubon Bulls)

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 41 1 +40 1.000 — Advance to Final round
2  Philippines 3 1 2 13 14 −1 .333 2
3  Indonesia 3 1 2 12 26 −14 .333 2
4  Pakistan 3 1 2 11 36 −25 .333 2
Source: International Baseball Federation
31 October 2003
11:00 (UTC+9) 		Indonesia  5 – 11  Pakistan Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
31 October 2003
15:30 (UTC+9) 		China  7 – 1  Philippines Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
1 November 2003
11:00 (UTC+9) 		Indonesia  0 – 15  China Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
1 November 2003
15:30 (UTC+9) 		Pakistan  0 – 12  Philippines Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
2 November 2003
11:00 (UTC+9) 		Philippines  0 – 7  Indonesia Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
2 November 2003
15:30 (UTC+9) 		Pakistan  0 – 19 (F/7)  China Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 24 1 +23 1.000 —
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 8 14 −6 .667 1
3  South Korea 3 1 2 10 8 +2 .333 2
4  China 3 0 3 3 22 −19 .000 3
Source: International Baseball Federation
(H) Hosts
5 November 2003
12:00 (UTC+9) 		Chinese Taipei  5 – 4  South Korea Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
5 November 2003
18:30 (UTC+9) 		China  1 – 13  Japan Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
6 November 2003
12:00 (UTC+9) 		South Korea  6 – 1  China Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
6 November 2003
18:30 (UTC+9) 		Japan  9 – 0  Chinese Taipei Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Boxscore
7 November 2003
12:00 (UTC+9) 		Chinese Taipei  3 – 1  China Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
7 November 2003
18:30 (UTC+9) 		South Korea  0 – 2  Japan Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Final ranking

Rank Team
1  Japan
2  Chinese Taipei
3  South Korea
4  China
5  Philippines
6  Indonesia
7  Pakistan

Awards

Asian Championship Awards[2]
Award Player
Most Valuable player Shinya Miyamoto
Best Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka
Leading Hitter Yoshinobu Takahashi
Most Runs Batted In Kosuke Fukudome

References

  1. ^ "Asian Championship 2003". baseball.ch. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "2003 Asian Championship standings". baseball.ch. Archived from the original on 13 December 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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