2009 Asian Baseball Championship

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2009 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates 27 July - 3 August
Teams7
Defending champions Japan (2007)
Final positions
Champions
Gold medal asia.svg
 Japan (16th title)
Runner-up
Silver medal asia.svg
 Chinese Taipei
Third place
Bronze medal asia.svg
 South Korea
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Best batting averageJapan Kiyota Ikuhiro
Most homeruns hitChinese Taipei Wu Chung Cun
Best ERAChinese Taipei Liao Wen Yang
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)Japan Nomura Yusuke
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Kiyota Ikuhiro

The 2009 Asian Baseball Championship is an international baseball competition that was held in Sapporo, Japan from July 27 to August 3, 2009. It was the 25th edition of the tournament and featured teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand.[1]

Qualification Tournament[]

Eight teams were featured in the qualifying tournament from May 25–30, 2009. In the end Indonesia advanced as the winning team to the B level competition in Narita, Japan.

Pool A[]

Standings[]

Qualified for the semi finals
Did not qualify for the semi finals
# Team Games Wins Losses
1  Pakistan 3 3 0
2  Sri Lanka 3 2 1
3  Thailand 3 1 2
4  Malaysia 3 0 3

Game Results[]

May 25, 2009 Sri Lanka  3 – 1  Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
May 25, 2009 Pakistan  20 – 0 (F/5)  Malaysia Bangkok, Thailand

May 26, 2009 Pakistan  10 – 0  Sri Lanka Bangkok, Thailand
May 26, 2009 Thailand  16 – 0 (F/5)  Malaysia Bangkok, Thailand

May 27, 2009 Pakistan  9 – 4  Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
May 27, 2009 Sri Lanka  9 – 1  Malaysia Bangkok, Thailand

Pool B[]

Standings[]

Qualified for the semi finals
Did not qualify for the semi finals
# Team Games Wins Losses
1  Indonesia 3 3 0
2  Hong Kong 3 2 1
3  Myanmar 3 1 2
4  Cambodia 3 0 3

Game Results[]

May 25, 2009 Indonesia  6 – 0  Cambodia Bangkok, Thailand
May 25, 2009 Hong Kong  11 – 1  Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand

May 26, 2009 Indonesia  11 – 1  Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand
May 26, 2009 Hong Kong  10 – 0  Cambodia Bangkok, Thailand

May 27, 2009 Indonesia  7 – 2  Hong Kong Bangkok, Thailand
May 27, 2009 Myanmar  3 – 1  Cambodia Bangkok, Thailand

Final round[]

Semi finals[]

May 29, 2009 Pakistan  7 – 2  Hong Kong Bangkok, Thailand
May 29, 2009 Indonesia  7 – 4  Sri Lanka Bangkok, Thailand

7th place[]

May 29, 2009 Cambodia  20 – 8  Malaysia Bangkok, Thailand

5th place[]

May 29, 2009 Thailand  5 – 0  Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand

3rd place[]

May 30, 2009 Sri Lanka  6 – 5  Hong Kong Bangkok, Thailand

Final[]

May 30, 2009 Indonesia  3 – 2  Pakistan Bangkok, Thailand

Narita Round[]

Standings[]

Qualified for the semi finals
Did not qualify for the semi finals
# Team Games Wins Losses
1  Japan 3 3 0
2  Philippines 3 2 1
3  Thailand 3 1 2
4  Indonesia 3 0 3

Game Results[]

July 27, 2009 Japan  12 – 0 (F/7)  Philippines Narita, Japan
July 27, 2009 Thailand  6 – 1  Indonesia Narita, Japan

July 28, 2009 Thailand  0 – 12 (F/7)  Japan Narita, Japan
July 28, 2009 Indonesia  1 – 6  Philippines Narita, Japan

July 29, 2009 Indonesia  0 – 13 (F/7)  Japan Narita, Japan
July 29, 2009 Philippines  8 – 0  Thailand Narita, Japan

Final round[]

Standings[]

# Team Games Wins Losses
1  Japan 3 3 0
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1
3  South Korea 3 1 2
4  China 3 0 3

Game Results[]

August 1, 2009 South Korea  4 – 5  Chinese Taipei Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan
August 1, 2009 China  0 – 4  Japan Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan

August 2, 2009 China  1 – 8  South Korea Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan
August 2, 2009 Chinese Taipei  5 – 6  Japan Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan

August 3, 2009 Chinese Taipei  13 – 1 (F/7)  China Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan
August 3, 2009 Japan  7 – 1  South Korea Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan

Final standings[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "BFA: 25th Asian Baseball Championships". Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
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