2009 World Baseball Classic Pool A
Pool A of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 5 to 9, 2009.
Pool A was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 1.
Bracket[]
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4 | ||||||||||||
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14 | ||||||||||||
W2 | ![]() |
2 | ||||||||||||
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0 | ||||||||||||
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9 | ||||||||||||
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0 | AR | |||||||||||
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1 | AW | |||||||||||
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1 | ||||||||||||
W3 | ![]() |
0 | ||||||||||||
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14 | ||||||||||||
Results[]
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Japan 4, China 0[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yu Darvish (1−0) LP: Chenhao Li (0−1) Home runs: CHN: None JPN: Shuichi Murata (1) Attendance: 43,428 (103.4%) Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − , 2B − Dana DeMuth, 3B − Boxscore |
South Korea 9, Chinese Taipei 0[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hyun-jin Ryu (1−0) LP: C. C. Lee (0−1) Home runs: TPE: None KOR: Jin-young Lee (1), Keun-woo Jeong (1) Attendance: 12,704 (30.2%) Umpires: HP − Andy Fletcher, 1B − , 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Boxscore |
China 4, Chinese Taipei 1[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jiangang Lü (1−0) LP: Yueh-ping Lin (0−1) Sv: Kun Chen (1) Home runs: TPE: None CHN: Ray Chang (1) Attendance: 12,890 (30.7%) Umpires: HP − Dana DeMuth, 1B − , 2B − Andy Fletcher, 3B − Boxscore |
Japan 14, South Korea 2[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 14 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1−0) LP: Kwang-hyun Kim (0−1) Home runs: JPN: Shuichi Murata (2), Kenji Johjima (1) KOR: Tae-kyun Kim (1) Attendance: 45,640 (108.7%) Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − , 2B − Andy Fletcher, 3B − Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore |
South Korea 14, China 0[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | X | X | X | 14 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Suk-min Yoon (1−0) LP: Guoqiang Sun (0−1) Home runs: CHN: None KOR: Bum-ho Lee (1) Attendance: 12,571 (29.9%) Umpires: HP − Andy Fletcher, 1B − , 2B − Dana DeMuth, 3B − Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore |
South Korea 1, Japan 0[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jung-keun Bong (1−0) LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (0−1) Sv: Chang-yong Lim (1) Attendance: 42,879 (102.1%) Umpires: HP − Dana DeMuth, 1B − , 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Boxscore |
External links[]
Categories:
- 2009 World Baseball Classic
- 2009 in Japanese sport
- 2009 in Tokyo
- International baseball competitions hosted by Japan
- March 2009 sports events in Asia
- Sports competitions in Tokyo