Softball at the 2002 Asian Games

Softball at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Gudeok Baseball Stadium
Dates	30 September – 6 October
Competitors	90 from 6 nations
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Softball was contested by six teams at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from September 30 to October 6. The competition took place at Gudeok Baseball Stadium.

Schedule[]

P

Preliminary round

½

Semifinals

F

Final

G

Grand final

Event↓/Date →	30th Mon	1st Tue	2nd Wed	3rd Thu	4th Fri	5th Sat	6th Sun
Women	P	P	P	P	P	½	F	G

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women details	Japan Masumi Mishina Emi Naito Misako Ando Yumi Iwabuchi Sachiko Ito Yukiko Ueno Juri Takayama Kazue Ito Hiroko Sakai Noriko Yamaji Haruka Saito Reika Utsugi	Chinese Taipei Chien Pei-chi Lo Hsiao-ting Yen Show-tzu Tung Yun-chi Huang Hui-wen Chen Miao-yi Wang Ya-fen Lin Po-jen Lai Sheng-jung Yang Hui-chun Pan Tzu-hui Chen Feng-yin Wu Chia-yen	Shared silver
		China Li Qi Zhang Chunfang Deng Xiaoling Xin Minhong Wang Xiaoyan Mu Xia Zhou Yi Wei Qiang Zhang Yanqing Zhang Lixia Tao Hua Zhang Ai

Squads[]

Results[]

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Preliminary[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT
1	Japan	5	5	0	17	0	1.000
2	Chinese Taipei	5	3	2	9	5	.600
3	China	5	3	2	14	11	.600
4	North Korea	5	3	2	12	9	.600
5	South Korea	5	1	4	7	9	.200
6	Philippines	5	0	5	0	25	.000

30 September 10:00	Philippines	0–5	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Korea	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	7	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3

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30 September 12:30	North Korea	0–1	Japan	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP: Hiroko Sakai

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	1
North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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30 September 15:00	China	1–4	Chinese Taipei	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Zhang Yanqing		WP: Lai Sheng-jung

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

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1 October 10:00	North Korea	2–1	Chinese Taipei	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP:		LP:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	4
North Korea	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	4	2

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1 October 12:30	Philippines	0–9	Japan	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP: Juri Takayama

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	1	2	0	4	2	0	9	11	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

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1 October 15:00	China	3–0	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Zhang Lixia		LP:

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

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2 October 10:00	China	6–2	North Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Zhang Yanqing		LP:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Korea	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3
China	0	0	0	2	3	1	X	6	11	2

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2 October 12:30	Chinese Taipei	2–0	Philippines	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Lai Sheng-jung		LP:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2	6	1

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2 October 15:00	Japan	1–0 (F/8)	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Hiroko Sakai		LP:

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

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3 October 10:00	Philippines	0–4	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP: Li Qi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	6	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

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3 October 12:30	South Korea	1–3	North Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Korea	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	2
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2

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3 October 15:00	Japan	1–0	Chinese Taipei	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Juri Takayama		LP:

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

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4 October 10:00	Philippines	0–5	North Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Korea	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	5	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2

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4 October 12:30	Chinese Taipei	2–1 (F/8)	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Lin Po-jen		LP:

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

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4 October 15:00	Japan	5–0	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Juri Takayama		LP: Zhang Yanqing

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Japan	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	5	12	0

Final round[]

	Semifinals					Final					Grand final
	1	Japan (F/6)	10
	2	Chinese Taipei	0								1	Japan
						2	Chinese Taipei					Bye
						3	China
	3	China	8
	4	North Korea	1

Semifinals[]

5 October 10:00	North Korea	1–8	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP: Zhang Yanqing

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	8	11	0
North Korea	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

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5 October 13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–10 (F/6)	Japan	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP:		WP: Juri Takayama

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	3	1	0	5	1	—	10	15	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	5	2

Final[]

6 October 10:00	Chinese Taipei	Rainout	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chinese Taipei	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Grand final[]

6 October 13:00	Japan	Rainout	Winner Final	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Final winner	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Japan	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

• The ranking was decided with a result of preliminary round and semifinals due to rainy weather on final competition. Japan was awarded the gold medal based on its unbeaten record in preliminary games. China and Taiwan shared the silver. Those two were to have played to decide who would meet Japan in the gold-medal match.

Final standing[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	Japan	6	6	0
	China	6	4	2
	Chinese Taipei	6	3	3
4	North Korea	6	3	3
5	South Korea	5	1	4
6	Philippines	5	0	5

References[]

• 2002 Asian Games Report (PDF). The 14th Busan Asian Games Organizing Committee. p. 688. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013.

External links[]

• Official website