2009 Asian Baseball Championship

2009 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	27 July - 3 August
Teams	7
Defending champions	Japan (2007)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (16th title)
Runner-up	Chinese Taipei
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Best batting average	Kiyota Ikuhiro
Most homeruns hit	Wu Chung Cun
Best ERA	Liao Wen Yang
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)	Nomura Yusuke
Most Valuable Player	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

Rk	Team
1	Japan
2	Chinese Taipei
3	South Korea
4	China
Failed to qualify for the Second Round
5	Philippines
6	Thailand
7	Indonesia

External links

References

↑ "BFA: 25th Asian Baseball Championships". Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-07-31.

Asian Baseball Championship

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