Chinese Taipei national baseball team

Chinese Taipei national baseball team
Information
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
(competes as  Chinese Taipei)
FederationChinese Taipei Baseball Association
(中華民國棒球協會)
ConfederationBaseball Federation of Asia
ManagerHao Ju Tseng (2023–)
WBSC ranking
Current 2 Steady (27 November 2024)[1]
Highest2 (3 times; latest in December 2022)
Lowest5 (2 times; latest in September 2018)
Uniforms
Home
Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best result8th (1 time, in 2013)
Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1984)
Best result 2nd (1 time, in 1992)
WBSC Premier12
Appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best result 1st (1 time, in 2024)
World Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1972)
Best result 2nd (1 time, in 1984)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1973)
Best result 3rd (2 times, most recent in 2006)
Asian Games
Appearances4 (first in 1994)
Best result 1st (1 time, in 2006)
Asian Championship
Appearances26 (first in 1954)
Best result 1st (5 times, most recent in 2019)

The Chinese Taipei national baseball team (Chinese: 中華臺北棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Táiběi Bàngqiú Dàibiǎoduì) is the national men's baseball team of Taiwan. It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked fourth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The team is usually made up of professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, and Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball from the United States.

Originally known as the National Baseball Team of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Bàngqiú Dàibiǎo Duì) it was renamed in the 1980s as the Chinese Taipei Baseball Team.[2]

The team has won five titles in the Asian Baseball Championship (most recently in 2019), a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. It won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha in a sweeping victory by beating South Korea, Thailand, China, Philippines, and finally all-time rival Japan. It achieved eighth place in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, fifth place in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12, and first place in the 2024 WBSC Premier12.

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ "101 of Taiwan's Baseball". Taiwan E-learning and Digital Archives Program. 2006-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14.

Chinese Taipei national baseball team

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