2001 Asian Baseball Championship

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The 2001 Asian Baseball Championship was the 21st installment of the tournament. The championship took place at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Republic of China (Taiwan, competing as Chinese Taipei). Chinese Taipei national baseball team won the competition for the fourth time in the competition's history.

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No.Country
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines

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