Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 1.000 | — | Advance to second round |
| 2 |  Japan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | +26 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 19 | −4 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 |  China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 40 | −34 | .000 | 3 |
Pool A of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 3 to 5, 2006.
Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 1.000 | — | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | +26 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 19 | −4 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 40 | −34 | .000 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jae-weong Seo (1−0) LP: En-yu Lin (0−1) Sv: Chan Ho Park (1) Attendance: 5,193 (12.4%) Umpires: HP − Ramon Armendariz, 1B − Peter Durfee, 2B − Masaharu Kasahara, 3B − Minggao Chen Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | X | 18 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Koji Uehara (1–0) LP: Quansheng Zhao (0–1) Sv: Naoyuki Shimizu (1) Home runs: JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1), Hitoshi Tamura (1) CHN: Wei Wang (1) Attendance: 15,869 (37.8%) Umpires: HP − Brian Knight, 1B − Adrian Johnson, 2B − Un Heo, 3B − Liang-kuei Shieh Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | 10 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Min-han Son (1–0) LP: Kun Chen (0–1) Home runs: CHN: Shou Yang (1) KOR: Seung-yuop Lee 2 (2) Attendance: 3,925 (9.3%) Umpires: HP − Peter Durfee, 1B − Ramon Armendariz, 2B − Liang-kuei Shieh, 3B − Masaharu Kasahara Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 14 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0) LP: Chu-chien Hsu (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Hitoshi Tamura (2) TPE: None Attendance: 31,047 (73.9%) Umpires: HP − Adrian Johnson, 1B − Brian Knight, 2B − Minggao Chen, 3B − Un Heo Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Wei-lun Pan (1–0) LP: Nan Wang (0–1) Home runs: TPE: Yung-chi Chen (1) CHN: None Attendance: 4,577 (10.9%) Umpires: HP − Ramon Armendariz, 1B − Peter Durfee, 2B − Masaharu Kasahara, 3B − Un Heo Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Dae-sung Koo (1–0) LP: Hirotoshi Ishii (0–1) Sv: Chan Ho Park (2) Home runs: KOR: Seung-yuop Lee (3) JPN: Munenori Kawasaki (1) Attendance: 40,353 (96.1%) Umpires: HP − Brian Knight, 1B − Adrian Johnson, 2B − Minggao Chen, 3B − Liang-kuei Shieh Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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