| Baseball at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Sajik Baseball Stadium |
| Dates | 2–9 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 102 from 5 nations |
Baseball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea beginning on October 2, 2002. Five East and Southeast Asian nations participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Sajik Baseball Stadium.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | P | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | F |
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | .750 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | .500 | 2 | |
| 4 |  China | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 29 | .250 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Philippines | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 44 | .000 | 4 |
| 2 October 14:00 | China | 0–8 | South Korea | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| LP: Bai Baoliang | WP: Kim Jin-woo |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 October 18:00 | Japan | 8–3 | Chinese Taipei | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Koji Onuma | LP: Wang Chien-ming | |||
| HR: Takeshi Koyama (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 October 14:00 | Philippines | 0–12 (F/7) | Japan | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| LP: Roy Baclay | WP: Kanehisa Arime | |||
| HR: Go Kida (1), Kazunari Tsuruoka (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 18 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 October 18:00 | South Korea | 7–0 | Chinese Taipei | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Park Myung-hwan | LP: Liang Ju-hao |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 October 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 11–1 (F/8) | China | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Tsai Chung-nan | LP: Li Chenhao |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| 4 October 18:00 | Philippines | 0–15 (F/7) | South Korea | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| LP: Fernando Badrina | WP: Jung Jae-bok |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 15 | 22 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 October 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 4–2 | Philippines | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Lin Yueh-ping | LP: Roy Baclay |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 October 18:00 | Japan | 10–1 | China | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Hiroya Tani | LP: Lai Guojun | |||
| HR: Kenta Kurihara (1), Hisao Arakane (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 October 18:55 | South Korea | 9–0 | Japan | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Song Jin-woo | LP: Kazuhiro Semba | |||
| HR: Kim Dong-joo (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 October 14:00 | China | 13–0 (F/7) | Philippines | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Li Chenhao | LP: Ernesto Binarao | |||
| HR: Sun Wei (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | X | — | — | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 8 October | ||||||
| South Korea | 7 | |||||
| 9 October | ||||||
| China | 2 | |||||
| South Korea | 4 | |||||
| 8 October | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei (F/10) | 6 | |||||
| 3rd–4th | ||||||
| 9 October | ||||||
| China | 4 | |||||
| Japan | 7 | |||||
| 8 October 14:00 | South Korea | 7–2 | China | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Cho Yong-jun | LP: Bai Baoliang |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| 8 October 18:00 | Japan | 5–6 (F/10) | Chinese Taipei | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| LP: Koji Yamamoto | WP: Wang Chien-ming | |||
| HR: Go Kida (1) | HR: Chen Chih-yuan (1), Chen Chien-wei (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 October 14:00 | Japan | 7–4 | China | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Kanehisa Arime | LP: Ye Mingqiang | |||
| HR: Go Kida (1), Satoshi Kubota (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 9 October 18:00 | South Korea | 4–3 | Chinese Taipei | Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan |
| WP: Lim Chang-yong | LP: Tsai Chung-nan |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | South Korea | 6 | 6 | 0 |
 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 3 | 3 |
 | Japan | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Philippines | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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