| Baseball at the 2014 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Munhak Baseball Stadium Mokdong Baseball Stadium |
| Dates | 22–28 September 2014 |
| Competitors | 173 from 8 nations |
Baseball at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from September 22 to 28, 2014. Only a men's competition was held. All games were played at the Munhak Baseball Stadium and the Mokdong Baseball Stadium.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | 27th Sat | 28th Sun |
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| Men | P | P | P | P | ½ | F |
The teams were distributed according to their position at the IBAF World Rankings.
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All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1.000 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 |  China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | .000 | 3 |
| 22 September 18:30 | Japan | 11–0 (F/7) | China | Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Umpires: Park Seong-jun (KOR) |
| WP: Tsukasa Komatsu | Boxscore | LP: Li Xin |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | — | — | 11 | 12 | 0 |
| 23 September 12:30 | China | 15–0 (F/5) | Mongolia | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Kim Jae-young (KOR) |
| WP: Li Ziliang | Boxscore | LP: Dashzevegiin Mönkhbat |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| China | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 September 18:30 | Japan | 9–1 | Pakistan | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Zhu Sheng (CHN) |
| WP: Koshiro Imamura | Boxscore | LP: Tariq Nadeem | ||
| HR: Toshihiko Kuramoto (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| 24 September 18:30 | Pakistan | 25–0 (F/5) | Mongolia | Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Umpires: Kim Dae-nam (KOR) |
| WP: Adil Sardar | Boxscore | LP: Ölziibayaryn Javkhlan |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | X | — | — | — | — | 25 | 16 | 0 |
| 25 September 12:30 | Mongolia | 0–21 (F/5) | Japan | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Hsieh Liang-kuei (TPE) |
| LP: Dashzevegiin Mönkhbat | Boxscore | WP: Takayuki Kato | ||
| HR: Masahiro Nishino (1), Takeshi Kunimoto (1), Ken Tanaka (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 September 18:30 | China | 6–0 | Pakistan | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Masataka Tomizawa (JPN) |
| WP: Yang Haifan Sv: Li Ziliang | Boxscore | LP: Tariq Nadeem |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 35 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 37 | .000 | 3 |
| 22 September 12:30 | Chinese Taipei | 12–0 (F/7) | Hong Kong | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Park Won-jung (KOR) |
| WP: Lo Kuo-hua | Boxscore | LP: Li Wing Sing |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | — | — | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 September 18:30 | South Korea | 15–0 (F/5) | Thailand | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Akihiko Ito (JPN) |
| WP: Yoo Won-sang | Boxscore | LP: Wissaroot Sihamat |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| South Korea | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | X | — | — | — | — | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| 23 September 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 13–1 (F/7) | Thailand | Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Umpires: Kunio Zama (JPN) |
| WP: Sung Chia-hao | Boxscore | LP: Phanuwat Sukmuang |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | — | — | 13 | 16 | 0 |
| 24 September 12:30 | Thailand | 13–7 | Hong Kong | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Chen Bin-shun (TPE) |
| WP: Siraphop Nadee | Boxscore | LP: Leung Yu Chung |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 September 18:30 | South Korea | 10–0 (F/8) | Chinese Taipei | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Akira Horii (JPN) |
| WP: Cha Woo-chan | Boxscore | LP: Wang Yao-lin | ||
| HR: Kang Jung-ho (1), Oh Jae-won (1), Park Byung-ho (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| South Korea | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 September 18:30 | Hong Kong | 0–12 (F/7) | South Korea | Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul Umpires: Feng Qifeng (CHN) |
| LP: Sam Leung | Boxscore | WP: Bong Jung-keun | ||
| HR: Min Byung-hun (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| Japan | 4 | |||||
| 28 September | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 10 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| South Korea | 6 | |||||
| South Korea | 7 | |||||
| China | 2 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 28 September | ||||||
| Japan (F/7) | 10 | |||||
| China | 0 | |||||
| 27 September 12:30 | Japan | 4–10 | Chinese Taipei | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Park Hi-young (KOR) |
| LP: Tetsu Yokota | Boxscore | WP: Cheng Kai-wen | ||
| HR: Kuo Yen-wen (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 27 September 18:30 | South Korea | 7–2 | China | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Akira Sakumoto (JPN) |
| WP: Lee Tae-yang | Boxscore | LP: Qi Jiping | ||
| HR: Kang Jung-ho (1), Park Byung-ho (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| 28 September 12:30 | China | 0–10 (F/7) | Japan | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Chen Bin-shun (TPE) |
| LP: Yang Haifan | Boxscore | WP: Ryota Sekiya |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 September 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 3–6 | South Korea | Munhak Baseball Stadium, Incheon Umpires: Akira Horii (JPN) |
| LP: Chen Kuan-yu | Boxscore | WP: An Ji-man |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 3 | 2 |
 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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