China national Baseball5 team

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Information
Country Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China
Federation Chinese Baseball Association
Confederation WBSC Asia
Manager Song Pingshan
WBSC ranking
Current 9 Steady2.svg (9 August 2024) [1]
Baseball5 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2024 )
Best result9th (1 time, in 2024 )
Baseball5 Asia Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2024 )
Best resultBronze medal asia.svg 3rd (1 time, in 2024 )

The China national Baseball5 team represents the People's Republic of China in international Baseball5 competitions.

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History

Baseball is not as popular in China as it is in other Asia-Pacific region countries. However, thanks to softball and Baseball5, the sport is becoming more popular, especially among the youth. China fielded its first youth Baseball5 team in the 2023 Youth Baseball5 World Cup played in Turkey. [2]

China first participated in the 2024 Baseball5 Asia Cup held in Seoul, South Korea. The Chinese team finished the opening round second in its group with a 2–1 record, behind Japan. In the knockout stage, China defeated Malaysia in quarter-finals, but lost against Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. China claimed the bronze medal after defeating hosts South Korea in the bronze medal game 2 sets to 0, qualifying to the 2024 Baseball5 World Cup. [3]

Current roster

As of 7 October 2024 [4]
No.Pos.PlayerGender
6 SSChen JiayuM
1 1BGuo ChenyangM
2 PHuang HantaoM
9 UTLLiu MengyaoF
12 2BWang QinF
22 UTLXu ShengfuM
17 UTLYao DingliuF
23 UTLZhang YiF

Staff

No.Pos.Name
68Manager Song Pingshan

Tournament record

Baseball5 World Cup

Baseball5 World Cup record
YearRoundPositionWLRSRA
Flag of Mexico.svg 2022 Did not enter
Flag of Hong Kong.svg 2024 Placement round9th4410286
Total1/2–4410286

Baseball5 Asia Cup

Baseball5 Asia Cup record
YearRoundPositionWLRSRA
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2022 Did not enter
Flag of South Korea.svg 2024 Bronze medal game3rd426339
Total1/2–426339

References

  1. ↑ "The WBSC Baseball5 World Ranking". WBSC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Feature: China sees growing youthful exuberance on baseball diamond". Xinhuanet. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Japan, Chinese Taipei and China qualify for Baseball5 World Cup". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "China - WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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