Hong Kong national baseball team

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Hong Kong national baseball team
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CountryFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Federation Hong Kong Baseball Association
Confederation Baseball Federation of Asia
WBSC ranking
Current 32 Increase2.svg 5 (18 December 2023) [1]

The Hong Kong national baseball team is the representative team for Hong Kong in international baseball competition. The team finished 6th in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship.

Contents

Competition results

Asian Games

Current roster

Roster for the 2012 East Asian Cup: [2]

Manager
David Wong Tai Wai
Coaches
Au Hok Leung (Head Coach), Ng Yuk Ming, Chan Tsz Yeung
PlayerNo.Pos.
Yu Hong Lau 1C
Ho Nam Leung 56C
Ho Yin Leung 10IF
Sam Ka Ho Leung 38P
Yu Chung Leung 16P
Wing Sing Li 28P
Andy Ho Lam Lo 77OF
Ching Nam Nau 7IF
Yau Pang Ng 66OF
Kin Chung Tsang 57IF
Tze Tung Wu 52IF
Tsz Him Yan 19IF
Kun Hin Yeung 24P
Hing Long Yip 23OF
Chu Pok Ting P
Wing Leung Au 12Captain/IF
Duncan Chun Shing Chau 15P
Gordon Chun Ming Chau 9P
Enroy Yan Nok Chiu 6OF

Alumni

The team, consisting of young Chinese men[ citation needed ], courted some controversy in the Hong Kong media, when they were shown naked on camera in a Hong Kong film, City Without Baseball , with their private parts fully exposed in several scenes. One of the team's main players, Ron Heung Tze-Chun, who was also the main character in the film, has gone on to become a Hong Kong film actor.

Venues

Hong Kong Baseball uses two fields for practice and games:

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