The China Baseball League is a professional baseball league under the administration of Chinese Baseball Association,founded in 2002. The league suspended operations in 2012 due to financial troubles after the 2011 season,but returned in 2014. The league closed in 2016. The 2018 season was the final edition of China Baseball League after the establishment of the China National Baseball League. The league restarted in 2023.
The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games,were held from September 22 to October 7,1990,in Beijing,China. This was the first Asian Games held in China.
The 1994 Asian Games,also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games,were held from October 2 to 16,1994,in Hiroshima,Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack 49 years earlier. Due to the 1991 Gulf War,Iraq was suspended from the games. The games debuted former republics of the Soviet Union:Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,and Uzbekistan.
The South Korean national baseball team,also known as the Blue Wave,is the national baseball team of South Korea. It has participated in every edition of the World Baseball Classic (WBC),reaching the finals in 2009,and won the WBSC Premier12 in 2015. South Korea also hosted and won the Baseball World Cup in 1982,and has participated in several Summer Olympic Games.
Sports in China consists of a variety of competitive sports. Traditional Chinese culture regards physical fitness as an important characteristic. China has its own national quadrennial multi-sport event similar to the Olympic Games called the National Games.
Zhang Guozheng is a Chinese weightlifter. Zhang is a World champion,Olympic champion and World Record holder. In January,1999,Zhang Guozheng was named a member of the National Men's weightlifting team. He ranked fourth at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 in the 69 kg class. On October 3,2002,at the Busan Asian Games,Zhang Guozheng took gold in the 69 kg class with a total score of 345 kilograms. In 2004,Zhang Guozeng won the Athens Olympic Games in the 69 kg class champion. On December 3,2006,at the 15th Asian Games,Zhang Guozheng totaled 336 kg for a gold medal with a 152 kg snatch and a 184 kg clean and jerk. Zhang retired after 2008 and now serves as the deputy head coach for the men's weightlifting team.
The Wukesong Arena,also known as the Cadillac Arena for sponsorship purposes,is a multipurpose indoor arena in Beijing. It was originally built for the 2008 Summer Olympics basketball preliminaries and finals. Ground was broken on 29 March 2005 and construction was completed on 11 January 2008.
The Guangdong Leopards are a China Baseball League team based in Guangzhou. Their home field is the 1,000-capacity Tianhe Sports Center.
The Tianjin Lions or Tianjing Fierce Lions (天津雄狮) are a team in the China Baseball League,founded in 2002 as one of the league's four initial members. Their home field is the 2,000-capacity Tian Ti Dodger Stadium in Tianjin.
The Chinese Taipei baseball team is the national men's baseball team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked fourth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The team is usually made up of professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League,Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball,and Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball from the United States.
Tom Maher is an Australian basketball coach.
China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. China was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC),and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China.
South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.
Mou Zuoyun was a Chinese basketball player,coach,and pioneer,known as the "godfather of Chinese basketball". He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics as a member of China's first Olympic basketball team,and coached the Chinese men's team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He served as president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and was named Lifetime Honorary President of the Asian Basketball Association. In 2005,the CBA named the championship trophy of China's professional basketball league the Mou Zuoyun Cup. In 2019,he posthumously became the first Chinese inductee to the FIBA Hall of Fame.
The following contains the team squads for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
Wang Nan is a Chinese baseball player who was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Li Weiliang is a Chinese baseball player. He was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Jia Yubing is a Chinese baseball player. He was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Peng Cheng-min,,is a Taiwanese former professional baseball player and baseball coach who previously played right fielder,first base and designated hitter for the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League from 2001 to 2019.
Wang Aiping is a Chinese baseball coach who is known for coaching the China national baseball team in the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He has also coached for the Guangdong Leopards.
