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{{Infobox international baseball tournament
| image =
| size = 
| country = Japan
| dates = 31 October – 7 November 2003
| num_teams = 7
| medal_type = asia
| champion = JPN
| num_championships = 12
| second = TPE
| third = KOR
| fourth = CHN
| games = 12
| prevseason = [[2001 Asian Baseball Championship|2001]]
| nextseason = [[2005 Asian Baseball Championship|2005]]
}}
The '''2003 Asian Baseball Championship''' was the 22nd edition of the [[Asian Baseball Championship]]. The tournament was contested in the [[Sapporo Dome]] in [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]] from 31 October to 7 November 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Championship 2003|url=http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/SchedAs.html|website=baseball.ch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212090742/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/SchedAs.html|archive-date=12 December 2003|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref> The tournament was sanctioned by the [[Asian Baseball Federation]]. The top two teams of the tournament, [[Japan national baseball team|Japan]] and [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Chinese Taipei]], gained automatic entry into the [[Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]] in [[Athens]].<ref name=AsianChamp>{{cite web|title=2003 Asian Championship standings|url=http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/ASstand.html|website=baseball.ch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031213172755/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/ASstand.html|archive-date=13 December 2003|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref>

==Participating teams==
;Entry in preliminary round
*{{bb|China}}
*{{bb|Indonesia}}
*{{bb|Pakistan}}
*{{bb|Philippines}}

;Entry in final round
*{{bb|Chinese Taipei}}
*{{bb|Japan}}
*{{bb|South Korea}}

==Squads==
===Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)===
{| border=1 cellpadding=7 cellspacing=0
! colspan=5 bgcolor=#d0e7ff|[[Chinese Taipei]] ([[Taiwan]])
|-
| '''Position'''|| '''No.'''|| '''Player'''|| '''Birth'''|| '''Club in 2003'''
|-
| P || '''1'''|| [[Wang Chien-Ming]]|| March 31, 1980|| {{flagicon|USA}}[[New York Yankees]] ([[Minor league baseball|AA]] team [[Trenton Thunder]])
|-
| P || '''11'''|| [[Lin Yueh-ping|Lin Yueh-Ping]]|| January 28, 1982|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Taiwan Power Company Baseball Team|Taipower]]
|-
| P || '''15'''|| [[Lin En Yu|Lin En-Yu]]|| March 25, 1981|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[National Sports Training Center]] (National Training Team)
|-
| P || '''18'''|| [[Ming-Chieh Hsu|Hsu Ming-Chieh]]|| November 20, 1975|| {{flagicon|Japan}}[[Seibu Lions]]
|-
| P || '''25'''|| [[Tu Chang-Wei]]|| May 11, 1982|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Chinese Culture University]] (Mobil Giants)
|-
| P || '''46'''|| [[Yang Chien-Fu]]|| April 22, 1979|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Sinon Bulls]]
|-
| P || '''47'''|| [[Pan Wei-Lun]]|| March 5, 1982|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Uni-President Lions]]
|-
| P || '''99'''|| [[Chang Chih-Chia]]|| May 6, 1980|| {{flagicon|Japan}}[[Seibu Lions]]
|-
| C || '''27'''|| [[Yeh Chun-Chang]]|| October 25, 1972|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Sinon Bulls]]
|-
| C || '''34'''|| [[Kao Chih-Kang]]|| February 7, 1981|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Taiwan Cooperative Bank]]
|-
| IF || '''13'''|| [[Yung Chi Chen|Chen Yung-Chi]]|| July 13, 1983|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[National College of Physical Education and Sports]]  ([[Taiwan Beer]])
|-
| IF || '''17'''|| [[Huang Chung-Yi]] (c)|| October 12, 1967|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Sinon Bulls]]
|-
| IF || '''28'''|| [[Wang Chuan-Chia]]|| June 26, 1971|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Uni-President Lions]]
|-
| IF || '''31'''|| [[Cheng Chang-Ming]]|| January 28, 1978|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Chinatrust Whales]]
|-
| IF || '''49'''|| [[Chang Tai-Shan]]|| October 31, 1976|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Sinon Bulls]]
|-
| IF || '''55'''|| [[Hsieh Chia-hsien|Hsieh Chia-Hsian]]|| April 8, 1976|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Macoto Cobras|Macoto Gida]]
|-
| IF || '''88'''|| [[Cheng Chao-Hang]]|| February 14, 1977|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Sinon Bulls]]
|-
| OF || '''12'''|| [[Chang Chia-Hao]]|| October 31, 1976|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Sinon Bulls]]
|-
| OF || '''23'''|| [[Peng Cheng-min]]|| August 6, 1978|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Brother Elephants]]
|-
| OF || '''50'''|| [[Chen Chih-Yuan]]|| October 27, 1976|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Brother Elephants]]
|-
| OF || '''52'''|| [[Chen Chin-Feng]]|| October 28, 1977|| {{flagicon|USA}}[[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ([[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA]] team [[Las Vegas 51s]])
|-
| OF || '''53'''|| [[Huang Kan-lin|Huang Kan-Lin]]|| March 25, 1981|| {{flagicon|Taiwan}}[[Uni-President Lions]]
|-
! colspan=5 bgcolor=#efefef|'''Bench Coaches'''
|-
| Team<BR> Manager || '''85'''|| [[Hsu Sheng Ming]]|| September 11, 1958|| [[Chinatrust Whales]]
|-
| Coach || '''4'''|| [[Lin I-Tseng]]|| December 12, 1959|| [[Brother Elephants]]
|-
| Coach || '''29'''|| [[Lee Lai-Fa]]|| June 26, 1956|| National Training Team
|-
| Coach || '''80'''|| [[Mitsujiro Sakai]]|| January 31, 1968|| National Training Team
|-
| Coach || '''81'''|| [[Yang Shien-Ming]]|| April 30, 1959|| [[National Taiwan College of Physical Education]] (Fubon Bulls)
|}

==Preliminary round==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|update=complete

|team_order=CHN, PHI, INA, PAK
|result1=Q

|win_CHN=3|loss_CHN=0|gf_CHN=41|ga_CHN=1
|win_INA=1|loss_INA=2|gf_INA=12|ga_INA=26
|win_PAK=1|loss_PAK=2|gf_PAK=11|ga_PAK=36
|win_PHI=1|loss_PHI=2|gf_PHI=13|ga_PHI=14

|name_CHN={{bb|CHN}}
|name_INA={{bb|INA}}
|name_PAK={{bb|PAK}}
|name_PHI={{bb|PHI}}

|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1|text_Q=Advance to [[#Final round|Final round]]

|source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20031213172755/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/ASstand.html International Baseball Federation]
}}

{{Baseballbox
|date = 31 October 2003
|time = 11:00 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{bb-rt|INA}}
|score = 5 – 11
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213131832/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A3.html
|team2 = '''{{bb|PAK}}'''
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
{{Baseballbox
|date = 31 October 2003
|time = 15:30 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|CHN}}'''
|score = 7 – 1
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213184208/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A4.html
|team2 = {{bb|PHI}}
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
----
{{Baseballbox
|date = 1 November 2003
|time = 11:00 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{bb-rt|INA}}
|score = 0 – 15
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|CHN}}'''
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
{{Baseballbox
|date = 1 November 2003
|time = 15:30 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{bb-rt|PAK}}
|score = 0 – 12
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213184621/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A6.html
|team2 = '''{{bb|PHI}}'''
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
----
{{Baseballbox
|date = 2 November 2003
|time = 11:00 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{bb-rt|PHI}}
|score = 0 – 7
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213183247/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A1.html
|team2 = '''{{bb|INA}}'''
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
{{Baseballbox
|date = 2 November 2003
|time = 15:30 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{bb-rt|PAK}}
|score = 0 – 19
|mercy rule = 7
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213131713/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A2.html
|team2 = '''{{bb|CHN}}'''
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}

==Final round==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|update=complete

|team_order=JPN, TPE, KOR, CHN
|result1=W|result2=S|result3=B

|win_CHN=0|loss_CHN=3|gf_CHN=3 |ga_CHN=22
|win_JPN=3|loss_JPN=0|gf_JPN=24|ga_JPN=1 |status_JPN=H
|win_KOR=1|loss_KOR=2|gf_KOR=10|ga_KOR=8
|win_TPE=2|loss_TPE=1|gf_TPE=8 |ga_TPE=14

|name_CHN={{bb|CHN}}
|name_JPN={{bb|JPN}}
|name_KOR={{bb|KOR}}
|name_TPE={{bb|TPE}}

|col_W=gold|col_S=silver|col_B=#C96

|source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20031213172755/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/ASstand.html International Baseball Federation]
}}

{{Baseballbox
|date = 5 November 2003
|time = 12:00 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|TPE}}'''
|score = 5 – 4
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213184951/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A7.html
|team2 = {{bb|KOR}}
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
{{Baseballbox
|date = 5 November 2003
|time = 18:30 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{bb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 1 – 13
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|team2 = '''{{bb|JPN}}'''
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
----
{{Baseballbox
|date = 6 November 2003
|time = 12:00 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|KOR}}'''
|score = 6 – 1
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213133144/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A9.html
|team2 = {{bb|CHN}}
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
{{Baseballbox
|date = 6 November 2003
|time = 18:30 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|JPN}}'''
|score = 9 – 0
|boxurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031213183632/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/A10.html
|team2 = {{bb|TPE}}
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
----
{{Baseballbox
|date = 7 November 2003
|time = 12:00 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|TPE}}'''
|score = 3 – 1
|boxurl = 
|team2 = {{bb|CHN}}
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}
{{Baseballbox
|date = 7 November 2003
|time = 18:30 ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{bb-rt|KOR}}
|score = 0 – 2
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|JPN}}'''
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]}}

==Final ranking==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!width=20|Rank
!width=170|Team
|- bgcolor=gold
|1||align=left|{{bb|JPN}}
|- bgcolor=silver
|2||align=left|{{bb|TPE}}
|- bgcolor=#C96
|3||align=left|{{bb|KOR}}
|-
|4||align=left|{{bb|CHN}}
|-
|5||align=left|{{bb|PHI}}
|- 
|6||align=left|{{bb|INA}}
|- 
|7||align=left|{{bb|PAK}}
|- 
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:60%"
|+ Asian Championship Awards<ref name=AsianChamp/>
! Award 
! Player
|-
! Most Valuable player
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinya Miyamoto]]
|-
! Best Pitcher
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Daisuke Matsuzaka]]
|-
! Leading Hitter
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshinobu Takahashi]]
|-
! Most Runs Batted In
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kosuke Fukudome]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{AsianBaseballChampionship}}

[[Category:Qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics|Baseball]]
[[Category:Asian Baseball Championship]]
[[Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Japan|2003]]
[[Category:2003 in baseball|A]]
[[Category:2003 in Japanese sport|A]]
[[Category:Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:November 2003 sports events in Asia|Asian Baseball Championship]]