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The '''24th Asian Baseball Championship''' was contested in [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]] in November and December 2007. The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The winner of the tournament will gain automatic entry into the [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Games]] in [[Beijing]]. The second and third place teams will advance to the final 2008 Olympic qualifier, which was also hosted by [[Taiwan]] in March 2008.

==B Level==
The B level teams are Hong Kong (IBAF Asian Cup Champion 2006), Thailand, Philippines and Pakistan. However, the winner will advance to join the three A level teams in a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] competition.

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!width=170|Team
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=100|Tiebreaker
|- 
|align=left|{{Bb|PHI}}
|2||1||0||-
|- 
|align=left|{{Bb|THA}}
|1||1||1||-
|- 
|align=left|{{Bb|HKG}}
|1||0||2||1-0
|-
|align=left|{{Bb|PAK}}
|1||0||2||0-1
|- 
|}

November 27, 2007
{|
!width=150|
!width=200|
!width=80|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Baseball Field]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|PHI}}'''
|align=center|2&ndash;0
|{{Bb|PAK}}
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|THA}}'''
|align=center|8&ndash;4
|{{Bb|HKG}}
|}

November 28, 2007
{|
!width=150|
!width=200|
!width=80|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|PAK}}'''
|align=center|5&ndash;3
|{{Bb|THA}}
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|{{Bb-rt|HKG}}
|align=center|1&ndash;4
|'''{{Bb|PHI}}'''
|}

November 29, 2007
{|
!width=150|
!width=200|
!width=80|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|{{Bb-rt|THA}}
|align=center|0&ndash;0 (F/12)
|{{Bb|PHI}}
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|HKG}}'''
|align=center|8&ndash;6
|{{Bb|PAK}}
|}

==A Level==
The winner from the B Level of the tournament will join the three traditional powers of Asia in a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] competition. All games will be played at [[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium]].

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!width=170|Team
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=100|Tiebreaker
|-
|align=left|{{Bb|JPN}}
|3||0||-
|- 
|align=left|{{Bb|KOR}}
|2||1||-
|- 
|align=left|{{Bb|TPE}}
|1||2||-
|-
|align=left|{{Bb|PHI}}
|0||3||-
|- 
|}

December 1, 2007
{|
!width=150|
!width=200|
!width=80|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|KOR}}'''
|align=center|5&ndash;2
|{{Bb|TPE}}
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|{{Bb-rt|PHI}}
|align=center|0&ndash;10 (F/7)
|'''{{Bb|JPN}}'''
|}

December 2, 2007
{|
!width=150|
!width=200|
!width=80|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|TPE}}'''
|align=center|9&ndash;0
|{{Bb|PHI}}
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|JPN}}'''
|align=center|4&ndash;3
|{{Bb|KOR}}
|}

December 3, 2007
{|
!width=150|
!width=200|
!width=80|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|{{Bb-rt|PHI}}
|align=center|1&ndash;13 (F/7)
|'''{{Bb|KOR}}'''
|-
|align=right|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|Intercontinental Stadium]]
|align=right|'''{{Bb-rt|JPN}}'''
|align=center|10&ndash;2
|{{Bb|TPE}}
|}

==Final standings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{|style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=35|Place
!width=185|Team
|- align=center bgcolor=gold
|[[File:Med 1.png|Gold]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|JPN}}
|- align=center 
|[[File:Med 2.png|Silver]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|KOR}}
|- align=center 
|[[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|TPE}}
|- align=center
|''4.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|PHI}}
|- align=center
|''5.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|THA}}
|- align=center
|''6.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|HKG}}
|- align=center
|''7.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|PAK}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{winners|bb|2007 Asian champions|JPN|15th}}
{{col-end}}

==Controversy==
In the match between Japan and South Korea on December 2, a dispute arose over the lineup table of the South Korea team. In the tournament, teams were obliged to submit a starting players table 1 hour before a game begin. Managers have made a consensus to change players if unexpected injuries were happen, which are commonly accepted in the international baseball games. 

Despite these arrangements, the South Korea manager [[Kim Kyung-Moon]] drastically changed his starting players immediately before the game, including a [[starting pitcher]]<ref>[http://s29178.gridserver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=72 Japan Defeats Korea 4-3 in Hotly Contested Matchup Between Asian Powerhouse Squads]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, IBAF News, December 1, 2007</ref> and this substitution clearly advantaged the South Korea team. Japanese manager [[Senichi Hoshino]] requested an explanation but his appeal to an umpire was turned down.

After the game was over, which resulted a Japanese win, Hoshino made comments critical of South Korean acts as [[ungentlemanly conduct]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2007 |title=Hoshino leads Japan to Olympics |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20071204w1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716035011/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20071204w1.html%23.UAOPYqgo9Rw |archive-date=16 July 2012 |website=[[Japan Times]]}}</ref> Japanese team officially submitted a protest note to the South Korea team and the [[International Baseball Federation]] (IBAF). John C. Ostermeyer, secretary general of IBAF, acknowledged this appeal and announced that IBAF express regret at the South Korea team and plan to change regulations at a meeting held in January 2008.<ref>[http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2007120300931 IBAF、ルール改正へ=韓国の打順表変更問題で] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131232157/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2007120300931 |date=2016-01-31 }}, [[Jiji Press]], December 3, 2007</ref>

==See also==
* [[2006 Intercontinental Cup]]
* [[Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games]]
* [[2007 Baseball World Cup]]
* [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification]]
* [[List of sporting events in Taiwan]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Schedule - http://www.ctba.org.tw/news_detail.php?id=52 (Traditional Chinese)



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