Chinese Taipei at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Baseball

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Chinese Taipei finished third at the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship, forcing the team to seek Olympic qualification through the Final Qualifying Tournament. The team again finished third there, which was good enough to qualify for the Olympic tournament. Chinese Taipei made its third appearance in Olympic baseball in Beijing. The team's best result to date has been a silver medal in the inaugural tournament in 1992.

Manager: Hung I-Chung(洪一中 La New Bears).

Coaches: Hsieh Chang-Heng(謝長亨 Chinatrust Whales), Lu Ming-Tsu(呂明賜 La New Bears), Kung Jung-Tang(龔榮堂 National Training Team).

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Club
P Tsao Chin-Hui(曹錦輝) June 2, 1981 MLB free agent
P Yang Chien-Fu(陽建福) April 22, 1979 Sinon Bulls
P Chen Wei-Yin(陳偉殷) June 12, 1985 Chunichi Dragons
P Chang Chih-Chia(張誌家) May 6, 1980 La New Bears
P Pan Wei-Lun(潘威倫) March 5, 1982 Uni-President Lions
P Ni Fu-Te(倪福德) November 14, 1982 Chinatrust Whales
P Hsu Wen-hsiung(許文雄) December 5, 1978 La New Bears
P Lo Chia-Jen(羅嘉仁) April 7, 1986 Chinese Culture University
P Cheng Kai-Wen(鄭凱文) July 26, 1988 Chinese Culture University
P Lee Cheng-Chang(李振昌) October 21, 1986 Taipei Physical Education College
C Yeh Chun-Chang(葉君璋) October 25, 1972 Sinon Bulls
C Kao Chih-kang(高志綱) February 7, 1981 Uni-President Lions
C Chen Feng-Min(陳峰民) October 29, 1977 La New Bears
IF Chiang Chih-Hsien(蔣智賢) February 21, 1988 Lancaster JetHawks (A+)
IF Peng Cheng-Min(彭政閔) August 6, 1978 Brother Elephants
IF Lin Chih-Sheng(林智勝) January 1, 1982 La New Bears
IF Kuo Yen-Wen(郭嚴文) October 25, 1988 Gulf Coast Reds
IF Shih Chih-wei(石志偉) August 4, 1977 La New Bears
IF Chang Tai-Shan(張泰山) October 31, 1976 Sinon Bulls
OF Lo Kuo-Hui(羅國輝) September 26, 1985 High Desert Mavericks (A+)
OF Lin Che-Hsuan(林哲瑄) September 21, 1988 Greenville Drive (A)
OF Chen Chin-feng(陳金鋒) October 28, 1977 La New Bears
OF Pan Wu-hsiung(潘武雄) March 11, 1981 Uni-President Lions
OF Chang Chien-Ming(張建銘) July 27, 1980 Sinon Bulls

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