China at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Baseball

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The China national baseball team secured automatic qualification as host nation of the Olympics and makes its first appearance at the Olympics. The team's coach is American Jim Lefebvre.

A team of 24 players competed.

Group stage

Team G W L RS RA WIN% GB Tiebreaker
South Korea 7 7 0 41 22 1.000 - -
Cuba 7 6 1 52 23 .857 1 -
United States 7 5 2 40 22 .714 2 -
Japan 7 4 3 30 14 .571 3 -
Chinese Taipei 7 2 5 29 33 .286 5 1-0
Canada 7 2 5 29 20 .286 5 0-1
Netherlands 7 1 6 9 50 .143 6 1-0
China 7 1 6 14 60 .143 6 0-1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Canada 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 - 10 10 0
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 2
WP: Chris Begg (1-0) LP: Tao Bu (0-1)
Home runs:
CAN: Scott Thorman (1), Michael Saunders (1)
CHN: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 11 1
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 8 11 3
WP: Jiangang Lu (1-0) LP: Chien-Fu Yang (0-1)
Home runs:
TPE: Kuo-Hui Lo (1)
CHN: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Netherlands 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 9 1
China 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 11 1
WP: Leon Boyd (1-0) LP: Kai Liu (0-1) Sv: David Bergman (1)
Home runs:
NED: Sharnol Adriana (1), Sidney de Jong (1), Bryan Engelhardt (1)
CHN: None
Team 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
China - 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
WP: Seung-Hwan Oh (1-0) LP: Jiangang Lv (1-1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
United States 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 X 9 9 0
WP: Jake Arrieta (1-0) LP: Chenhao Li (0-1)
Home runs:
CHN: Yang Yang (1)
USA: None
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Japan 0 3 1 0 0 6 X - - 10 10 0
WP: Hideaki Wakui (2-0) LP: Nan Wang (0-1)
Home runs:
CHN: None
JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 1 2 1
Cuba 0 9 1 4 1 2 X - - 17 20 0
WP: Jonder Martínez (2-0) LP: Tao Bu (0-2)
Home runs:
CHN: None
CUB: Giorbis Duvergel (1), Michel Enríquez (1), Ariel Pestano (1)

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