2003 Asian Baseball Championship

2003 Asian Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Dates	31 October – 7 November 2003
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Japan (12th title)
Runner-up	Chinese Taipei
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Games played	12
	← 2001 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.^[1] The tournament was sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The top two teams of the tournament, Japan and Chinese Taipei, gained automatic entry into the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.^[2]

Participating teams

Entry in preliminary round

Entry in final round

Squads

Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)

Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2003
P	1	Wang Chien-Ming	March 31, 1980	New York Yankees (AA team Trenton Thunder)
P	11	Lin Yueh-Ping	January 28, 1982	Taipower
P	15	Lin En-Yu	March 25, 1981	National Sports Training Center (National Training Team)
P	18	Hsu Ming-Chieh	November 20, 1975	Seibu Lions
P	25	Tu Chang-Wei	May 11, 1982	Chinese Culture University (Mobil Giants)
P	46	Yang Chien-Fu	April 22, 1979	Sinon Bulls
P	47	Pan Wei-Lun	March 5, 1982	Uni-President Lions
P	99	Chang Chih-Chia	May 6, 1980	Seibu Lions
C	27	Yeh Chun-Chang	October 25, 1972	Sinon Bulls
C	34	Kao Chih-Kang	February 7, 1981	Taiwan Cooperative Bank
IF	13	Chen Yung-Chi	July 13, 1983	National College of Physical Education and Sports (Taiwan Beer)
IF	17	Huang Chung-Yi (c)	October 12, 1967	Sinon Bulls
IF	28	Wang Chuan-Chia	June 26, 1971	Uni-President Lions
IF	31	Cheng Chang-Ming	January 28, 1978	Chinatrust Whales
IF	49	Chang Tai-Shan	October 31, 1976	Sinon Bulls
IF	55	Hsieh Chia-Hsian	April 8, 1976	Macoto Gida
IF	88	Cheng Chao-Hang	February 14, 1977	Sinon Bulls
OF	12	Chang Chia-Hao	October 31, 1976	Sinon Bulls
OF	23	Peng Cheng-min	August 6, 1978	Brother Elephants
OF	50	Chen Chih-Yuan	October 27, 1976	Brother Elephants
OF	52	Chen Chin-Feng	October 28, 1977	Los Angeles Dodgers (AAA team Las Vegas 51s)
OF	53	Huang Kan-Lin	March 25, 1981	Uni-President Lions
Bench Coaches
Team 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	41	1	+40	1.000	—	Advance to Final round
2	Philippines	3	1	2	13	14	−1	.333	2
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	12	26	−14	.333	2
4	Pakistan	3	1	2	11	36	−25	.333	2

Source: International Baseball Federation

31 October 2003 11:00 (UTC+9)	Indonesia	5 – 11	Pakistan	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

31 October 2003 15:30 (UTC+9)	China	7 – 1	Philippines	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

1 November 2003 11:00 (UTC+9)	Indonesia	0 – 15	China	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

1 November 2003 15:30 (UTC+9)	Pakistan	0 – 12	Philippines	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

2 November 2003 11:00 (UTC+9)	Philippines	0 – 7	Indonesia	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

2 November 2003 15:30 (UTC+9)	Pakistan	0 – 19 (F/7)	China	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	24	1	+23	1.000	—
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	8	14	−6	.667	1
3	South Korea	3	1	2	10	8	+2	.333	2
4	China	3	0	3	3	22	−19	.000	3

Source: International Baseball Federation
(H) Hosts

5 November 2003 12:00 (UTC+9)	Chinese Taipei	5 – 4	South Korea	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

5 November 2003 18:30 (UTC+9)	China	1 – 13	Japan	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

6 November 2003 12:00 (UTC+9)	South Korea	6 – 1	China	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

6 November 2003 18:30 (UTC+9)	Japan	9 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
		Boxscore

7 November 2003 12:00 (UTC+9)	Chinese Taipei	3 – 1	China	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

7 November 2003 18:30 (UTC+9)	South Korea	0 – 2	Japan	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Japan
2	Chinese Taipei
3	South Korea
4	China
5	Philippines
6	Indonesia
7	Pakistan

Awards

Asian Championship Awards^[2]
Award	Player
Most Valuable player	Shinya Miyamoto
Best Pitcher	Daisuke Matsuzaka
Leading Hitter	Yoshinobu Takahashi
Most Runs Batted In	Kosuke Fukudome

References

^ "Asian Championship 2003". baseball.ch. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2003 Asian Championship standings". baseball.ch. Archived from the original on 13 December 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[1] "Asian Championship 2003". baseball.ch. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[AsianChamp-2] "2003 Asian Championship standings". baseball.ch. Archived from the original on 13 December 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

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