# Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games

Baseball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2006 Asian Games in Al-Rayyan, Qatar beginning on November 29, 2006. Six East and Southeast Asian nations participated in the tournament. Chinese Taipei won its first ever baseball gold medal in the Asian Games when they mounted a ninth inning comeback against Japan in the final game of round robin play. All games in the baseball competition were held at the Al-Rayyan Sports Club.

## Schedule

| ● | Round | ● | Last round |
| Event↓/Date → | 29th Wed | 30th Thu | 1st Fri | 2nd Sat | 3rd Sun | 4th Mon | 5th Tue | 6th Wed | 7th Thu |
| Men | ● | ● | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Chinese Taipei Yu Hsien-ming Hu Chin-lung Yang Chung-shou Chen Yung-chi Lee Chen-chang Lin Yueh-ping Pan Wei-lun Lin Wei-chu Yeh Chun-chang Wang Chuan-chia Lin Chih-sheng Shih Chih-wei Chen Feng-min Tseng Sung-wei Chang Tai-shan Chen Chin-feng Hsieh Chia-hsien Kuo Hong-chih Chang Chien-ming Chiang Chien-ming Keng Po-hsuan Lin Ko-chien | Japan Koichi Fukuda Kanya Suzuki Hisayoshi Chono Yosuke Shinomiya Yasuyuki Saigo Keiji Ikebe Kei Nomoto Kenichi Yokoyama Takeshi Koyama Yasutaka Hattori Naoki Miyanishi Takuya Ishiguro Shoji Saeki Kentaro Takasaki Hideto Isomura Satoshi Komatsu Kohei Hasebe Daisuke Tanaka Kenji Suzuki Kosuke Ueyama Shigeki Nakano Takashi Yoshiura | South Korea Jang Sung-ho Park Jin-man Jeong Keun-woo Lee Byung-kyu Lee Dae-ho Lee Yong-kyu Park Ki-hyuk Yoon Suk-min Oh Seung-hwan Shin Chul-in Lee Taek-keun Lee Jin-young Jung Min-hyuk Cho In-sung Kang Min-ho Ryu Hyun-jin Jang Won-sam Lee Hei-chun Son Min-han Park Jae-hong Cho Dong-chan Woo Kyu-min |

## Squads

| China | Chinese Taipei | Japan | Philippines |
| Li Lei Zhang Yufeng Zhao Quansheng Hou Fenglian Lü Jiangang Li Tao Sun Wei Zhang Li Guo Youhua Yang Shuo Chen Kun Liu Guangbiao Zhu Wanyun Wang Wei Chen Junyi Zhang Wanjun Zhang Hongbo Bu Tao Lai Guojun | Yu Hsien-ming Hu Chin-lung Yang Chung-shou Chen Yung-chi Lee Chen-chang Lin Yueh-ping Pan Wei-lun Lin Wei-chu Yeh Chun-chang Wang Chuan-chia Lin Chih-sheng Shih Chih-wei Chen Feng-min Tseng Sung-wei Chang Tai-shan Chen Chin-feng Hsieh Chia-hsien Kuo Hong-chih Chang Chien-ming Chiang Chien-ming Keng Po-hsuan Lin Ko-chien | Koichi Fukuda Kanya Suzuki Hisayoshi Chono Yosuke Shinomiya Yasuyuki Saigo Keiji Ikebe Kei Nomoto Kenichi Yokoyama Takeshi Koyama Yasutaka Hattori Naoki Miyanishi Takuya Ishiguro Shoji Saeki Kentaro Takasaki Hideto Isomura Satoshi Komatsu Kohei Hasebe Daisuke Tanaka Kenji Suzuki Kosuke Ueyama Shigeki Nakano Takashi Yoshiura | Charlie Labrador Junnifer Pinero Alejandro Velasquez Rommel Roja Ferdinand Recto Roy Baclay Ruben Angeles Wilfredo Hidalgo Ernesto Binarao Virgilio Roxas Jonash Ponce Nino Tator Joseph Orillana Ruel Batuto Darwin dela Calzada Edmer del Socorro Roel Empacis Fulgencio Rances |
| South Korea | Thailand | | |
| Jang Sung-ho Park Jin-man Jeong Keun-woo Lee Byung-kyu Lee Dae-ho Lee Yong-kyu Park Ki-hyuk Yoon Suk-min Oh Seung-hwan Shin Chul-in Lee Taek-keun Lee Jin-young Jung Min-hyuk Cho In-sung Kang Min-ho Ryu Hyun-jin Jang Won-sam Lee Hei-chun Son Min-han Park Jae-hong Cho Dong-chan Woo Kyu-min | Ekkapong Kaewnun Wachira Tongthong Tibbadin Arjarayangkool Nathaphong Phosringam Nirun Jaroenkitsiriwong Apichat Ngamying Jatsada Kampitug Panya Prayonghom Jirapod Srisaipet Chidsanu Janrak Anukul Sudsawad Kamolphan Kanjanavisut Nattapong Sampahangsit Teerasak Kongsabai Arthit Changthed Chanatip Thongbai Suthikiat Bunnam Krissada Heebthong Sakda Nontachai Yannapat Arpornsiri Suparach Teepakakorn Kittiphon Mekmahasachan | | |

## Results

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 1.000 | — |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 17 | .800 | 1 |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 19 | .600 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 37 | .400 | 3 |
| 5 | Thailand | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 39 | .200 | 4 |
| 6 | Philippines | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 67 | .000 | 5 |
| 29 November 9:00 | China | 4–1 | Thailand | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| 29 November 9:00 | WP: Lai Guojun | | LP: Krissada Heebthong | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| 29 November 9:00 | HR: Zhang Yufeng (1) | | | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 29 November 13:30 | Philippines | 2–17 (F/5) | Japan | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Chen Minggao (CHN) |
| 29 November 13:30 | LP: Charlie Labrador | | WP: Takuya Ishiguro | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Chen Minggao (CHN) |
| 29 November 13:30 | | | HR: Kenji Suzuki (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Chen Minggao (CHN) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 14 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 November 9:00 | South Korea | 2–4 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Keisuke Kotani (JPN) |
| 30 November 9:00 | LP: Son Min-han | | WP: Kuo Hong-chih | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Keisuke Kotani (JPN) |
| 30 November 9:00 | | | HR: Chen Yung-chi (2), Hsieh Chia-hsien (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Keisuke Kotani (JPN) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 30 November 13:30 | Philippines | 4–15 (F/7) | China | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Katsuhito Koyama (JPN) |
| 30 November 13:30 | LP: Ernesto Binarao | | WP: Zhang Wanjun | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Katsuhito Koyama (JPN) |
| 30 November 13:30 | | | HR: Wang Wei (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Katsuhito Koyama (JPN) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| China | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 17 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2 December 9:00 | Japan | 10–7 | South Korea | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Huang Po-sung (TPE) |
| 2 December 9:00 | WP: Hideto Isomura | | LP: Oh Seung-hwan | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Huang Po-sung (TPE) |
| 2 December 9:00 | HR: Hisayoshi Chono (1), Takashi Yoshiura (1), Yasuyuki Saigo (1) | | HR: Lee Dae-ho (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Huang Po-sung (TPE) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
| 2 December 14:00 | Thailand | 0–16 (F/5) | Chinese Taipei | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Sim Tae-seuk (KOR) |
| 2 December 14:00 | LP: Chanatip Thongbai | | WP: Lin Yueh-ping | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Sim Tae-seuk (KOR) |
| 2 December 14:00 | | | HR: Chang Chien-ming (1), Chen Chin-feng (1), Chen Feng-min (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Sim Tae-seuk (KOR) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 21 | 0 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 December 9:00 | South Korea | 12–2 (F/7) | Philippines | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Chainarong Nootsuphap (THA) |
| 3 December 9:00 | WP: Jang Won-sam | | LP: Darwin dela Calzada | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Chainarong Nootsuphap (THA) |
| 3 December 9:00 | HR: Cho Dong-chan (1), Lee Dae-ho (1), Lee Jin-young (1) | | | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Chainarong Nootsuphap (THA) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| South Korea | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 3 December 13:30 | China | 0–16 (F/5) | Japan | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| 3 December 13:30 | LP: Chen Junyi | | WP: Takuya Ishiguro | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| 3 December 13:30 | | | HR: Kosuke Ueyama (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 December 9:00 | Chinese Taipei | 4–2 | China | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Sim Tae-seuk (KOR) |
| 4 December 9:00 | WP: Tseng Sung-wei | | LP: Guo Youhua | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Sim Tae-seuk (KOR) |
| 4 December 9:00 | HR: Chang Tai-shan (1), Chen Chin-feng (1) | | HR: Zhang Hongbo (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Sim Tae-seuk (KOR) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 December 13:30 | Thailand | 1–12 (F/8) | South Korea | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hsu Ching-hsiang (TPE) |
| 4 December 13:30 | LP: Chanatip Thongbai | | WP: Lee Hei-chun | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hsu Ching-hsiang (TPE) |
| 4 December 13:30 | | | HR: Jang Sung-ho (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hsu Ching-hsiang (TPE) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Korea | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 12 | 14 | 2 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 December 9:00 | Japan | 6–0 | Thailand | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Catalino Leron (PHI) |
| 5 December 9:00 | WP: Naoki Miyanishi | | LP: Krissada Heebthong | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Catalino Leron (PHI) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 December 13:30 | Chinese Taipei | 15–0 (F/5) | Philippines | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Katsuhito Koyama (JPN) |
| 5 December 13:30 | WP: Lin Ko-chien | | LP: Charlie Labrador | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Katsuhito Koyama (JPN) |
| 5 December 13:30 | HR: Chen Yung-chi (1), Lin Chih-sheng (1) | | | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Katsuhito Koyama (JPN) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 17 | 1 |
| 6 December 9:00 | Philippines | 1–8 | Thailand | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hsu Ching-hsiang (TPE) |
| 6 December 9:00 | LP: Darwin dela Calzada | | WP: Krissada Heebthong | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hsu Ching-hsiang (TPE) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 December 13:30 | South Korea | 12–2 (F/7) | China | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Catalino Leron (PHI) |
| 6 December 13:30 | WP: Woo Kyu-min | | LP: Chen Junyi | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Catalino Leron (PHI) |
| 6 December 13:30 | | | HR: Wang Wei (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Catalino Leron (PHI) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 15 | 0 |
| 7 December 11:15 | Chinese Taipei | 8–7 | Japan | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| 7 December 11:15 | WP: Tseng Sung-wei | | LP: Kentaro Takasaki | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| 7 December 11:15 | | | HR: Takashi Yoshiura (1) | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Al-Rayyan Umpires: Hwang Suk-man (KOR) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
| | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Thailand | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Philippines | 5 | 0 | 5 |