# 2019 Asian Baseball Championship

The 29th Asian Baseball Championship was the international baseball competition for Asian men's national teams. It was held in Taichung and Yunlin, Taiwan, on October 14 to 20, 2019. Chinese Taipei and China, the top two finishers, excluding Japan, qualified to compete in the Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament which will take place in March or April 2020.

## Qualified teams

* Chinese Taipei – Host
* Japan
* South Korea
* China
* Hong Kong
* Philippines - 2018 East Asia Cup winner
* Pakistan - 2018 West Asia Cup finalist
* Sri Lanka - 2018 West Asia Cup finalist

## Group stage

* Qualified to Super round
* Qualified to consolation round
The first stage consisted of each team playing against each other team in its group once.

### Group A

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 32 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 34 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 7 | 33 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 37 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| October 14 | 18:30 | Hong Kong | 2–17 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 1:40 | 889 |
| October 15 | 12:00 | Sri Lanka | 1–5 | Hong Kong | | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:13 | 220 |
| October 15 | 18:30 | Japan | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei | | Douliu Baseball Stadium | 2:54 | 0 |
| October 16 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 17–0 | Sri Lanka | 5 | Douliu Baseball Stadium | 1:38 | 765 |
| October 16 | 18:30 | Hong Kong | 0–15 | Japan | 5 | Taichung Baseball Field | 1:41 | 0 |
| October 17 | 12:00 | Sri Lanka | 0–15 | Japan | 5 | Taichung Baseball Field | 1:30 | 0 |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | HTH (TQB) |
| China | 2 | 1 | .667 | — | 16 | 6 | 1–1 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | .667 | — | 28 | 8 | 1–1 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1 | .667 | — | 14 | 12 | 1–1 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 34 | |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| October 14 | 12:00 | South Korea | 4–5 | China | 10 | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:24 | 200 |
| October 14 | 13:00 | Philippines | 11–0 | Pakistan | 7 | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:30 | 0 |
| October 15 | 12:00 | Pakistan | 1–12 | South Korea | 7 | Douliu Baseball Stadium | 2:17 | 350 |
| October 15 | 18:30 | China | 0–1 | Philippines | | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:30 | 0 |
| October 16 | 12:00 | Philippines | 2–12 | South Korea | 7 | Douliu Baseball Stadium | 2:20 | 166 |
| October 16 | 12:00 | Pakistan | 1–11 | China | 7 | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:08 | 250 |

## Super round and Consolation
### Consolation

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Philippines | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 31 | 13 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2 | 24 | 50 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3 | 12 | 45 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4 | 10 | 61 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| October 18 | 12:00 | Sri Lanka | 10–1 | Pakistan | | Taichung Baseball Field | 3:04 | 130 |
| October 18 | 18:30 | Hong Kong | 0–10 | Philippines | 8 | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:05 | 239 |
| October 19 | 12:00 | Pakistan | 7–17 | Hong Kong | 7 | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:23 | 167 |
| October 19 | 18:30 | Sri Lanka | 1–7 | Philippines | | Taichung Baseball Field | 2:23 | 186 |

### Super round

* Qualified for gold medal game
* Qualified for bronze medal game
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA | HTH |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 54 | 4 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 51 | 7 | |
| China | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 1–1 |
| South Korea | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 1–1 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance |
| October 18 | 12:00 | China | 1–11 | Japan | 7 | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 2:11 | 346 |
| October 18 | 18:30 | South Korea | 1–7 | Chinese Taipei | | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:30 | 1,250 |
| October 19 | 12:00 | South Korea | 3–11 | Japan | | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:01 | 362 |
| October 19 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 10–2 | China | | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | 3:10 | 0 |

### Bronze medal game

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| October 20 | 12:00 | South Korea | 6–8 | China | | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | | | |

### Gold medal game

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| October 20 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 5–4 | Japan | | Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | | | |

### Final standing

* Qualification to Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament
* Already qualified to 2020 Summer Olympics as hosts
| Rank | Team |
| | Chinese Taipei |
| | Japan |
| | China |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Philippines |
| 6 | Hong Kong |
| 7 | Sri Lanka |
| 8 | Pakistan |