This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Chinese Taipei women's national baseball team.
Chinese Taipei national baseball team 中華臺北棒球代表隊
Information
Country
Republic of China (Taiwan) (competes as Chinese Taipei)
Federation
Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (中華民國棒球協會)
Confederation
Baseball Federation of Asia
Manager
Yueh-Ping Lin (2022–)
WBSC ranking
Current
5 (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest
2 (3 times; latest in December 2022)
Lowest
5 (2 times; latest in September 2018)
World Baseball Classic
Appearances
5 (first in 2006)
Best result
8th (1 time, in 2013)
Olympic Games
Appearances
4 (first in 1984)
Best result
2nd (1 time, in 1992)
WBSC Premier12
Appearances
2 (first in 2015)
Best result
5 (1 time, in 2019)
World Cup
Appearances
14 (first in 1972)
Best result
2nd (1 time, in 1984)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances
10 (first in 1973)
Best result
3rd (2 times, most recent in 2006)
Asian Games
Appearances
4 (first in 1994)
Best result
1st (1 time, in 2006)
Asian Championship
Appearances
26 (first in 1954)
Best result
1st (5 times, most recent in 2019)
The Chinese Taipei baseball team (Chinese: 中華臺北棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Táiběi Bàngqiú Dàibiǎoduì) is the national men's baseball team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked fourth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The team is usually made up of professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, and Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball from the United States.
Originally known as the National Baseball Team of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Bàngqiú Dàibiǎo Duì) it was renamed in the 1980s as the Chinese Taipei Baseball Team.[2]
The team has won five titles in the Asian Baseball Championship (most recently in 2019), a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. It won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha in a sweeping victory by beating South Korea, Thailand, China, Philippines, and finally all-time rival Japan. It achieved eighth place in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The team came in fifth in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament, in November 2019.
^"The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^"101 of Taiwan's Baseball". Taiwan E-learning and Digital Archives Program. 2006-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14.
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