China national baseball team

China national baseball team
Information
Country People's Republic of China
FederationChinese Baseball Association
ConfederationBaseball Federation of Asia
ManagerDean Treanor
WBSC ranking
Current 20 Steady (27 November 2024)[1]
Highest18 (2 times; latest in December 2016)
Lowest30 (December 2022)
World Baseball Classic
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best result11th (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 2008)
Best result8th (2008)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1998)
Best result10th (2005)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
Best result11th (2002)
Asian Games
Appearances7 (first in 1994)
Best result4th (7 times, most recent in 2018)

The China national baseball team also known as Team China is the national representative team of the People's Republic of China.

Current roster

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China roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic
Players Coaches
Pitchers
Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[2]

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2019

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Asian Championship GS 14 October South Korea  4–5 (F/10)  China Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
12:00 NST Boxscore Attendance: 200
Asian Championship GS 15 October China  0–1  Philippines Taichung Field, Taiwan
18:30 NST Boxscore Attendance: 0
Asian Championship GS 16 October Pakistan  1–11 (F/7)  China Taichung Field, Taiwan
12:00 NST Boxscore Attendance: 250
Asian Championship SR 18 October China  1–11 (F/7)  Japan Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
12:00 NST Boxscore Attendance: 346
Asian Championship SR 19 October Chinese Taipei  10–2  China Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
18:30 NST Boxscore Attendance: 0
Asian Championship 3rd 20 October South Korea  6–8  China Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
12:00 NST Boxscore Attendance: 0

2023

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World Baseball Classic GS 9 March China  1–8  Japan Tokyo Dome, Japan
19:00 JT LP: Wang Xiang (0–1)
Boxscore WP: Shohei Ohtani (1–0)
Attendance: 41,616
Umpires: HP - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Cuti Suarez, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Delfin Colon
World Baseball Classic GS 10 March Czech Republic  8–5  China Tokyo Dome, Japan
12:00 JT WP: Marek Minarik (1–0)
HR: Matej Mensik (1), Martin Muzik (1)
Boxscore LP: Hai-Cheng Gong (0–1)
Umpires: HP - Chan-Jung Chang, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Fabrizio Fabrizzi
World Baseball Classic GS 11 March China  2–12 (F/7)  Australia Tokyo Dome, Japan
12:00 JT LP: Xin Qi (0–1)
Boxscore WP: Kyle Glogoski (1–0)
HR: Robbie Glendinning (2)
Umpires: HP – Adam Hamari, 1B – Chan-Jung Chang, 2B – Pat Hoberg, 3B – Delfin Colon
World Baseball Classic GS 13 March South Korea  22–2 (F/5)  China Tokyo Dome, Japan
19:00 JT WP: Hyeong Jun So (1–0)
HR: Park Kun-woo (2), Ha-seong Kim (3)
Boxscore LP: Alan Carter (0–1)
Attendance: 14,442
Umpires: HP – Stu Scheurwater, 1B – Adam Hamari, 2B – Chan-Jung Chang, 3B – Cuti Suarez

Uniforms

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Home
Away

Olympic Games

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George W. Bush with the Chinese and American teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics

China secured qualification to the 2008 Summer Olympics automatically as host nation, giving the country its first Olympics berth.

World Baseball Classic

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World Baseball Classic record Qualification record
Year Round Position W L RS RA W L RS RA
Japan 2006 Round 1 15th 0 3 6 40 No qualifiers held
Japan 2009 Round 1 11th 1 2 4 19 No qualifiers held
Japan 2013 Round 1 13th 1 2 7 19 Automatically qualified
Japan 2017 Round 1 16th 0 3 1 24 Automatically qualified
Japan 2023 Round 1 20th 0 4 10 50 Automatically qualified
Total Round 1 5/5 2 14 28 152 - - - -

China competed in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic and finished 15th in the tournament. It also competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, managed by Terry Collins. In the 2009 tournament, China recorded a 4–1 win over Chinese Taipei but was eliminated after losses to Japan and South Korea.[citation needed]

Results

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International

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Baseball World Cup

  • 1936 to 1994 : did not enter
  • 1998 : 12th
  • 2001 : did not enter
  • 2003 : 11th
  • 2005 : 10th
  • 2007 : did not enter
  • 2009 : 22nd
  • 2011 : did not enter

World Baseball Classic

Olympic Games

  • 1992 to 2004 : did not qualify
  • 2008 : 8th

Intercontinental Cup

  • 1973 to 1999 : did not enter
  • 2002 : 11th
  • 2006 : did not enter
  • 2010 : did not enter

Asian

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Asian Baseball Championship

Asian Games

East Asian Games

References

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  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ "China in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

Sources

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