Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Eight teams will qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. The host nation qualifies automatically. Additionally, two teams will qualify from the American qualifying tournament, and one team will qualify from both the European and Asian qualifying tournaments. The field will be rounded out by the top three teams from the world Olympic qualifying tournament.
Table
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Nation | - | - | 1 | ![]() |
Americas Qualifying Tournament | Aug 25 - Sep 7, 2006 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
European Championship | September 7–16, 2007 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Asian Baseball Championship | Nov 27 - Dec 3, 2007 | ![]() |
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Final Qualifying Tournament | March 7–14, 2008 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | 8 |
- Note
- 1 2 Chinese Taipei is the official IOC designation for the state officially referred to as the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan. (See also Political status of Taiwan for details.)
American Qualifying Tournament
Qualifying Round
North and Central America
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 49 | 13 | +36 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 34 | 17 | +17 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 20 | 14 | +6 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 38 | 35 | +3 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 24 | 28 | -4 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 4 | 58 | -54 |
Schedule
Home | Result | Away | ||||
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November 15, 2005 | ||||||
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1-3 | ![]() | ||||
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23-0 (6 Innings) | ![]() | ||||
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17-4 (7 Innings) | ![]() | ||||
November 16, 2005 | ||||||
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12-0 (7 Innings) | ![]() | ||||
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6-1 | ![]() | ||||
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5-4 | ![]() | ||||
November 17, 2005 | ||||||
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15-5 | ![]() | ||||
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7-4 | ![]() | ||||
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5-2 | ![]() | ||||
November 18, 2005 | ||||||
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7-2 | ![]() | ||||
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6-1 | ![]() | ||||
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9-3 | ![]() | ||||
November 19, 2005 | ||||||
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5-2 | ![]() | ||||
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4-2 | ![]() | ||||
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1-12 | ![]() |
Caribbean
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 32 | 0 | +32 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 32 | 5 | +27 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 11 | 17 | -6 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 53 | -53 |
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Withdrew | ||||||
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Withdrew | ||||||
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Withdrew |
South America
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 24 | 12 | +12 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 26 | 8 | +18 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | 14 | 15 | -1 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 14 | 19 | -5 |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 12 | 36 | -24 |
- Notes
Preliminary Round
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 64 | 10 | +54 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 38 | 17 | +21 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 24 | 18 | +6 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 15 | 41 | -26 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 11 | 63 | -52 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 46 | 27 | +19 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 23 | 19 | +4 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 24 | 18 | +6 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 27 | 39 | -12 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 27 | 32 | -5 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 23 | 34 | -11 |
Schedule
Home | Away | |||||
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August 25, 2006 | ||||||
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August 26, 2006 | ||||||
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9-3 | ![]() | ||||
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11-0 | ![]() | ||||
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2-1 | ![]() | ||||
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3-2 | ![]() | ||||
August 27, 2006 | ||||||
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6-5 | ![]() | ||||
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8-7 | ![]() | ||||
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7-6 | ![]() | ||||
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5-4 | ![]() | ||||
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4-0 | ![]() | ||||
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13-1 | ![]() | ||||
August 28, 2006 | ||||||
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3-15 | ![]() | ||||
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5-7 | ![]() | ||||
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10-6 | ![]() | ||||
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17-3 | ![]() | ||||
August 29, 2006 | ||||||
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2-5 | ![]() | ||||
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1-2 | ![]() | ||||
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8-3 | ![]() | ||||
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11-0 | ![]() | ||||
August 30, 2006 | ||||||
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9-12 | ![]() | ||||
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7-3 | ![]() | ||||
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15-1 | ![]() | ||||
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6-4 | ![]() | ||||
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8-7 | ![]() |
Final Round
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0.857 | 69 | 32 | +37 |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0.857 | 63 | 18 | +45 |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0.714 | 38 | 24 | +14 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 43 | 38 | +5 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 0.428 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 39 | 51 | -12 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 16 | 33 | -17 |
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7 | 0 | 7 | 0.000 | 21 | 61 | -40 |
Oceania Qualifying Tournament
With New Zealand withdrawing from the tournament,
Australia received an automatic berth into the World Qualifying Tournament.
Team | W | L | RA/9 | Tiebreaker |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Withdrew |
Schedule
Home | Away | Time | ||||
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February 8, 2007 | ||||||
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Cancelled | ![]() |
19:00 | |||
February 9, 2007 | ||||||
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Cancelled | ![]() |
19:00 | |||
February 10, 2007 | ||||||
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Cancelled | ![]() |
15:00 | |||
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Cancelled | ![]() |
19:00 | |||
February 11, 2007 | ||||||
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Cancelled | ![]() |
14:00 |
European Qualifying Tournament
Qualifying Round 1
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 35 | 3 | +32 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 22 | 18 | +4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 24 | 23 | +1 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 8 | 45 | -37 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | 10 | +23 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 29 | 17 | +12 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 28 | 43 | -15 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 22 | 42 | -20 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 6 | +24 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 15 | 16 | -1 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 8 | 40 | -32 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 2 | +23 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 18 | 11 | +7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 3 | 33 | -30 |
Qualifying Round 2
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European Baseball Championship
The European Baseball Championship in Barcelona, Spain served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Conferderation and replaced with Austria. Czech Republic was downgraded to the last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated.[2]
Preliminary Round
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 66 | 5 | +61 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 36 | 15 | +21 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 20 | 27 | -7 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 26 | 38 | -12 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 13 | 44 | -31 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 2 | 37 | -35 |
- September 8
Sweden 1 - 9
Germany
Czech Republic 0 - 9*
Croatia
Austria 0 - 22 (5 inn.)
Netherlands
- September 9
Croatia 2 - 11
Sweden
Germany 10 - 0 (7 inn.)
Austria
Netherlands 11 - 0 (7 inn.)
Czech Republic
- September 10
Netherlands 14 - 2 (7 inn.)
Sweden
Czech Republic 0 - 9*
Austria
Germany 8 - 7
Croatia
- September 11
Netherlands 6 - 3
Germany
Austria 3 - 8
Croatia
Czech Republic 1 - 2
Sweden
- September 12
Germany 6 - 1
Czech Republic
Croatia 0 - 13 (7 inn.)
Netherlands
Sweden 4 - 1
Austria
* The Czech Republic's 4-1 and 6-2 victories over Croatia and Austria were vacated and the results recorded as 9-0 forfeits.
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 35 | 24 | +11 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 29 | 22 | +7 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 20 | 15 | +5 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 31 | 13 | +18 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 10 | 36 | -26 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 14 | 29 | -15 |
- September 7
Great Britain 12 - 8
Spain
- September 8
- September 9
- September 10
- September 11
- September 12
Final Round
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | RS | RA | RD | Tiebreaker* |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 54 | 14 | +40 | |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.800 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 1-1, 0.833 RA/IN |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 1-1, 0.833 RA/IN |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 1-1, 0.889 RA/IN |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 16 | 35 | -19 | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 15 | 51 | -36 |
* Tiebreakers: 1) W-L in games among tied teams 2) Runs against per 1 defensive inning among tied teams 3) Earned Runs against per 1 defensive inning among tied teams
- September 14
Netherlands 18 - 0 (7 inn.)
France
Germany 3 - 11
Spain
Sweden 7 - 10
Great Britain
- September 15
France 10 - 0 (7 inn.)
Sweden
Spain 8 - 10 (11 inn.)
Netherlands
Great Britain 5 - 7
Germany
- September 16
Germany 7 - 1
France
Sweden 5 - 8
Spain
Netherlands 6 - 1
Great Britain
Classification
- September 13
2007 Asian Championship
Please note, that the IBAF and IOC recognize Taiwan as Chinese Taipei. Internationally, the team plays as the Chinese Taipei National baseball team, however are referred to, in the country, as the Taiwan National baseball team and use the flag .
B Level
Team | W | D | L | Tiebreaker |
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2 | 1 | 0 | - |
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1 | 1 | 1 | - |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 |
Schedule
Home | Result | Away | Time |
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November 27, 2007 | |||
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0-2 | ![]() |
17:00 |
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4-8 | ![]() |
18:00 |
November 28, 2007 | |||
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3-5 | ![]() |
13:00 |
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4-1 | ![]() |
18:00 |
November 29, 2007 | |||
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0-0 (F/12) | ![]() |
13:00 |
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6-8 | ![]() |
18:00 |
A Level
Team | W | L | Tiebreaker |
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3 | 0 | - |
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2 | 1 | - |
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1 | 2 | - |
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0 | 3 | - |
Schedule
Home | Result | Away | Time |
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December 1, 2007 | |||
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2-5 | ![]() |
13:00 |
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10-0 (F/7) | ![]() |
18:00 |
December 2, 2007 | |||
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0-9 | ![]() |
13:00 |
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3-4 | ![]() |
18:00 |
December 3, 2007 | |||
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13-1 (F/7) | ![]() |
13:00 |
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2-10 | ![]() |
18:00 |
African Qualifying Tournament
Team | W | L | Tiebreaker |
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5 | 0 | - |
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3 | 1 | - |
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3 | 2 | - |
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2 | 3 | - |
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1 | 3 | - |
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0 | 5 | - |
Schedule
Home | Result | Away | Time | |||
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December 15 | ||||||
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22-0 | ![]() |
9:00 | |||
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17-3 | ![]() |
9:00 | |||
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1-18 | ![]() |
12:20 | |||
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0-20 | ![]() |
12:20 | |||
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0-29 | ![]() |
15:30 | |||
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22-0 | ![]() |
15:30 | |||
December 16 | ||||||
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Rained Out | ![]() |
9:00 | |||
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Rained Out | ![]() |
9:00 | |||
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1-16 (5 Innings) | ![]() |
12:20 | |||
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3-1 (6 Innings) | ![]() |
12:20 | |||
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Rained Out | ![]() |
15:30 | |||
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Rained Out | ![]() |
15:30 | |||
December 17 | ||||||
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2-12 (8 Innings) | ![]() |
9:00 | |||
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11-5 | ![]() |
9:00 | |||
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19-11 (7 Innings) | ![]() |
9:00 | |||
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15-0 (7 Innings) | ![]() |
12:00 | |||
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5-22 (6 Innings) | ![]() |
12:00 | |||
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7-4 | ![]() |
12:00 | |||
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Cancelled | ![]() |
15:00 |
Note: The final game between Lesotho and Nigeria was dependent on whether it had any impact upon the final standings. As South Africa had clinched the championship before the game was to begin, it was cancelled.
Final Qualifying Tournament
The final qualifying tournament will feature the third and fourth place teams from the Americas qualifying tournament, the second and third place teams from the Asian and European qualifying tournaments, and the Oceanian and African continental champions. However, European runner-up Great Britain withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by the fourth place team Germany.
Qualified Teams
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Mexico (Americas 3rd)
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Canada (Americas 4th)
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Spain (Europe 3rd)
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Germany (Europe 4th; Replace Europe 2nd Great Britain that withdrew from the tournament)
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South Korea (Asia 2nd)
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Chinese Taipei (Asia 3rd)
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Australia (Oceania 1st)
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South Africa (Africa 1st)
Standings
Team | W | L | Tiebreaker |
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6 | 1 | 1-0 |
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6 | 1 | 0-1 |
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5 | 2 | - |
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4 | 3 | 1-0 |
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4 | 3 | 0-1 |
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2 | 5 | - |
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1 | 6 | - |
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0 | 7 | - |
Schedule
Home | Result | Away | Time |
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March 7 | |||
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0-5 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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10-15 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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13-3 (F/7) | ![]() |
19:00 |
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1-4 | ![]() |
18:30 |
March 8 | |||
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10-0 (F/7) | ![]() |
12:30 |
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1-6 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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16-2 (F/7) | ![]() |
18:30 |
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0-1 | ![]() |
18:30 |
March 9 | |||
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0-2 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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10-5 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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1-2 | ![]() |
18:30 |
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6-1 | ![]() |
18:30 |
March 10 | |||
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4-3 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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5-14 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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5-6 (F/10) | ![]() |
18:30 |
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4-7 | ![]() |
18:30 |
March 12 | |||
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12-1 (F/7) | ![]() |
12:30 |
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11-0 (F/7) | ![]() |
12:30 |
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5-0 | ![]() |
18:30 |
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5-0 | ![]() |
18:30 |
March 13 | |||
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9-0 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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0-4 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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4-3 | ![]() |
18:30 |
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0-4 | ![]() |
18:30 |
March 14 | |||
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1-2 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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11-13 | ![]() |
12:30 |
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3-4 | ![]() |
18:30 |
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2-1 (F/10) | ![]() |
16:30 |
References
- ↑ "Allen, USA storm Mexico at Olympic qualifier". Minor League Baseball. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 23 Jul 2008.
- ↑ "Euro Baseball 2007". Confederation of European Baseball. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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