The 22nd
Asian Baseball Championship was contested in
Sapporo Dome,
Sapporo
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Japan in November 2003. The tournament is sanctioned by the
Asian Baseball Federation
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History
The birth of Baseball Fede ...
. The top two teams of the tournament gained automatic entry into the
2004 Olympic Games in
Athens
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Teams Qualified
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Squads
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
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A Level
Final ranking
Baseball
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Asian Baseball Championship
2003
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