The 22nd
Asian Baseball Championship
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was contested in
Sapporo Dome
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,
Sapporo
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Japan
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in November 2003. The tournament is sanctioned by the
Asian Baseball Federation. The top two teams of the tournament gained automatic entry into the
2004 Olympic Games
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in
Athens
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
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Final ranking
Baseball
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Asian Baseball Championship
2003
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Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Asian Baseball Championship
The Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA). It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions ...
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