The 2010

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was an international baseball competition that was held in

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from August 12 to August 22, 2010.

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successfully defended their title from

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, defeating

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13–3 in the final.

Teams

The following 11 teams appeared at the tournament.

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

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Pool B

Standings

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Round 2

Pool C

Standings

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Pool D

Standings

Schedule

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Final round

Classification games

9th and 10th place

7th and 8th place

5th and 6th place

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Shooting incident

On August 13, during the game against

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Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

player

Cheuk Woon-Yee Zhuo (; ) 224th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people (2008). In the Wade–Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as Cho, which is commonly used in Taiwan. The surname is listed 277th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hun ...

was struck by a stray bullet in the leg. The incident occurred when Cheuk was taking the field to play

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in the fourth

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against the Netherlands, which were leading the game 12–9. The game was held at

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in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in

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. The other two games on Friday and all games on Saturday were postponed. On August 15, the

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and the organizers of the tournament decided to move all remaining games to

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. The schedule did not include Hong Kong, as they elected to withdraw from the competition to return home.

Final standings

Awards

The

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announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

References

External links

Official Website
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