The 24th Asian Baseball Championship was contested in

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in November and December 2007. The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The winner of the tournament will gain automatic entry into the 2008 Olympic Games in

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. The second and third place teams will advance to the final 2008 Olympic qualifier, also scheduled to be played in

in the spring of 2008.

B Level

The B level teams are Hong Kong (IBAF Asian Cup Champion 2006), Thailand, Philippines and Pakistan. However, the winner will advance to join the three A level teams in a

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competition. November 27, 2007 November 28, 2007 November 29, 2007

A Level

The winner from the B Level of the tournament will join the three traditional powers of Asia in a

competition. All games will be played at

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. December 1, 2007 December 2, 2007 December 3, 2007

Final standings

Controversy

In the match between Japan and South Korea on December 2, a dispute arose over the lineup table of the South Korea team. In the tournament, teams were obliged to submit a starting players table 1 hour before a game begin. Managers have made a consensus to change players if unexpected injuries were happen, which are commonly accepted in the international baseball games. Despite these arrangements, the South Korea manager Kim Kyung-Moon drastically changed his starting players immediately before the game, including a

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and this substitution clearly advantaged the South Korea team. Japanese manager

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requested an explanation but his appeal to an umpire was turned down. After the game was over, which resulted a Japanese win, Hoshino made comments critical of South Korean acts as ungentlemanly conduct. Japanese team officially submitted a protest note to the South Korea team and the

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(IBAF). John C. Ostermeyer, secretary general of IBAF, acknowledged this appeal and announced that IBAF express regret at the South Korea team and plan to change regulations at a meeting held in January 2008.IBAF、ルール改正へ＝韓国の打順表変更問題で
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, December 3, 2007

References

External links

* Schedule - http://www.ctba.org.tw/news_detail.php?id=52 (Traditional Chinese)