Chinese Taipei national baseball team
Information
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan) (competes as Chinese Taipei)
Federation	Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (中華民國棒球協會)
Confederation	Baseball Federation of Asia
Manager	Hao Ju Tseng (2023–)
WBSC ranking
Current	2 (11 November 2025)[1]
Highest	2 (3 times; latest in December 2022)
Lowest	5 (2 times; latest in September 2018)
Uniforms
Home Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	6 (first in2006)
Best result	8th (1 time, in2013)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in1984)
Best result	2nd (1 time, in1992)
WBSC Premier12
Appearances	3 (first in2015)
Best result	1st (1 time, in2024)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in1972)
Best result	2nd (1 time, in1984)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	10 (first in1973)
Best result	3rd (2 times, most recent in2006)
Asian Games
Appearances	4 (first in1994)
Best result	1st (1 time, in2006)
Asian Championship
Appearances	26 (first in1954)
Best result	1st (5 times, most recent in2019)

TheChinese Taipei national baseball team (Chinese:中華臺北棒球代表隊;pinyin:Zhōnghuá Táiběi Bàngqiú Dàibiǎoduì) is the national men'sbaseball team ofTaiwan. It is governed by theChinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is rankedsecond in the world by theWorld Baseball Softball Confederation. The team is usually made up of professionals from Taiwan'sChinese Professional Baseball League, Japan'sNippon Professional Baseball, andMajor League Baseball andMinor League Baseball from the United States.

Originally known asUnited Taiwan (Chinese:臺灣聯隊), then theRepublic of China (Chinese:中華民國棒球代表隊;pinyin:Zhōnghuá Mínguó Bàngqiú Dàibiǎo Duì), it was officially re-designated by international federations asChinese Taipei under the Lausanne Agreement in 1981.^[2] The name continues to be a topic of contention, with proposals to participate as “Taiwan” included in the2018 referendum. Certain media outlets have referred to the team asTeam Taiwan.^[3]

The team has won five titles in theAsian Baseball Championship (most recently in2019), abronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games inLos Angeles, and asilver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games inBarcelona. It won thegold medal at the2006 Asian Games inDoha in a sweeping victory by beatingSouth Korea,Thailand,China,Philippines, and finally all-time rivalJapan. It achieved eighth place in the2013 World Baseball Classic, fifth place in the 12-team2019 WBSC Premier12, and first place in the2024 WBSC Premier12.

The team will compete in the2026 World Baseball Classic in March 2026.

Following thehandover of Taiwan to the Republic of China (ROC) in 1945, the ROC government did not devise any baseball development policies. Organized baseball was mostly handled by civilians and some state-owned companies such asTaipower.^[4] In 1949, the Taiwan Provincial Baseball Association, predecessor to theChinese Taipei Baseball Association, was established. In a 1951 international tour to thePhilippines, a national team namedUnited Taiwan Team (Chinese:臺灣聯隊) was sent and competed with a logo that saidTW.^[4]

In 1954, when the team first participated in theAsian Baseball Championship, it competed under the nameRepublic of China as part of the government's new sports diplomacy efforts.^[4]

Since the expulsion of the ROC from theUnited Nations in 1971, its national baseball team has competed internationally under the nameChinese Taipei, due to diplomatic pressure from thePeople's Republic of China, which follows aOne China Policy. WithinTaiwan, the team is referred to as either 中華隊 (hanyu pinyin: Zhōnghuá Duì; literally,Zhonghua team) or 台灣隊 (hanyu pinyin: Táiwān Duì; literally, Taiwan team). The designation continues to be controversial among the Taiwanese, culminating in areferendum vote in 2018 proposing to participate in the Olympics as “Taiwan”. The proposal failed to get enough votes, with many fearing that the Taiwanese team would be disallowed to compete under the name.

According to a December 2024 survey conducted bythink tank Taiwan Brain Trust, 71.5% of Taiwanese people believe the team should compete as Taiwan, and 79.6% believe the government should actively push forname changes to Taiwan.^[5] In a separate survey conducted by Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation, 46% of Taiwanese people prefer to use the term 台灣隊 (Team Taiwan), 35% prefer 中華隊 (Zhonghua Team), 9% who are indifferent between the two, with less than 1% preferring the official Chinese Taipei.^[6]

The following is a list ofprofessionalbaseball match results currently active in the latest version of theWBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[7]

Legend

  Win  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

Asian Championship GS	October 14	Hong Kong	2–17(F/5)	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 889

Asian Championship GS	October 15	Japan	2–0	Chinese Taipei	Douliu Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance:0

Asian Championship GS	October 16	Chinese Taipei	17–0(F/5)	Sri Lanka	Douliu Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 765

Asian Championship SR	October 18	South Korea	1–7	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,250

Asian Championship SR	October 19	Chinese Taipei	10–2	China	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance:0

Asian Championship F	October 20	Chinese Taipei	5–4	Japan	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance:0

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 5	Puerto Rico	1–6	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 11,852

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 6	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Venezuela	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 10,983

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 7	Japan	8–1	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	18:30NST		Boxscore		Attendance: 20,465

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 11	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Mexico	ZOZO Marine Stadium,Japan
	12:00JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,803

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 12	Chinese Taipei	7–0	South Korea	ZOZO Marine Stadium,Japan
	19:00JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 4,056

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 15	Chinese Taipei	2–3	United States	Tokyo Dome,Japan
	12:00JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 4,967

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 16	Australia	1–5	Chinese Taipei	Tokyo Dome,Japan
	12:00JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 7,299

World Baseball Classic GS	March 8	Panama	12–5	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	19:00NST	WP:Randall Delgado (1–0)	Boxscore	LP:Chih-Wei Hu (0–1) HR:Nien-Ting Wu (1)	Attendance: 15,540 Umpires: HP –Roberto Ortiz, 1B – Trent Thomas, 2B –Chris Segal, 3B – Ki Talk Park

World Baseball Classic GS	March 10	Italy	7–11	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	19:00NST	LP:Stephen Woods Jr. (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Yen-Ching Lu (1–0) Sv:Chia-Hao Sung (1) HR:Tzu-Wei Lin (1),Yu Chang (1), Kungkuan Giljegiljaw (1)	Attendance: 18,799 Umpires: HP –Chris Segal, 1B –Nic Lentz, 2B – Shoji Arisumi, 3B – Ki Talk Park

World Baseball Classic GS	March 11	Netherlands	5–9	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	19:00NST	LP:Lars Huijer (0–1) HR: Ray-Patrick Didder (1)	Boxscore	WP: Tzu-Peng Huang (1–0) Sv:Chia-Hao Sung (2) HR:Yu Chang (2)	Attendance: 18,826 Umpires: HP –Mark Carlson, 1B – Ki Talk Park, 2B –Dan Iassogna, 3B – Serge Makouchetev

World Baseball Classic GS	March 12	Chinese Taipei	1–7	Cuba	Taichung Stadium,Taiwan
	12:00NST	LP: Shih-Peng Chen (0–1)	Boxscore	WP:Elián Leyva (1–0) HR:Erisbel Arruebarrena (1),Yoán Moncada (1)	Attendance: 18,852 Umpires: HP –Nic Lentz, 1B – Ki Talk Park, 2B –Larry Vanover, 3B – Shoji Arisumi

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 13	South Korea	3-6	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30NST	LP:Ko Young-pyo HR: Na Seung-yeop (1)	Boxscore	WP:Chang Yi Sv: Wu Chun-wei HR: Chen Chen-Wei (1), Chen Chieh-hsien (1)	Attendance: 39,000

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 13	Chinese Taipei	2-1	Dominican Republic	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30NST	WP:Huang Tzu-peng Sv: Wu Chun-wei HR: Chiang Kun-yu (1)	Boxscore	LP:Pedro Fernandez	Attendance: 25,000

WBSC Premier 12 GS	November 16	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome,Taiwan
	18:00NST	WP:Hiroto Saiki Sv:Taisei Ota HR:Sosuke Genda (1)	Boxscore	LP: Chen Po-ching HR: Pei-Fong Dai (1)	Attendance: 34,882

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 13	Chinese Taipei	11-3	Australia	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30NST	WP:Chang Yi HR: Lin Li (1),Giljegiljaw Kungkuan (1)	Boxscore	LP:Mitch Neunborn HR:Robbie Perkins (1), Solomon Maguire (1)	Attendance: 34,166

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 18	Cuba	0-2	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	18:30NST	LP:Yoennis Yera	Boxscore	WP: Wang Chih-hsuan Sv: Wu Chun-wei	Attendance: 30,924

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 21	Chinese Taipei	0-2	Venezuela	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00JT	LP:Huang Tzu-peng HR:Carlos Pérez (1)	Boxscore	WP: Oddanier Mosqueda Sv:Enderson Franco	Attendance: 6,790

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 22	Chinese Taipei	8-2	United States	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00JT	WP: Chiang Kuo-hao HR: Pan Chieh-kai (1)	Boxscore	LP:Sam Benschoter HR:Colby Thomas (1)	Attendance: 9,472

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 23	Chinese Taipei	6-9	Japan	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00JT	LP: Chen Po-ching HR: Lin An-ko (1)	Boxscore	WP:Koki Kitayama HR:Itsuki Murabayashi (1)	Attendance: 41,674

WBSC Premier12 F	November 24	Chinese Taipei	4-0	Japan	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00JT	WP:Lin Yu-min HR: Chen Chieh-hsien (1),Lin Chia-cheng (1)	Boxscore	LP:Shosei Togo	Attendance: 41,827

World Baseball Classic Q	February 21	Spain	12-5	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00NST	WP:Elián Leyva HR: Gabriel Lino (1)	Boxscore	LP: Chen Yu-hung HR:Yu Chang (1)	Attendance: 35,325

World Baseball Classic Q	February 22	Chinese Taipei	9-1	South Africa	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00NST	WP:Sha Tzu-chen HR: Sung Cheng-jui (1), Lee Tsung-hsien (1)	Boxscore	LP: Damon King	Attendance: 35,868

World Baseball Classic Q	February 23	Nicaragua	6-0	Chinese Taipei	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00NST	WP: Dilmer Mejia	Boxscore	LP: Hsu Shiang-sheng	Attendance: 35,565

World Baseball Classic Q	February 25	Chinese Taipei	6-3	Spain	Taipei Dome, Taiwan
	19:00NST	WP: Zhuang Chen Zhong-ao Sv: Tseng Jyun-yue	Boxscore	LP:Ramón Rosso HR: Rusber Estrada (1)	Attendance: 35,768

World Baseball Classic GS	March 5	Chinese Taipei		Australia	Tokyo Dome, Japan

World Baseball Classic GS	March 6	Japan		Chinese Taipei	Tokyo Dome, Japan

World Baseball Classic GS	March 7	Chinese Taipei		Czech Republic	Tokyo Dome, Japan

World Baseball Classic GS	March 8	Chinese Taipei		South Korea	Tokyo Dome, Japan

Chinese Taipei's roster for the2023 World Baseball Classic^[8]

Chinese Taipei's roster for the2024 WBSC Premier12^[9]

World Baseball Classicrecord								Qualificationrecord
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	Round 1	12th	1	2	15	19		No qualifiers held
2009	Round 1	15th	0	2	1	13
2013	Round 2	8th	2	3	17	25		3	0	35	0
2017	Round 1	14th	0	3	20	32		Automatically qualified
2023	Group Stage	17th	2	2	26	31
2026	To be determined							2	2	20	22
Total	Round 2	6/6	5	12	79	120		5	2	55	22

Chinese Taipei participated in the2006 World Baseball Classic. The squad included players fromMajor League Baseball. During the Classic, the team played inPool A but placed third and did not advance. The team's only victory was a 12–3 win overChina.

Taiwan returned in the2009 World Baseball Classic. The squad included players from Major League Baseball. During the Classic, the team played inPool A against the same teams as in 2006. After losses toSouth Korea and China, Chinese Taipei was eliminated from the tournament, finishing in 14th place.

Chinese Taipei was required to participate in the2013 qualifiers as it was eliminated early in the game with zero wins, along with Canada, Spain and Panama. Chinese Taipei was grouped in Qualifier 4 with other teams invited, Thailand, Philippines and New Zealand. Chinese Taipei defeated New Zealand in the first round with a 10–0 win. It then crushed Philippines 16–0. In the Qualifier Round, it met New Zealand again, this time beating the team 9–0 to gain entry into the WBC 2013, where the team was grouped with South Korea, the Netherlands and Australia. The team did not lose any points in the qualification.

Taiwan facedIsrael, the Netherlands, and South Korea in the2017 World Baseball Classic.^[10] The Chinese Taipei team lost all three games it played and was eliminated in the first round.

Chinese Taipei participated in the2023 World Baseball Classic. The squad faced Cuba, the Netherlands, Italy, and Panama. The Taiwanese team defeated the Netherlands andItaly, and lost toPanama and Cuba. Since all teams inPool A finished with a 2–2 record, based on tiebreaker rule, Chinese Taipei placed 5th in the pool^[11] and was eliminated in the first round.

Finishing last in the World Baseball Classic 2023 Pool A, the team had to participate in the2026 World Baseball Classic qualification. It played as the host atTaipei Dome inTaipei, Taiwan, on February 21–25, 2025. The club played against Spain, Nicaragua, and South Africa. The team defeated South Africa and lost to Spain in the first two rounds.

Summer Olympicsrecord								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		Method
1992	Silver medal	2nd	6	3	67	34		1991 Asian Baseball Championship
1996	Did not qualify							1995 Asian Baseball Championship
2000	Did not qualify							1999 Asian Baseball Championship
2004	Preliminary	5th	3	4	23	28		2003 Asian Baseball Championship
2008	Preliminary	5th	2	5	29	33		Final Qualifying Tournament
2020	Did not qualify (withdraw fromfinal qualifying tournament due toCOVID-19)							2019 Asian Baseball Championship
Total	Silver medal	3/6	11	12	119	95

On 26 July 1992 and the following ten days, Chinese Taipei competed against seven other national teams fromCuba, theDominican Republic,Italy,Japan,Puerto Rico,Spain and theUnited States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The teams played each other seven rounds and the top four on the table advanced to the finals. Chinese Taipei eventually advanced to the finals, beating Japan 5–2 in the semi-finals. It struggled in the final againstCuba, suffering an enormous defeat. The score was 1–11. Nonetheless, it won a silver medal, which is the best result it has achieved so far in the Olympics.

Game Summary

26 July 1992 - Round 1, Chinese Taipei defeatedItaly 8–2.

27 July 1992 - Round 2, Chinese Taipei lost by one run to theUnited States. The final score 9–10.

28 July 1992 - Round 3, Chinese Taipei sought its second victory over thePuerto Ricans. The score was 10–1.

29 July 1992 - Round 4, Chinese Taipei dominated theSpanish. The final score was 20–0.

31 July 1992 - Round 5, Chinese Taipei beat theDominican Republic eleven to nothing.

1 August 1992 - Round 6, Chinese Taipei faced one of its two main rivals from Asia -Japan. It acquired its fifth victory by beatingJapan 2–0

2 August 1992 - Round 7, in the final round, Chinese Taipei suffered another defeat to theCubans. This time Chinese Taipei scored only one run. The score was 1–8.

4 August 1992 - Semi-final, Chinese Taipei defeated Japan 5–2 and would play againstCuba in the final.

5 August 1992 - Final, Chinese Taipei was defeated byCuba. Final score 1–11.

Chinese Taipei qualified for the2004 Olympics by finishing 2nd in theAsian Baseball Championship. The team ended up finishing 5th in the tournament.

The team qualified for the2008 Olympics by finishing 3rd place in the Final Qualifying Tournament.

On August 15, Chinese Taipei lost toChina for the first time in an international baseball event. However, it had been suspected by DPP legislators that Beijing set up the schedule unfair to Chinese Taipei. Chinese Taipei was scheduled to play the latest game the day before. It was estimated that the players could only get three hours of sleep.^[12] This allegation was rebuked by the governing party KMT as playing politics over baseball games as well as by the International Olympic Committee as common scheduling practice. The IOC further gave examples of other games being scheduled in a similar matter

The team finished 5th in the tournament.

WBSC Premier12
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA	Ranking
2015	Group Stage	9th	2	3	27	25	4th
2019	Super Round	5th	4	3	24	15	4th
2024	Champions	1st	6	3	40	23	5th
2027	To be determined
Total	1 Title	3/3	12	9	91	63

Chinese Taipei came in ninth in the2015 WBSC Premier12 Tournament.

Chinese Taipei came in fifth in the 12-team2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament, in November 2019.^[13]

Chinese Taipei won the 12-team 2024 WBSC Premier12 Tournament, endingJapan's 27 winning streak in international tournaments.^[14][15] This is the first time the team has won international tournaments.^[16]

Chinese Taipei participated in the 2009 Baseball World Cup, which occurred between September 9 and September 27, 2009. The team went 1–2 in the first round, losing to Mexico and Australia, but winning against Czech Republic. Chinese Taipei entered the second round as a wild card. Chinese Taipei went 5–2 in the second round, pulling off victories against Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Australia, and Mexico. The team qualified easily for the final round, but finished in 8th place, going 1–6 and losing the game for a 7th place title.

The team's first appearance at theIntercontinental Cup was in 1973. Since then, the team has won two bronze medals, one in 1983 inBelgium and one in 2006 inTaiwan. Taiwan did not participate in the 1975, 1979, 1981, 1993 and 1997 Intercontinental Cups. It is currently ranked 7th in the Medal Winner Ranking.^[17]Cuba,Japan,Nicaragua and theUnited States remain Taiwan's four biggest rivals in the Intercontinental Cup.

As the host of the recent 2006 Intercontinental Cup, Taiwan won its second bronze medal after beating Japan in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup final 4–0.

Chinese Taipei has twice finished in first place, 10 times in second place and 10 times in third. The team competed again in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship which was held in Taiwan.

In the 2009 Championship, Chinese Taipei sought their revenge against their humiliating defeat by China at the2008 Beijing Olympics with an obliterating win of 13–1, crushing the Mainland Chinese baseball team. They proceeded on to the finals against their old time rivalJapan. Japan won the match and took the title with a narrow score of 6–5, putting Chinese Taipei in second place. In the final round of the tournament, Chinese Taipei defeated 2008 Olympic baseball championsSouth Korea with a 5–4 victory. Their next match was played against China, whom they lost to for the first time in history at the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Chinese Taipei would end up with a 13–1 victory in 7 innings (game ended due to mercy rule) over China. The team would then play a final decisive game against their long-time rivalJapan. The Japanese team won 6-5 and took the championship title, having gone 3–0 in the final round. Chinese Taipei would finish as the runner-up, with 2 wins and 1 loss in the last round of the tournament.

In the 2009 Championship, Chinese Taipei recorded a 2–1 record in pool play to advance to the "Super Round". They had a 4–1 record in the Super Round to advance to the championship game. FacingJapan in the championship game, Chinese Taipei prevailed, 5–4, taking the title and earning a spot in theOlympic Final Qualifying Tournament for the2020 Summer Olympics.

Chinese Taipei has not missed any of theAsian Games since its first appearance in 1990 inBeijing. In Beijing, it finished in first place, however, it was ademonstration sport thus it did not receive any medals. Its second appearance was in 1994 where it finished in third place. In 1998, it again finished in third place. Chinese Taipei lost toSouth Korea in 2002 inPusan, South Korea and hence finished in second. It was by far its best result. At the2006 Asian Games inDoha,Qatar, a game-winning walk off hit byLin Chih-sheng helped to win its first Asian Games baseball gold. The team received seventy millionNew Taiwan Dollar from theRepublic of China (ROC)/Taiwan government for their excellent achievement in Doha. They have finished in second place at the 2010 Asian games being beaten by South Korea 7–6 in the final.^[18]

Before 1984		1984 to 1999
Away	Home	Away	Home
1999 to 2003		2003 to 2012
Away	Home	Away	Home
2012 to 2016, 2018 to present		2017 World Baseball Classic		2017 APBC
Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home

• Asian Baseball Championship
  • Gold: 1983(Together with Japan and South Korea), 1987, 1989(Together with Japan and South Korea), 2001, 2019
  • Silver: 1955, 1969, 1985(Together with South Korea), 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2015
  • Bronze: 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
  • 4th: 1954, 1975
  • 5th: 1971
• Asian Games
  • Gold: 1990(Demonstration sport), 2006
  • Silver: 2002, 2010
  • Bronze: 1994, 1998
• Intercontinental Cup
  • Bronze: 2006
• Baseball World Cup
  • Silver: 1984
  • Bronze: 1986, 1988, 2001
  • 4th: 1982, 2003
  • 5th: 1973

• Largest win — 30 - 0 India, (Japan, 26 August 1987)
• Worst defeat — 3 - 20 the Netherlands, (Belgium, 15 July 1983)

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