Japan Won Gold, Korea Silver and Chinese Taipei Bronze
6th East Asian Games in Tianjin, China
Team Japan has won the 6th East Asian Games in at Tianjin Sports Center Baseball in a Gold Medal Game against Team Korea 4-2 on Monday, October 14, 2013. Team Chinese Taipei shut out China 4-0 to win Bronze Medal. Seven national teams competed in the tournament which started from October 6, 2013.
Results of the preliminaries:
• Day 1 October 6, Chinese Taipei 15 vs. Guam 0, Japan 36 vs. Mongolia 0 and Hong Kong 0 vs. China 9
• Day 2 October 7, Korea 13 vs. Guam 0, Hong Kong 0 vs. Chinese Taipei 25 and Japan 4 vs. China 0
• Day 3 October 8, Guam 7 vs. Hong Kong 3, Mongolia 0 vs. Korea 37 and Chinese Taipei 11 vs. Japan 0
• Day 4 October 9, Korea 8 vs. China 3, Japan 18 vs. Hong Kong 0 and Mongolia 0 vs. Chinese Taipei 9
• Day 5, October 10, Korea 3 vs. Japan 6, China 4 vs. Chinese Taipei 3, and Guam 28 vs. Mongolia 1
• Day 6, October 11, China 19 vs. Mongolia 0, Guam 0 vs. Japan 12 and Hong Kong 0 vs. Korea 16
• Day 7, October 12, Mongolia 0 vs. Hong Kong 21, China 19 vs. Guam 4 and Chinese Taipei 3 vs. Korea 5
Standings Preliminaries:
1) Japan 5-1
2) Korea 5-1
3) China 4-2
4) Chinese Taipei 4-2
5) Guam 2-4
6) Hong Kong 1-5
7) Mongolia 0-6
Finals:
Day 8, October 13, Semi Finals: Korea 8 vs.3 China and Japan 6 vs. 0 Chinese Taipei
Day 9, October 14, Bronze Medal Game: Chinese Taipei 4 vs. 0 China and Gold Medal Game: Japan 4 vs. 2 Korea
(Photo by The Yomiuri)