China national baseball team

China national baseball team
Information
Country	China
Federation	Chinese Baseball Association
Confederation	Baseball Federation of Asia
Manager	Jack Sauder
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	3 (first in 2006)
Best result	11th (2009)

The China national baseball team is the national representative team of the China. The team will try to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the six-team Final Qualifying Tournament.

Current roster

China roster - 2017 World Baseball Classic
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 52 Bruce Chen 33 Chen Kun 28 Andrew Chin 23 Gan Quan 60 Gong Haicheng 11 Li Xin 5 Lu Chao 8 Liu Yu 23 Lu Yusong 15 Zheng Chaoqun		Catchers 10 Li Ning 56 Wang Wei 2 Meng Weiqiang Infielders 21 Ray Chang 62 Chen Yanpeng 30 Chu Fujia 12 Du Xiaolei 38 Li Zeyuan 16 Joey Wong 51 Xu Guiyuan Outfielders 65 Lu Zhenhong 66 Na Chuang 26 Yang Shunyi 6 Yang Yanyong		Manager 24 John McLaren Coaches 28 Dave Bush 43 Jimmy Johnson -- Luo Weijun  2 Yi Sheng 34 Wang Xiaotian 27 Zhou Wanbi

Uniforms

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Olympic Games

George W. Bush with the Chinese and American teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics

See also: China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team squads § China

China secured qualification to the 2008 Summer Olympics automatically as host nation, giving the country its first Olympics berth.

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	Round 1	15th	0	3	6	40		No qualifiers held
2009	Round 1	11th	1	2	4	19		No qualifiers held
2013	Round 1	13th	1	2	7	19		Automatically qualified
2017	Round 1	16th	0	3	1	24		Automatically qualified
Total	4/4		2	10	18	102		-	-	-	-

China competed in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic and finished 15th in the tournament. It also competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, managed by Terry Collins. In the 2009 tournament, China recorded a 4–1 win over Chinese Taipei but was eliminated after losses to Japan and South Korea.

Results

International

Baseball World Cup 1936 to 1994 : did not enter 1998 : 12th 2001 : did not enter 2003 : 11th 2005 : 10th 2007 : did not enter 2009 : 22nd 2011 : did not enter World Baseball Classic 2006 : 15th 2009 : 11th 2013 : 13th 2017 : 16th

Olympic Games 1992 to 2004 : did not qualify 2008 : 8th Intercontinental Cup 1973 to 1999 : did not enter 2002 : 11th 2006 : did not enter 2010 : did not enter

Asian

Asian Baseball Championship 1954 to 1983 : did not enter 1985 : 5th 1987 : 6th 1989 : 4th 1991 : 6th 1993 : 5th 1995 : 4th 1997 : 4th 1999 : 4th 2001 : did not enter 2003 : 4th 2005 : 3rd 2007 : did not enter 2009 : 4th 2012 : 4th 2015 : 4th 2017 : withdrew

Asian Games 1994 : 4th 1998 : 4th 2002 : 4th 2006 : 4th 2010 : 4th 2014 : 4th 2018 : 4th East Asian Games 2013 : 4th

Sources

• Baseball America
• 2006 World Baseball Classic