Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 13 to August 23. All games were played at Wukesong Baseball Field, a temporary venue constructed at the Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center. For the third time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available.

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Baseball at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Pictogram used to identify baseball at the 2008 Games
Venue	Wukesong Baseball Field
Dates	August 13–23, 2008
Teams	8
Medalists
South Korea  Cuba  United States
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This was the last Olympic baseball tournament before the International Olympic Committee voted to remove baseball from the program in the 2012 Olympics.^[1] Along with softball, baseball was rejected for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympics at the IOC's meeting in October 2009.^[2] However, following a 2016 IOC vote, baseball was again included for the 2020 Games.^[3]

This was also the first time that the IBAF's new extra-innings rule was officially in effect, allowing each team to start with two base runners from the 11th inning on.^[4] South Korea won the gold medal in a 3–2 final victory against Cuba. The United States won bronze.

Eight teams are competing in the Olympic baseball tournament, and the competition consists of two rounds. The preliminary round follows a round robin format, where each of the teams plays all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advance to a single elimination round culminating in the bronze and gold medal games.

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Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation				China
American Qualifying Tournament	Aug 25 – Sept 7, 2006	Havana	2	United States  Cuba
European Championship	Sept 7 – Sept 16, 2007	Barcelona	1	Netherlands
Asian Baseball Championship	Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2007	Taichung	1	Japan
Final Qualifying Tournament	Mar 7 – Mar 14, 2008	Taichung and Douliou	3	Canada  South Korea  Chinese Taipei
TOTAL			8

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^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IOC designation for the state officially referred to as the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	+19	1.000	—	Advance to knockout round
2	Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	+29	.857	1
3	United States	7	5	2	40	22	+18	.714	2
4	Japan	7	4	3	30	14	+16	.571	3
5	Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	−4	.286[lower-alpha 1]	5
6	Canada	7	2	5	29	20	+9	.286[lower-alpha 1]	5
7	Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	−41	.143[lower-alpha 2]	6
8	China (H)	7	1	6	14	60	−46	.143[lower-alpha 2]	6

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Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	–	–
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	–
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	–
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	–
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1–0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0–1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1–0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0–1

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August 13

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1  Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 5 7 0 WP: Wei-Yin Chen (1-0)   LP: David Bergman (0-1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Canada 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 - 10 10 0  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 2 WP: Chris Begg (1-0)   LP: Tao Bu (0-1) Home runs: CAN: Scott Thorman (1), Michael Saunders (1) CHN: None

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  United States 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 7 12 1  South Korea 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 8 9 1 WP: Suk-Min Yoon (1-0)   LP: Jeff Stevens (0-1) Home runs: USA: Nate Schierholtz (1), Mike Hessman (1) KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Japan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 1  Cuba 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 9 1 WP: Norge Luis Vera (1-0)   LP: Yu Darvish (0-1)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1)

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August 14

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  United States 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 - 7 10 0  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 WP: Stephen Strasburg (1-0)   LP: Shairon Martis (0-1) Home runs: USA: Matt Brown (1), Matt Laporta (1) NED: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Canada 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 9 2  Cuba 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 7 5 2 WP: Vicyohandri Odelín (1-0)   LP: Jonathan Lockwood (0-1)   Sv: Norberto González (1) Home runs: CAN: Michael Saunders (2), Nick Weglarz 2 (2) CUB: Alexander Malleta (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 6 9 1  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 WP: Hideaki Wakui (1-0)   LP: Fu-Te Ni (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Shinnosuke Abe (1) TPE: None

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August 15

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 11 1  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 8 11 3 WP: Jiangang Lv (1-0)   LP: Chien-Fu Yang (0-1) Home runs: TPE: Kuo-Hui Lo (1) CHN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E  Cuba 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 10 0  United States 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 6 0 WP: Pedro Luis Lazo (1-0)   LP: Jeff Stevens (0-2) Home runs: CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (2) USA: Jayson Nix (1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  South Korea 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 WP: Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0)   LP: Mike Johnson (0-1) Home runs: KOR: Keun-Woo Jeong (1) CAN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1  Japan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 6 10 0 WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1-0)   LP: Alexander Smit (0-1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: Takahiko Sato (1)

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August 16

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Canada 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 1  United States 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 5 9 1 WP: Brian Duensing (1-0)   LP: Chris Reitsma (0-1) Home runs: CAN: None USA: Brian Barden (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 5 0 WP: Elier Sánchez (1-0)   LP: Chen-Chang Lee (0-1)   Sv: Norberto González (2) Home runs: TPE: None CUB: Frederich Cepeda (1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 9 1  China 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 11 1 WP: Leon Boyd (1-0)   LP: Kai Liu (0-1)   Sv: David Bergman (1) Home runs: NED: Sharnol Adriana (1), Sidney de Jong (1), Bryan Engelhardt (1) CHN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 9 1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 7 1 WP: Suk-Min Yoon (2-0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-1)   Sv: Tae-Hyon Chong (1) Home runs: KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (2) JPN: Takahiro Arai (1)

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August 17

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Team 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E  China - 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 WP: Seung-Hwan Oh (1-0)   LP: Jiangang Lu (1-1)

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August 18

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1-0)   LP: Chris Begg (1-1)   Sv: Koji Uehara (1) Home runs: JPN: Atsunori Inaba (1) CAN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  South Korea 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 16 2  Chinese Taipei 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 8 12 2 WP: Ki-Joo Han (1-0)   LP: Fu-Te Ni (0-2)   Sv: Suk-Min Yoon (1) Home runs: KOR: Young-Min Ko (1) TPE: None

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Cuba 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 4 - 14 16 0  Netherlands 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 2 WP: Jonder Martínez (1-0)   LP: Juan Carlos Sulbaran (0-1) Home runs: CUB: None NED: Bryan Engelhardt (2), Percy Isenia (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1  United States 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 X 9 9 0 WP: Jake Arrieta (1-0)   LP: Chenhao Li (0-1) Home runs: CHN: Yang Yang (1) USA: None

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August 19

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Canada 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Brooks McNiven (1-0)   LP: Shairon Martis (0-2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Cuba 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 2  South Korea 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 X 7 9 0 WP: Seung-Jun Song (1-0)   LP: Vicyohandri Odelín (1-1)   Sv: Seung-Hwan Oh (1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 2 0  Japan 0 3 1 0 0 6 X - - 10 10 0 WP: Hideaki Wakui (2-0)   LP: Nan Wang (0-1) Home runs: CHN: None JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 0  United States 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 X 4 10 2 WP: Brandon Knight (1-0)   LP: Wen-Hsiung Hsu (0-1)   Sv: Kevin Jepsen (1) Home runs: TPE: Chih-Sheng Lin (1) USA: John Gall (1)

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August 20

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 1 2 1  Cuba 0 9 1 4 1 2 X - - 17 20 0 WP: Jonder Martínez (2-0)   LP: Tao Bu (0-2) Home runs: CHN: None CUB: Giorbis Duvergel (1), Michel Enríquez (1), Ariel Pestano (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  South Korea 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 - 10 16 1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 WP: Won-Sam Jang (1-0)   LP: Alexander Smit (0-2) Home runs: KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (3), Taek-Keun Lee (1) NED: None

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E  Chinese Taipei 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10 2  Canada 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 3 WP: Fu-Te Ni (1-2)   LP: Chris Reitsma (0-2)   Sv: Chih-Chia Chang (1) Home runs: TPE: Chih-Sheng Lin (2), Che-Hsuan Lin (1) CAN: Stubby Clapp (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 WP: Jeff Stevens (1-2)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-2)   Sv: Casey Weathers (1)

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