2009 World Baseball Classic Pool A

Pool A of the first round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 5 to 9, 2009.

Pool A was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 1.

Bracket

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PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
– China0
– Japan4
W1 Japan14
W2 South Korea2
– Chinese Taipei0
– South Korea9
W4 Japan0
W5 South Korea1
Lower round 1Lower final
W3 China0
L1 China4L4 South Korea14
L2 Chinese Taipei1

Results

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Japan 4, China 0

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March 5 18:30 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
 Japan 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 5 0
WP: Yu Darvish (1−0)   LP: Chenhao Li (0−1)
Home runs:
CHN: None
JPN: Shuichi Murata (1)
Attendance: 43,428 (103.4%)
Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − Jorge Pérez, 2B − Dana DeMuth, 3B − Daniel Toledo
Boxscore

South Korea 9, Chinese Taipei 0

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March 6 18:30 at Tokyo Dome
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 5 0
 South Korea 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 9 10 0
WP: Hyun-jin Ryu (1−0)   LP: C. C. Lee (0−1)
Home runs:
TPE: None
KOR: Jin-young Lee (1), Keun-woo Jeong (1)
Attendance: 12,704 (30.2%)
Umpires: HP − Andy Fletcher, 1B − Daniel Toledo, 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Paul Hyham
Boxscore

China 4, Chinese Taipei 1

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March 7 12:30 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0
 China 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4 9 0
WP: Jiangang Lü (1−0)   LP: Yueh-ping Lin (0−1)   Sv: Kun Chen (1)
Home runs:
TPE: None
CHN: Ray Chang (1)
Attendance: 12,890 (30.7%)
Umpires: HP − Dana DeMuth, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Andy Fletcher, 3B − Jorge Pérez
Boxscore

Japan 14, South Korea 2

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March 7 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 3 5 0 1 2 2 1 X X 14 14 0
 South Korea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2 4 1
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1−0)   LP: Kwang-hyun Kim (0−1)
Home runs:
JPN: Shuichi Murata (2), Kenji Johjima (1)
KOR: Tae-kyun Kim (1)
Attendance: 45,640 (108.7%)
Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − Jorge Pérez, 2B − Andy Fletcher, 3B − Daniel Toledo
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Boxscore

South Korea 14, China 0

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March 8 18:30 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 2 2
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 5 5 X X X 14 10 0
WP: Suk-min Yoon (1−0)   LP: Guoqiang Sun (0−1)
Home runs:
CHN: None
KOR: Bum-ho Lee (1)
Attendance: 12,571 (29.9%)
Umpires: HP − Andy Fletcher, 1B − Daniel Toledo, 2B − Dana DeMuth, 3B − Paul Hyham
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Boxscore

South Korea 1, Japan 0

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March 9 18:30 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
WP: Jung-keun Bong (1−0)   LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (0−1)   Sv: Chang-yong Lim (1)
Attendance: 42,879 (102.1%)
Umpires: HP − Dana DeMuth, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Jorge Pérez
Boxscore
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