Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification Olympic baseball tournament. The host nation qualifies automatically. Additionally, two teams will qualify from the American qualifying tournament , and one team will qualify from both the European and Asian qualifying tournaments. The field will be rounded out by the top three teams from the world Olympic qualifying tournament.Table ;NoteQualifying Round North and Central America Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 5 5 0 1.000 49 13 +36 ' 5 3 2 0.600 34 17 +17 ' 5 3 2 0.600 20 14 +6 ' 5 2 3 0.400 38 35 +3 5 2 3 0.400 24 28 -4 5 0 5 0.000 4 58 -54
Schedule Caribbean South America Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 4 4 0 1.000 24 12 +12 ' 4 3 1 0.750 26 8 +18 ' 4 2 2 0.500 14 15 -1 ' 4 1 3 0.250 14 19 -5 4 0 4 0.000 12 36 -24
Preliminary Round Group A Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 5 5 0 1.000 64 10 +54 ' 5 4 1 0.800 38 17 +21 ' 5 3 2 0.600 24 18 +6 ' 5 2 3 0.400 31 31 0 5 1 4 0.200 15 41 -26 5 0 5 0.000 11 63 -52
Group B Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 5 4 1 0.800 46 27 +19 ' 5 4 1 0.800 23 19 +4 ' 5 3 2 0.600 24 18 +6 ' 5 2 3 0.400 27 39 -12 5 1 4 0.200 27 32 -5 5 1 4 0.200 23 34 -11
Schedule Final Round Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 7 6 1 0.857 69 32 +37 ' 7 6 1 0.857 63 18 +45 7 5 2 0.714 38 24 +14 7 4 3 0.571 43 38 +5 7 3 4 0.428 41 41 0 7 2 5 0.286 39 51 -12 7 2 5 0.286 16 33 -17 7 0 7 0.000 21 61 -40
Oceania Qualifying Tournament With withdrawing from the tournament, received an automatic berth into the World Qualifying Tournament.Schedule European Qualifying Tournament Group A Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 3 3 0 1.000 35 3 +32 ' 3 2 1 0.667 22 18 +4 3 1 2 0.333 24 23 +1 3 0 3 0.000 8 45 -37
Group B Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 3 3 0 1.000 33 10 +23 ' 3 2 1 0.667 29 17 +12 3 1 2 0.333 28 43 -15 3 0 3 0.000 22 42 -20
Group C Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 3 3 0 1.000 30 6 +24 ' 3 2 1 0.667 14 5 +9 3 1 2 0.333 15 16 -1 3 0 3 0.000 8 40 -32
Group D Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 3 3 0 1.000 25 2 +23 ' 3 2 1 0.667 18 11 +7 3 1 2 0.333 17 17 0 3 0 3 0.000 3 33 -30
The European Baseball Championship in Barcelona, Spain served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympics . The Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan . Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria. Czech Republic was downgraded to the last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated.Preliminary Round Group A Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 5 5 0 1.000 66 5 +61 ' 5 4 1 0.800 36 15 +21 ' 5 3 2 0.600 20 27 -7 5 2 3 0.400 26 38 -12 5 1 4 0.200 13 44 -31 5 0 5 0.000 2 37 -35
September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 12 * The Czech Republic's 4-1 and 6-2 victories over Croatia and Austria were vacated and the results recorded as 9-0 forfeits.Group B Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD ' 5 4 1 0.800 35 24 +11 ' 5 4 1 0.800 29 22 +7 ' 5 3 2 0.600 20 15 +5 5 3 2 0.600 31 13 +18 5 1 4 0.200 10 36 -26 5 0 5 0.000 14 29 -15
September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 12Final Round Team Pld W L PCT RS RA RD Tiebreaker* 5 5 0 1.000 54 14 +40 - 5 3 2 0.800 35 24 +11 1-1, 0.833 RA/IN 5 3 2 0.600 41 32 +9 1-1, 0.833 RA/IN 5 3 2 0.600 29 24 +5 1-1, 0.889 RA/IN 5 1 4 0.200 16 35 -19 - 5 0 5 0.000 15 51 -36 -
* Tiebreakers: 1) W-L in games among tied teams 2) Runs against per 1 defensive inning among tied teams 3) Earned Runs against per 1 defensive inning among tied teamsSeptember 14 September 15 September 16Classification September 13 IBAF and IOC recognize Taiwan as Chinese Taipei . Internationally, the team plays as the Chinese Taipei National baseball team , however are referred to, in the country , as the Taiwan National baseball team and use the flag.B Level Schedule A Level Team W L Tiebreaker 3 0 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 3 -
Schedule African Qualifying Tournament Team W L Tiebreaker 5 0 - 3 1 - 3 2 - 2 3 - 1 3 - 0 5 -
Schedule Note: The final game between Lesotho and Nigeria was dependent on whether it had any impact upon the final standings. As South Africa had clinched the championship before the game was to begin, it was cancelled.Final Qualifying Tournament The final qualifying tournament will feature the third and fourth place teams from the Americas qualifying tournament, the second and third place teams from the Asian and European qualifying tournaments, and the Oceanian and African continental champions. However, European runner-up Great Britain withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by the fourth place team Germany.Qualified Teams Team W L Tiebreaker 6 1 1-0 6 1 0-1 5 2 - 4 3 1-0 4 3 0-1 2 5 - 1 6 - 0 7 -
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