2006 World Baseball Classic Pool A

Pool A of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 3 to 5, 2006.

Pool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 15 3 +12 1.000 Advance to second round
2  Japan (H) 3 2 1 34 8 +26 .667 1
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 15 19 4 .333 2
4  China 3 0 3 6 40 34 .000 3
Source:
(H) Hosts

Results

South Korea 2, Chinese Taipei 0

March 3 11:30 at Tokyo Dome
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 Chinese Taipei000000000051
WP: Jae-weong Seo (1−0)   LP: En-yu Lin (0−1)   Sv: Chan Ho Park (1)
Attendance: 5,193 (12.4%)
Umpires: HP − Ramon Armendariz, 1B − Peter Durfee, 2B − Masaharu Kasahara, 3B − Minggao Chen
Boxscore

Japan 18, China 2

March 3 18:30 at Tokyo Dome
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 Japan01104327X18150
 China00020000X274
WP: Koji Uehara (1–0)   LP: Quansheng Zhao (0–1)   Sv: Naoyuki Shimizu (1)
Home runs:
JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1), Hitoshi Tamura (1)
CHN: Wei Wang (1)
Attendance: 15,869 (37.8%)
Umpires: HP − Brian Knight, 1B − Adrian Johnson, 2B − Un Heo, 3B − Liang-kuei Shieh
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings.
Boxscore

South Korea 10, China 1

March 4 11:00 at Tokyo Dome
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 China000000010121
 South Korea10310221X10180
WP: Min-han Son (1–0)   LP: Kun Chen (0–1)
Home runs:
CHN: Shou Yang (1)
KOR: Seung-yuop Lee 2 (2)
Attendance: 3,925 (9.3%)
Umpires: HP − Peter Durfee, 1B − Ramon Armendariz, 2B − Liang-kuei Shieh, 3B − Masaharu Kasahara
Boxscore

Japan 14, Chinese Taipei 3

March 4 18:00 at Tokyo Dome
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 Japan3110612XX14150
 Chinese Taipei0100020XX370
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0)   LP: Chu-chien Hsu (0–1)
Home runs:
JPN: Hitoshi Tamura (2)
TPE: None
Attendance: 31,047 (73.9%)
Umpires: HP − Adrian Johnson, 1B − Brian Knight, 2B − Minggao Chen, 3B − Un Heo
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Boxscore

Chinese Taipei 12, China 3

March 5 11:00 at Tokyo Dome
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 Chinese Taipei00140204112152
 China000002001383
WP: Wei-lun Pan (1–0)   LP: Nan Wang (0–1)
Home runs:
TPE: Yung-chi Chen (1)
CHN: None
Attendance: 4,577 (10.9%)
Umpires: HP − Ramon Armendariz, 1B − Peter Durfee, 2B − Masaharu Kasahara, 3B − Un Heo
Boxscore

South Korea 3, Japan 2

March 5 18:00 at Tokyo Dome
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 South Korea000010020350
 Japan110000000270
WP: Dae-sung Koo (1–0)   LP: Hirotoshi Ishii (0–1)   Sv: Chan Ho Park (2)
Home runs:
KOR: Seung-yuop Lee (3)
JPN: Munenori Kawasaki (1)
Attendance: 40,353 (96.1%)
Umpires: HP − Brian Knight, 1B − Adrian Johnson, 2B − Minggao Chen, 3B − Liang-kuei Shieh
Boxscore
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