Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Eight teams qualified for the Olympic baseball tournament. The host nation qualifies automatically. Additionally, two teams qualified from the American qualifying tournament, and one team qualified from both the European and Asian qualifying tournaments. The field was rounded out by the top three teams from the world Olympic qualifying tournament. The qualifications were held in Taichung, Barcelona, and Havana.

Table

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American qualifying tournament

Qualifying 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

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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

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.

European qualifying tournament

Qualifying round 1

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

European Baseball Championship

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 12

Final round

Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	RS	RA	RD	Tiebreaker*
	5	5	0	1.000	54	14	+40	-
	5	4	1	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 teams

September 14
September 15
September 16

Classification

September 13

2007 Asian Championship

The 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.

A Level

Team	W	L
	3	0
	2	1
	1	2
	0	3

African qualifying tournament

Team	W	L
	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
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Standings

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	-