2009 Asian Championship

The 2009 Asian Championship was held from July 27 through August 3, 2009 in Sapporo, Japan. The Level B consisted of  Indonesia,  Philippines,  Thailand and  Japan, with the winner facing  Chinese Taipei,  People's Republic of China and  South Korea in the Level A round. The top six teams qualified for the 2010 Asian Games. Japan won its fourth straight Asian Championship.

See also 2009 Asian Championship (Rosters)

Results

• July 27:
  •  Japan 12,  Philippines 0 - Keiji Ikebe clouts a 3-run homer
  •  Thailand 6,  Indonesia 1
• July 28:
  •  Japan 12,  Thailand 0 - Ikuhiro Kiyota homers twice, triples once and drives in four
  •  Philippines 6,  Indonesia 1 - Darwin dela Calzada goes the distance for the win
• July 29:
  •  Japan 13,  Indonesia 0 - Hisayoshi Chono hits a grand slam
  •  Philippines 8,  Thailand 0

Japan advances to the second round with a 3-0 record. The Philippines (2-1) and Thailand (1-2) qualify for the 2010 Asian Games. Indonesia (0-3) goes home empty.

• August 1:
  •  Chinese Taipei 5,  South Korea 4 - Tsung-Chun Wu cracks a 2-run homer and drives in 3. Kuo-Min Lin hits the winning double in the 9th.
  •  Japan 4,  People's Republic of China 0
• August 2:
  •  South Korea 8,  People's Republic of China 1
  •  Japan 6,  Chinese Taipei 5 - Ikuhiro Kiyota hits his 3rd homer of the tourney, a 2-run job. Chu-Chien Hsu gives up 3 runs in the first two innings. Ming-Jen Kuo delivers a solo home run for Taiwan. In the 10th, PH Yoshinobu Kotegawa doubles in the winner against Ching-Ming Wang.
• August 3:
  •  Japan 7,  South Korea 1 - Hirokazu Sawamura allows two hits and one run in eight innings for the win.
  •  Chinese Taipei 13,  People's Republic of China 1

Japan wins the Gold Medal. Taiwan wins Silver and South Korea Bronze.

Final Standings

1.  Japan, 6-0
2.  Chinese Taipei, 2-1
3.  South Korea, 1-2
4.  People's Republic of China, 0-3
5.  Philippines, 2-1 (round 1)
6.  Thailand, 1-2 (round 1)
7.  Indonesia, 0-3 (round 1)

Awards

Round One

• MVP: Hisayoshi Chono, Japan

• Best Players: Reo Moriyasu (JPN), Youdai Enoshita (JPN), Darwin dela Calzada (PHI), Ruben Angeles (PHI), Jonash Ponce (PHI), Krissada Heebthong (THA), Teerasak Kongsabai (THA), Ahmed Effendy (IND), Adi Susanto (IND)

Round Two

• MVP: Ikuhiro Kiyota, Japan

• Best Average: Ikuhiro Kiyota, Japan .600
• Best ERA: Wen-Yang Liao, Taiwan
• Most Strikeouts: Yusuke Nomura, Japan 10
• Most RBI: Chung-Chun Wu, Taiwan 7
• Most HR: Chung-Chun Wu, Taiwan 2
• Fighting Spirits Award: Yubin Luo, China

All-Stars

• C: Tae-won Lee, Korea
• 1B: Tsutomu Sasaki, Japan
• 2B: Ming-Jen Kuo, Taiwan
• SS: Han Lin, Taiwan
• 3B: Kentaro Miyazawa, Japan
• OF: Ikuhiro Kiyota, Japan
• OF: Chung-Chun Wu, Taiwan
• OF: Hang-yong Lim, Korea
• DH: Hung-Yu Lin, Taiwan
• RHP: Tomoyuki Sugano, Japan
• LHP: Ji-woong Yoon, Korea