2008 Beijing Olympics - Baseball

Wukesong Baseball Field
Beijing, China

Baseball became an official Olympic sport in 1992

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Olympic Baseball

This will be the final summer Olympics in which baseball will be an official medal sport, unless it is reinstated by a vote sometime in the future.

Baseball has a long history as an exhibition/demonstration sport at the summer Olympics, and was granted official medal status for the 1992 summer Olympics in Barcelona. But in 2005, baseball and softball were both voted out of the summer Olympics starting in 2012 - only the second time a sport has been eliminated since Polo was voted out in 1936.

There have only been 4 medals awarded in baseball, and although 17 different nations have appeared in Olympic baseball competition, 3 of those nations (Cuba, Italy and Japan) have appeared in all 4 medal rounds of the competition.

Olympic baseball is nearly identical to professional baseball, except that there's a mercy rule if a team is winning by 10 or more runs after 7 innings (6.5 if the home team is winning).

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2008 Olympic Baseball Schedule

August 13th Olympic Baseball Games

• Netherlands vs Chinese Taipei
• Canada vs China
• US vs South Korea
• Japan vs Cuba

August 14th Olympic Baseball Games

• US vs Netherlands
• China vs South Korea
• Canada vs Cuba
• Japan vs Chinese Taipei

August 15th Olympic Baseball Games

• Chinese Taipei vs China
• Cuba vs US
• South Korea vs Canada
• Netherlands vs Japan

August 16th Olympic Baseball Games

• Canada vs US
• Chinese Taipei vs Cuba
• Netherlands vs China
• South Korea vs Japan

August 17th Olympic Baseball Games

• Japan vs Canada
• South Korea vs Chinese Taipei
• Netherlands vs Cuba
• China vs US

August 19th Olympic Baseball Games

• Canada vs Netherlands
• Cuba vs South Korea
• China vs Japan
• Chinese Taipei vs US

August 20th Olympic Baseball Games

• China vs Cuba
• South Korea vs Netherlands
• Chinese Taipei vs Canada
• US vs Japan

August 22nd Olympic Baseball Games

• Semifinals

August 23rd Olympic Baseball Game

• Bronze Medal Game

August 23rd Olympic Baseball Game

• Gold Medal Game

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Olympic Baseball Playoff Format

Eight teams are divided into 2 groups of 4 teams that play each other in a round robin format. In the Olympic format playoff system that follows, basically, the teams with the best records play a semifinal which determines the bronze medal game and gold medal game.

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