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Competition Format

Eight teams will compete in the Olympic baseball tournament, and the competition consists of two rounds. The preliminary round follows a round robin format, where each of the teams plays all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advance to a single elimination round culminating in the bronze and gold medal games. A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times. ... A tournament is an organized competition in which many participants play each other in individual games. ...

Qualification

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

The eight teams in the Olympic baseball tournament will qualify through a series of tournaments. China, as the host nation, is guaranteed one automatic entry. Three continental tournaments will qualify teams from the Americas (2), Asia (1) and Europe (1). The remaining three teams will qualify at a Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which will consist of the following teams: Oceania champion, African champion, 3rd and 4th place teams from Americas, 2nd and 3rd place teams from Asia, and 2nd and 3rd place European teams. Eight teams will qualify for the olympic baseball tournament. ...

Qualification Schedule

Date

Event

Location

Qualifier

Host Nation

China

Aug 25 - Sept. 7, 2006

Americas Qualifying Tournament

Havana

United States
Cuba

Sept. 7-16, 2007

European Championship

Barcelona

Netherlands

Dec. 1 - Dec. 3, 2007

Asian Baseball Championships

Taichung ¹ ^[1]

1st place team

March/April, 2008

Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Taiwan ¹

1st place team
2nd place team
3rd place team

Note 1: Chinese Taipei is the official IOC designation for the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.) Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... This article is about the capital of Cuba. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Eight teams will qualify for the olympic baseball tournament. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001â€“08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... The 24th Asian Baseball Championships will be contested in Taichung, Taiwan in November and December 2007. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Taichung (Chinese: ; pinyin: TÃ¡izhÅng; Wade-Giles: Tai-chung; POJ: TÃ¢i-tiong) is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island, after Taipei and Kaohsiung. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Stamp The International Olympic Committee (French: ComitÃ© International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894. ... For the Chinese civilization, see China. ... Taiwan Strait area The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan hinges on whether Taiwan, including the Pescadores (Penghu), should remain the effective territory of the Republic of China (ROC), become unified with the territories now governed by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), or become the Republic of...

Olympic Qualifying Tournament:

Europe: United Kingdom, Spain

Asia: 2 teams

America: Mexico , Canada

Africa: South Africa

Oceania: Australia

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References

IOC Baseball

International Baseball Federation

Confederation of European Baseball

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The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were awarded to Beijing, China after an exhaustive ballot of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001. ... â€œPekingâ€ redirects here. ... Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held over a seven day period starting August 9 and ending August 15. ... Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held during the last 10 days of the games starting August 15. ... Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17. ... Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 24, 2008. ... The boxing programme of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China will be held at the Workers Indoor Arena. ... Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 11 to August 23. ... Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 23. ... Diving competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 10 to August 23. ... Equestrian competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 20 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. ... Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17. ... Football (soccer) at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing and several other cities in China from August 6 to August 24. ... Gymnastics competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 24. ... Handball competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 24. ... Field Hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held over a fourteen day period starting on August 10, and culminating with the medal finals on August 23. ... Judo competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 15. ... Modern Pentathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held on August 21 and August 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium (running, equestrian), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimmming), and the Olympic Green Convention Centre (fencing, shooting). ... Rowing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17. ... Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held from August 9 to 21. ... Shooting competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17. ... Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held over an ten day period starting August 12 and culminating with the medal finals on August 21. ... Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held over a sixteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 16 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21. ... Synchronized Swimming competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 17 to August 22. ... Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. ... Taekwondo competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 20 to August 23. ... Tennis competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 10 to August 17. ... Triathlon competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held on August 18 and August 19. ... Volleyball competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. ... The Water Polo competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 10 to August 24. ... Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held from August 9 to August 19. ... Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, will be held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 9-19, 2007. ... Baseball at the Summer Olympics had its official debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 4 Olympiads. ... Image File history File links Olympic_pictogram_Baseball. ... Baseball had its first appearance at the 1912 Summer Olympics as an exhibition sport. ... Baseball was again a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics after a 24 year absence. ... Baseball returned as a demonstration sport for the third time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Baseball was again a demonstration sport at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. ... Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game. ... Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the sixth time, and it was the first time that the sport had been played in an Olympic tournament in the United States. ... Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. ... Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ... The United States Olympics in Atlanta baseball team won a bronze medal. ... Baseball had its third appearance as an official medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ... Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on two separate diamonds within the Helliniko Olympic Complex, from August 15 to August 25. ...

See also: List of Olympic medalists in baseball This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in baseball from 1992 to 2004. ...

Categories: 2008 Summer Olympics events | 2008 in baseball | Baseball in China | Qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics

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