WBC

2006 WBC

In the 2006 World Baseball Classic, Team Korea started off quickly but lost in the semi-finals to Japan, who went on to win the tournament. Team Korea went an undefeated 6-0 in the first two rounds beating Chinese Taipei, China, Japan, United States, Mexico, and Japan again but went out with a whimper losing to Japan in the semi-finals by a score of 6-0. Korean players Lee Seung-Yeop and Park Chan-ho made the All-WBC team.

First Round
Game 1 - March 3, 2006
TeamScore
Chinese Taipei
0
South Korea
2

Game 2 - March 4, 2006
TeamScore
China
1
South Korea
10

Game 3 - March 5, 2006
TeamScore
Japan
2
South Korea
3
Second Round
Game 1 - March 12, 2006
TeamScore
Mexico
1
South Korea
2

Game 2 - March 13, 2006
TeamScore
United States
3
South Korea
7

Game 3 - March 15, 2006
TeamScore
South Korea
2
Japan
1
Semi-Finals
March 18, 2006
TeamScore
Japan
6
South Korea
0





2009 WBC

In the 2009 WBC, Korea once again had a great showing but fell short to Japan, again, in the final. Korea went 6-3 in the tournament and earned the Silver medal. All three loses were to Japan. Bum-Ho Lee (3B), Hyun-Soo Kim (DH), and Jung-Keun Bong (P) all made the All-WBC team. Tae-Kyun Kim led the tournament with 11 RBIs and tied with two others for the most runs (9). Kwang-Hyun Kim surrendered the most runs (8).

First Round
Preliminaries
(Game 1 - March 6, 2009)

TeamScore
Chinese Taipei
0
South Korea
9

Qualifiers
(Game 2 - March 7, 2009)

TeamScore
Japan
14
South Korea
2

Qualifiers
(Game 2 - March 8, 2009)

TeamScore
China
0
South Korea
7

Seeding
(Game 4 - March 9, 2009)

TeamScore
Japan
0
South Korea
1
Second Round
Preliminaries
(Game 1 - March 15, 2009)
TeamScore
Mexico
2
South Korea
8

Qualifiers
(Game 2 - March 17, 2009)
TeamScore
Japan
1
South Korea
4

Seeding
(Game 3 - March 19, 2009)
TeamScore
Japan
6
South Korea
2
Championship Round
Semi-Finals
March 21, 2009
TeamScore
South Korea
10
Venezuela
2
Championship Round
Final
March 23, 2009
TeamScore
Japan
5
South Korea
3


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