XXXVIII Baseball World Cup

Taiwan Announces 2009 Baseball World Cup Team

by BaseballdeWorld

September 2, 2009

The 24-man roster for Taiwan (plays under the name Chinese Taipei at international tournaments for political reasons) has been announced for the 2009 IBF Baseball World Cup to be held across Europe this month.

Taiwan, which placed eighth at the 2007 Baseball World Cup, will compete in Group A with Australia, Czech Republic, and Mexico in Prague, Czech Republic from September 9-12.

2009 TAIWAN BASEBALL WORLD CUP ROSTER

Catchers: Kun-Sheng Lin, Hung-Yu Lin and Hsin-Min Wang.

Infielders: Han Lin, Chia-Yu Lin, Chih-Hsiang Lin, Po-Yu Lo, Kuo-Min Lin and Ming-Jen Kuo.

Outfielders: Tsung-Chun Wu, Keng-Wei Lin, Tai-Yung Kuo and Chia-Hao Chang.

Pitchers: Wen-Yang Liao, Chen-Hua Lin, Chih-Lung Huang, Yu-Ching Lin, Ching-Ming Wang, Yi-Cheng Wang, Chu-Chien Hsu, Ming-Chin Lee, Yen-Feng Lin, Chia-Chun Tang and Wang-Yi Lin (Red Sox).

Ray Otero can be reached at: elistas@baseballdecuba.com

Ranking Mundial/World Ranking

1. Cuba 1709.68 pts
2. South Korea 984.82
3. Japan 947.00
4. USA 889.32
5. Ch. Taipei 591.82
6. Holland 412.57
7. Mexico 302.75
8. Canada 280.19
9. Venezuela 233.18
10. Puerto Rico 215.39
11. Australia 214.11
12. Panama 212.32
13. Dom. Republic 135.68
14. Nicaragua 131.25
15. Italy 130.88
16. China 125.00
17. Thailand 58.50
18. Spain 54.50
19. Phillipines 50.83
20. Brazil 41.50
21. South Africa 37.93
22. Colombia 32.00
23. Germany 28.32
24. Czech. Rep. 22.92
25. Great Britain 20.00
26. Sweden 17.75
27. Indonesia 16.00
28. Palau 12.50
29. Ned. Antilles 12.25
30. Nigeria/N. Caledonia 10.00
Actualizado: 12 de agosto del 2009
Updated: August 12, 2009
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