South Korea national baseball team
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| Country |
 South Korea
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| Federation | Korea Baseball Association |
| Confederation | Baseball Federation of Asia |
| Uniforms | |
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| World Baseball Classic | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2006) |
| Best result |
 2nd (1 time, in 2009) |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1996) |
| Best result |
 1st (1 time, in 2008) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1976) |
| Best result |
 1st (1 time, in 1982) |
| Intercontinental Cup | |
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1975) |
| Best result |
 1st (1 time, in 1977) |
| Asian Games | |
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1994) |
| Best result |
 1st (4 times, most recent in 2014) |
| Asian Championship | |
| Appearances | 27 (First in 1954) |
| Best result |
1st (7 times, most recent in 2015) |
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South Korea World Baseball Classic |
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| Tournament Results | |
| Japan / United States 2006 | 3rd |
| Japan / United States 2009 | 2nd |
| Taiwan 2013 | 9th |
| Medal Tally | |
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2006 |
The South Korean national baseball team (Korean: 대한민국 야구 국가대표팀) is the national baseball team of South Korea. They won the Baseball World Cup in 1982, and participated in the Summer Olympic Games of 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2000. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, it won the gold medal in a final victory against Cuba. Currently, the South Korean men's baseball team is ranked 3rd in the IBAF World Rankings.
The team playing in the 2006 World Baseball Classic also included South Korean players from Major League Baseball. In the Classic, the team played in and won every game they played in Pool A. They advanced to round two, again winning all three games to secure a place in the semifinals. Upon reaching the semifinals, the South Korean government announced that it would waive for the players on the team the mandatory two-year military service required of all young South Korean men. However, at the semifinals, the South Korean team lost to Japan, whom they had beaten twice previously. This led to controversy over the regulations of the WBC concerning the fact that South Korea had to face Japan three times and that it was Japan that was allowed to go to the finals, when it had four victories and three losses up to that point, two of those losses to South Korea, while the South Korean team, which had only one loss and had already beaten Japan twice, was eliminated from the finals.
South Korea competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, playing the first round in Pool A in Tokyo. The South Koreans opened the tournament with a 7–0 rout of Chinese Taipei. South Korea then lost to Japan in a 14–2 contest shortened to 7 innings by the WBC's early termination rule. In its third game, South Korea soundly defeated China 14–0 in a similarly shortened contest, securing advancement to the second round and ousting China from the tournament. South Korea won the final Pool A game by a 1–0 win over Japan in order to advance as the Pool A winner. In Pool 1, the round 2 of the WBC, South Korea beat Mexico 8–2 and then went on to beat Japan again 4–1, securing advancement to the semifinals. South Korea beat Venezuela 10–2 to secure a spot on the finals. In the final game however, South Korea lost to Japan 5–3.
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