Softball at the 1998 Asian Games

Softball was contested by seven teams at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 7 to December 16.

Softball at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Srinakharinwirot University Thammasat Stadium
Dates	7–16 December
Nations	7

Schedule

P

Preliminary round

½

Semifinals

F

Final

G

Grand final

Event↓/Date →	7th Mon	8th Tue	9th Wed	10th Thu	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed
Women	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	½		F	G

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	China An Zhongxin Chen Hong Deng Xiaoling Mu Xia Qin Xuejing Tao Hua Wang Lihong Wang Xiaoyan Wang Ying Wei Qiang Xu Jian Yan Fang Yu Yanhong Zhang Chunfang Zhang Yanqing	Japan Misako Ando Yumiko Fujii Noriko Harada Taeko Ishikawa Kumiko Ito Yoshimi Kobayashi Shiori Koseki Naomi Matsumoto Tomoe Matsumoto Haruka Saito Juri Takayama Reika Utsugi Miyo Yamada Noriko Yamaji Miwa Tanoue	Chinese Taipei Chiang Hui-chuan Chien Chen-ju Feng Wei-ning Han Hsin-lin Hsieh Yu-ping Hsu Yu-ling Lai Sheng-jung Lee Ming-chieh Lee Szu-ting Liu Chia-chi Ou Ching-chieh Tu Hui-mei Tu Hui-ping Wang Ching-lien Wang Ya-fen

Results

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT
1	China	6	6	0	47	2	1.000
2	Japan	6	5	1	43	8	.833
3	North Korea	6	3	3	17	15	.500
4	Chinese Taipei	6	3	3	28	15	.500
5	South Korea	6	2	4	9	20	.333
6	Philippines	6	2	4	11	35	.333
7	Thailand	6	0	6	2	62	.000

Source: Results

7 December	North Korea	3–0	South Korea	Bangkok

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7 December	Philippines	2–10	Japan	Bangkok

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7 December	Thailand	1–16	China	Bangkok

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8 December	Chinese Taipei	11–0	Philippines	Bangkok

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8 December	China	2–0	North Korea	Bangkok

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8 December	South Korea	0–3	Japan	Bangkok

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9 December	Chinese Taipei	11–0	Thailand	Bangkok

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9 December	China	3–1	Japan	Bangkok

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9 December	Philippines	3–1	North Korea	Bangkok

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10 December	Philippines	0–10	China	Bangkok

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10 December	Chinese Taipei	2–3	North Korea	Bangkok

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10 December	South Korea	6–1	Thailand	Bangkok

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11 December	South Korea	0–12	China	Bangkok

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11 December	North Korea	10–0	Thailand	Bangkok

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11 December	Chinese Taipei	3–8	Japan	Bangkok

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12 December	Thailand	0–13	Japan	Bangkok

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12 December	Philippines	0–3	South Korea	Bangkok

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12 December	Chinese Taipei	0–4	China	Bangkok

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13 December	Philippines	6–0	Thailand	Bangkok

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13 December	South Korea	0–1	Chinese Taipei	Bangkok

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13 December	Japan	8–0	North Korea	Bangkok

Final round

	Semifinals					Final					Grand final
	1	China	2
	2	Japan	1								1	China	5
						2	Japan	8			2	Japan	0
						4	Chinese Taipei	0
	3	North Korea	1
	4	Chinese Taipei	4

Semifinals

14 December	China	2–1	Japan	Bangkok

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14 December	North Korea	1–4	Chinese Taipei	Bangkok

Final

16 December	Japan	8–0	Chinese Taipei	Bangkok

Grand final

16 December	China	5–0	Japan	Bangkok

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	China	8	8	0
	Japan	9	6	3
	Chinese Taipei	8	4	4
4	North Korea	7	3	4
5	South Korea	6	2	4
6	Philippines	6	2	4
7	Thailand	6	0	6

References

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