Baseball 2020/Men's tournament

The men's tournament of Baseball 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 28 July-7 August 2021 in the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium and Yokohama Baseball Stadium. With 6 teams competing, the event was won by the team from Japan, with United States taking the silver medal and Dominican Republic taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of two different phases. The first phase is a group of three, in which teams play each other once. The two winners of the groups get a bye to the quarterfinals, while the numbers two and three play each other in a preliminary round. In every round, the winners continue towards the final, while the losers of a match continue in a losers bracket. Once there is only one team remaining in the winners bracket, they play the winner of the losers bracket for the gold medal.

Preview[]

Six teams qualified for the event for its return after thirteen years with the home nation Japan as the big favorite for the title, though all teams could contend for a medal. South Korea was the world number three and the last Olympic champion in the event, when the United States won bronze. Mexico and the Dominican Republic were also in the top 10 of the world rankings, with Israel being the European representation.

Nation	Athletes
Dominican Republic	Dario Alvarez
	Gabriel Arias
	Jairo Asencio
	Roldani Baldwin
	Jose Bautista
	Emilio Bonifacio
	Melky Cabrera
	Luis Castillo
	Jose Diaz
	Juan Francisco
	Junior Garcia
	Jeison Guzman
	Jhan Marinez
	Erick Mejia
	Christopher Mercedes
	Johan Mieses
	Gustavo Nunez
	Yefri Perez
	Angel Sanchez
	Denyi Reyes
	Julio Rodriguez
	Ramon Rosso
	Raul Valdes
	Charlie Valerio
Israel	Jeremy Bleich
	Scotty Burcham
	Tal Erel
	Jake Fishman
	Blake Gailen
	Mitch Glasser
	Alex Katz
	Ty Kelly
	Ian Kinsler
	Ryan Lavarnway
	Alon Leichman
	Shlomo Lipetz
	Assaf Lowengart
	Jonathan de Marte
	Jon Moscot
	Rob Paller
	Zack Penprase
	Nick Rickles
	D.J. Sharabi
	Danny Valencia
	Joey Wagman
	Ben Wanger
	Zack Weiss
	Josh Zeid
Japan	Koyo Aoyagi
	Hideto Asamura
	Sosuke Genda
	Hiromi Itoh
	Suguru Iwazaki
	Takuya Kai
	Ryosuke Kikuchi
	Kensuke Kondoh
	Ryoji Kuribayashi
	Ryoya Kurihara
	Masato Morishita
	Munetaka Murakami
	Yudai Ohno
	Hayato Sakamoto
	Koudai Senga
	Seiya Suzuki
	Kaima Taira
	Masahiro Tanaka
	Ryutaro Umeno
	Tetsuto Yamada
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
	Yasuaki Yamasaki
	Yuki Yanagita
	Masataka Yoshida
Mexico	Jesus Anguamea
	Edgar Arredondo
	Manuel Banuelos
	Manuel Barreda
	Carlos Bustamente
	Jose Cardona
	Daniel Duarte
	Sebastian Elizalde
	Daniel Espinosa
	Ryan Goins
	Adrian Gonzalez
	Jonathan Jones Jr
	Joey Meneses
	Efren Navarro
	Juan Oramas
	Ramiro Pena
	Oliver Perez
	Isaac Rodriguez
	Fernando Salas
	Sasagi Sanchez
	Roman Solis
	Theodore Stankiewicz
	Cesar Vargas
	Alexis Wilson
South Korea	Cha Woo-chan
	Cho Sang-woo
	Choi Joo-hwan
	Choi Won-joon
	Go Woo-suk
	Hur Kyoung-min
	Hwang Jae-gyun
	Kang Baek-ho
	Kang Min-ho
	Kim Hye-seong
	Kim Hyun-soo
	Kim Jin-uk
	Kim Min-woo
	Ko Young-pyo
	Lee Eui-lee
	Lee Jung-hoo
	Oh Jae-il
	Oh Ji-hwan
	Oh Seung-hwan
	Park Hae-min
	Park Kun-woo
	Park Se-woong
	Won Tae-in
	Yang Eui-ji
United States	Nick Allen
	Eddy Alvarez
	Tyler Austin
	Shane Baz
	Anthony Carter
	Triston Casas
	Brandon Dickson
	Tim Federowicz
	Eric Filia
	Todd Frazier
	Anthony Gose
	Edwin Jackson Jr
	Scott Kazmir
	Patrick Kivlehan
	Mark Kolozsvary
	Jack Lopez
	Nick Martinez
	Scott McGough
	David Robertson
	Joe Ryan
	Ryder Ryan
	Bubba Starling
	Jamie Westbrook
	Simeon Woods Richardson

Summary[]

Group stage[]

Round 1[]

Round 1 Results
	Result	Result
Dominican Republic	3	4	Japan
Israel	5	6	South Korea

Standings after Round 1 - Group A
Rank	Nation	Played	Won	Lost
1	Japan	1	1	0
2	Mexico	0	0	0
3	Dominican Republic	1	0	1

Standings after Round 1 - Group B
Rank	Nation	Played	Won	Lost
1	South Korea	1	1	0
2	United States	0	0	0
3	Israel	1	0	1

Round 2[]

Round 2 Results
	Result	Result
Mexico	0	1	Dominican Republic
United States	8	1	Israel

Standings after Round 2 - Group A
Rank	Nation	Played	Won	Lost
1	Japan	1	1	0
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1
3	Mexico	1	0	1

Standings after Round 2 - Group B
Rank	Nation	Played	Won	Lost
1	United States	1	1	0
2	South Korea	1	1	0
3	Israel	2	0	2

Round 3[]

Round 3 Results
	Result	Result
Japan	7	4	Mexico
South Korea	2	4	United States

Standings after Round 3 - Group A
Rank	Nation	Played	Won	Lost
1	Japan	2	2	0
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1
3	Mexico	2	0	2

Standings after Round 3 - Group B
Rank	Nation	Played	Won	Lost
1	United States	2	2	0
2	South Korea	2	1	1
3	Israel	2	0	2

Round 1[]

Round 1
	Result	Result
Israel	12	5	Mexico
Dominican Republic	3	4	South Korea

Round 2[]

Round 2
	Result	Result
United States	6	7^INN	Japan
Israel	1	11	South Korea

Round 1 Repechage[]

Round 1 Repechage
	Result	Result
Israel	6	7	Dominican Republic

Round 2 Repechage[]

Round 2 Repechage
	Result	Result
Dominican Republic	1	3	United States

Semifinals[]

Semifinals
	Result	Result
South Korea	2	5	Japan
South Korea	2	7	United States

Finals[]

Final
	Result	Result
United States	0	2	Japan

Bronze medal match
	Result	Result
Dominican Republic	10	6	South Korea

Results[]

Result	Team
	Japan
	United States
	Dominican Republic
4	South Korea
5	Israel
6	Mexico

2020 Summer Olympic Games
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