Korea national baseball team
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The Korea national baseball team is the national team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). It has participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2000. Until 2000, the team was made up exclusively of amateur players. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, the team was comprised of players from the Korean Baseball Organization and Korean players from Japanese Professional Baseball.
[edit] 2006 World Baseball Classic
The team playing in the 2006 World Baseball Classic also included 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 Korean men. However, at the semifinals, the 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 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 Korea, while the Korean team, which had only one loss and had already beaten Japan twice, was eliminated from the finals.
[edit] 2006 World Baseball Classic roster
Manager
- In-Sik Kim (김인식)
Pitchers
- Young Soo Bae (배영수) - Samsung Lions
- Jung Bong (봉중근) - Cincinnati Reds
- Tae Hyon Chong (정대현) - SK Wyverns
- Jae Hun Chung (정재훈) - Doosan Bears
- Byung Doo Jun (전병두) - Kia Tigers
- Byung-Hyun Kim (김병현) - Colorado Rockies
- Sunny Kim (김선우) - Colorado Rockies
- Dae-Sung Koo (구대성) - Hanwha Eagles
- Seung Hwan Oh (오승환) - Samsung Lions
- Chan Ho Park (박찬호) - San Diego Padres
- Myung Hwan Park (박명환) - Doosan Bears
- Jae Weong Seo (서재응) - Los Angeles Dodgers
- Min Han Son (손민한) - Lotte Giants
Catchers
- In Sung Cho (조인성) - LG Twins
- Sung Heon Hong (홍성흔) - Doosan Bears
- Kab Yong Jin (진갑용) - Samsung Lions
Infielders
- Hee-Seop Choi (최희섭) - LAD-BOS
- Dong Joo Kim (김동주) - Doosan Bears
- Jae Gul Kim (김재걸) - Samsung Lions
- Jong Kook Kim (김종국) - Kia Tigers
- Min Jae Kim (김민재) - Hanwha Eagles
- Tae Kyun Kim (김태균) - Hanwha Eagles
- Seung Yeop Lee (이승엽) - Yomiuri Giants
- Jin Man Park (박진만) - Samsung Lions
Outfielders
- Byung Kyu Lee (이병규) - LG Twins
- Jin Young Lee (이진영) - SK Wyverns
- Jong Beom Lee (이종범) - Kia Tigers
- Yong Taik Park (박용택) - LG Twins
- Ji Man Song (송지만) - Hyundai Unicorns
