2001 Asian Championship
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The 2001 Asian Championship was held from March 19 through March 25, 2001 in Taiwan.
Chinese Taipei won Gold, their first outright title since 1987. Their team included Chih-Kang Kao, Chung-Nan Tsai, Chien-Fu Yang, Kuo-Ching Kao, Chih-Sheng Lin, Yuan-Chia Chen, Ssu-Chi Chou, Chien-Ming Chang and Chih-Yuan Chen.
South Korea took Silver.
Japan got the Bronze Medal. The team included Toshiya Sugiuchi, Yuya Kubo, Nagisa Arakaki and Tsuyoshi Wada.
Philippines placed 4th, their highest finish since 1973.
Indonesia made their first appearance and finished fifth.
- MVP: Kuo-Ching Kao, Taiwan
- Average leader: Hyun-gon Lee, South Korea
- Home run leader: Hyun-gon Lee, South Korea
- Best winning percentage: Wen-Bin Yu, Taiwan
[edit] All-Star Team
- C: Sang-byung Chae, South Korea
- 1B: Kuo-Ching Kao, Taiwan
- 2B: Wen-Yu Wu, Taiwan
- SS: Hyun-gon Lee, South Korea
- 3B: Chih-Sheng Lin, Taiwan
- OF: Yong-taik Park, South Korea
- OF: Takashi Kita, Japan
- OF: Yuan-Chia Chen, Taiwan
- DH: 林秀敏, South Korea
- P: Masanori Ishikawa, Japan
Source: Chinese Wiki Baseball
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