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The South Korean team has reached the finals of the past two Asian Professional Baseball Championships, but lost to Japan and finished second. This year, they originally expected to challenge for their first championship.
Taiwan team. (AP)
[Reporter Ni Wanjun/Comprehensive Report] The South Korean team lost to Australia and Japan in the Asian Professional Baseball Championship. Yesterday, the Korean media shouted "Please! I don't want to calculate the qualifying conditions anymore" before the game against Japan. But today, in order to maintain the last glimmer of hope, the Korean media still have to seriously calculate the mathematical problems of qualifying, because even the point difference of Japan's victory over Australia is related to whether South Korea can advance to the championship game.
South Korea lost to Australia 7:8 in its first match on the 12th, and lost to Japan 5:9 yesterday. It currently ranks at the bottom of the four teams with 2 losses. Japan leads the way with 2 wins, while Taiwan and Australia both have 1 win and 1 loss. Since only the top two in the preliminaries of this tournament can advance to the championship game, South Korea wants to advance to the finals for the third consecutive time. In addition to defeating Taiwan tonight, it also has to hope that Japan will have a favorable result against Australia in the matinee.
Korean media News 1 also carefully analyzed the qualification conditions today, pointing out that if Australia defeats Japan, South Korea will definitely miss the championship game regardless of the result against Taiwan; but if Japan ends the preliminaries with three consecutive victories and South Korea defeats Taiwan, the three teams of South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia will have a same score of 1 win and 2 losses. At that time, the match quality rate (TQB) must be compared to determine the second place.
According to data listed by Korean media, South Korea's TQB is currently -0.333, Taiwan's is -0.167, and Australia's is -0.056. The point difference between Japan and Australia will directly affect how many points South Korea needs to win against Taiwan.
Korean media calculated that if Japan only beats Australia by 1 point, South Korea must beat Taiwan by at least 4 points to get a ticket to the final; but if Japan beats Australia by more than 4 points, South Korea no longer has to worry about the point difference and can advance as long as it beats Taiwan.
South Korea has made it to the finals of the past two AFC Champions League tournaments, but lost to Japan and finished second. This time, they originally expected to challenge for their first championship, but now their tickets to the finals are in jeopardy. Korean media also emphasized that no matter how the qualifying conditions are calculated, South Korea must win tonight, otherwise it will end up with three consecutive losses in the preliminaries, losing both face and dignity.
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The South Korean team must defeat Taiwan tonight, otherwise it will lose 3 games in a row in the preliminaries.
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