Japan secured a spot in the baseball tournament of next year's Beijing Olympic Games with a 10-2 win over Taiwan in the Asian Championship on Monday.
Japan manager Senichi Hoshino (77) is given a doage raise by his players after clinching a spot in the Beijing Olympics with a 10-2 victory over Taiwan in the final round of the Asian qualifying tournament in Taichung, Taiwan, on Monday.
KYODO PHOTOTsuyoshi Nishioka, Munenori Kawasaki, Takahiro Arai and Shinnosuke Abe had RBI hits in a six-run rally in the seventh inning to help Japan finish on top of the four-team final round of the championship with three wins in as many games.
South Korea (2-1), which beat the Philippines 13-1 earlier Monday, and Taiwan (1-2) will go to the final Olympic qualifying tournament to be held in March. The Philippines lost all three games and finished last.