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The Chinese Taipei baseball team (Chinese: 中華臺北棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Táiběi Bàngqiú Dàibiǎoduì) is the national team of Taiwan. It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked second in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, behind only Japan. The team is usually made up of professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, and Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball from the United States. Originally known as the National Baseball Team of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國棒球代表隊; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Bàngqiú Dàibiǎo Duì) it was renamed in the 1980s as the Chinese Taipei Baseball Team. The team has won five titles in the Asian Baseball Championship (most recently in 2019), a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. It won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha in a sweeping victory by beating South Korea, Thailand, China, Philippines, and finally all-time rival Japan. It achieved eighth place in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The team came in fifth in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament, in November 2019. The team will try to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the six-team Final Qualifying Tournament.