Chinese Taipei Baseball Association

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Chinese Taipei Baseball Association

Sport	BFA
Affiliation date	1954
Location	4F, No.238, Sec 2, Chien-Kuo N Road, Chung-shan District, Taipei
President	Jeffrey Koo, Jr.
Official website
www.ctba.org.tw

The Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA;

). The CTBA assists with hosting national and international baseball competitions to enhance the quality of Taiwanese baseball, and also to enhance the health of Taiwanese citizens, as well as promotes sportsmanship.

Baseball was introduced to Taiwan during Japanese occupation and is claimed to be one of the oldest national sports in Taiwanese history. The 7th president Peng Chenghao took over the office in 1998, and Jeffrey Koo, Jr. took over in 2018.

Sponsored leagues and games

• National Adult Class A Spring League (全國成棒甲組春季聯賽)
• Association Cup Championship (協會盃年度大賽)^[1]
• Popcorn League

Controversy

During 2013 World Baseball Classic games, CTBA failed to fulfill obligations with the following incidents:

1. CTBA promised famous former baseball player Kuo Tai-yuan (郭泰源) as the manager of Chinese Taipei. However, CPBL (中華職棒), who is responsible for the training affairs, designates Chang-Heng Hsieh (謝長亨) as the manager.
2. No VIP Access: CTBA didn't issue VIP access to the chairman of
   CPBL
   , Huang Jhen-Tai (黃鎮台), in the first-round games held in Taichung, Taiwan. Neither did CTBA apply access to the games held in Tokyo Dome for him.
3. No Breakfast Payment: Chinese Taipei coaches request unified breakfast service for the players. However, CTBA failed to have relative staff in scene. CPBL paid for the players tentatively.
4. Distributed Arrival: After losing games on 3/9 to Cuba, Chinese Taipei players come back to Taiwan in an urge. They are separated into five flights.
5. National Honor Prize: CTBA thought opponents of WBC games are superior to Chinese Taipei and didn't expect to win any titles. Therefore, they failed to apply National Honor Prize from Sport Administration, Ministry of Education (教育部體育署).

See also

• Sport in Taiwan
• Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
• Chinese Taipei national baseball team
• Chinese Taipei women's national baseball team
• Chinese Professional Baseball League
• Popcorn League
• WikiBaseball

References

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website
• Taiwan Culture Portal: The pride and sorrow of Taiwan adult national baseball teams (in English)