2024 WBSC Premier 12: Korea’s Disappointing Early Exit Despite Kim Do-young’s Heroics

[OSEN=타이베이(대만), 이대선 기자] On the afternoon of the 18th, the 2024 World Softball Confederation (WBSC) Group B Major 12 match between Korea and Australia was held at the Tienmu Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan, Korea out Go Young-pyo was selected as the starter for Game 5, and Australia selected Timothy Atherton. 2024.11.18 /[email protected]

[OSEN=타이베이(대만), 이대선 기자] Early group stage elimination was confirmed, but thanks to Kim Do-young, the team was able to brighten its future. Ryu Joong-il, who played in the last game of the Premier 12, won a big victory with three hits, including Kim Do-young’s home run 2024 WBSC Premier 12 Group B held at Tienmu Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan on the 18th. 2024.11.17 /[email protected]

[OSEN=이후광 기자] Ryu Joong-il finished tied for 5th in the 2024 WBSC Premier12, which ended with Taiwan’s victory on the 24th. Unable to overcome the shock of the Taiwanese in the first round, they were disappointed to advance to the grand final and failed to take out any individual awards.

The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Ryu Joong-il, tied for 5th place with Panama in the final rankings of the 2024 WBSC Premier12 announced by the WBSC (Softball Confederation of the World) on the 25th.

Ryu Joong-il finished the Top 12 Group B preliminaries in 3rd place (3 wins, 2 losses) and failed to advance to the main round, ending up in 2nd place in the group. They defeated Cuba (8-4) on the 14th, the Dominican Republic (9-6) on the 16th, and Australia (5-2) on the 18th, while falling to Taiwan (3- 6) on the 13th and Japan (3-6) on the 15th.

All of Ryu Joong-il’s plans fell apart when he lost 3-6 in his first match against Chinese Taipei, which was considered a turning point in advancing to the great tour. It hurt to see Go Young-pyo, the ace we trusted, give up 6 runs and 2 home runs in 2 innings. From 1 win and 2 losses, they got a 9-6 comeback victory over the Dominican Republic and briefly hoped to finish second in the group, but on the 17th, Japan and Taiwan won the match Japan- Cuba and the Taiwan-Australia game. , confirming the progress to the super circular The number of cases has disappeared. After that, they defeated Australia 5-2 and finally got victory.

As a result, Korea, the first winners of the 2015 Premier12, suffered the humiliation of failing to even make it past the group stage in the third tournament, after finishing second in the second tournament in in 2019.

[OSEN=타이베이(대만), 이대선 기자] The Korean national football team was once again unable to overcome the Japanese wall. the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan on the 15th. 2024.11.15 /[email protected]

The national team did not play a single starting pitcher in the four games from the match against Taiwan to the Dominican Republic. Starting with Ko Young-pyo’s 6-run ace in 2 innings against Taiwan, Kwak Bin failed to complete the 5th inning against Cuba with 4 scoreless innings, and Choi Seung-yong failed, the pioneer against Japan, to be the new Japanese killer during his. he was replaced early after allowing 2 runs in 1⅔ innings. And even Lim Chan-gyu, who was named a big game factor against the Dominican Republic on the 16th, passed the bat early by allowing 3 runs in 3 innings.

The first place in the 2024 Major 12 was taken by Chinese Taipei, who caused a major upset by defeating Japan in the final held at the Tokyo Dome on the 24th. Japan followed in 2nd place, the United States in 3rd place, and Venezuela in 4th place, Australia and Mexico tied for 7th place, the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands tied for 9th place, and Cuba and Puerto Rico tied for 11th place.

[OSEN=타이베이(대만), 이대선 기자] Nothing could save the number of cases that Korea had hoped for. Korea, who had been to the finals of two consecutive tournaments, were prevented from advancing to the grand final as Japan beat Cuba in a close game and Taiwan defeated Australia Taiwan won the ‘2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)’ held at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan on the 17th. In the 4th match of Group B in the opening round of the ‘Premier 12’ against Australia, they won 11-3 that Korea will be eliminated in the opening round regardless of the result of the match against Australia on the 18th. After the game, Taiwanese players share the joy of victory. 2024.11.17 /[email protected]

In addition to being eliminated from the preliminary round, Ryu Joong-il failed to make the ‘All-World Team’, which selects the best players for each position. Kim Do-young hit .401 2-RI (7 hits in 17 at-bats), had 3 home runs, 10 RBIs, and 4 runs scored at the third base position, but recorded a batting average of .401 2- RI (14 hits in 34 at-bats), 2 home runs, 14 RBI, and an OPS of 1.206 Matthew Shaw was defeated by America.

44-year-old Rich Hill (USA) showed his veteran skills by striking out 14 and not giving up a single run in 10⅓ innings over 3 games, and it was a pleasure to be selected as a starting pitcher for the All-World Team.

Didi Gregorius from the Netherlands was shortlisted for the All World team. Gregorius, a former major leaguer, bombed the Group A preseason with a .500 batting average (11 hits in 22 at bats), 2 home runs, 4 RBIs, and an OPS of 1.318, and was named to the All World team as the only one among the 8 countries that did not progress to the final round.

[OSEN=타이베이(대만), 이대선 기자] Ryu Joong-il, who prided himself on being in a better mood than any other national team, suffered a shock defeat in the first match of the Top 12 Group B group stage of the Korean national football team, led by coach Ryu Joong-il, against Taiwan in the group stage of the 2024 WBSC Premier 12 Group B held at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan on the 13th. 2024.11.13 /[email protected]

– ALL WORLD TEAM rosters

Starting pitcher Rich Hill (United States)

Middle Box O’Danee Mosqueda (Venezuela)

Catcher Shogo Sakakura (Japan)

First baseman Carlos J. Perez (Venezuela)

Second baseman Kaito Gojono (Japan)

Third baseman Matthew Shaw (United States)

Shortstop Didi Gregorius (Netherlands)

Outfielders Chandler Simpson (USA), Cheon Je-hsien (Taiwan), Shota Morishita (Japan)

Designated hitter Ryan Ward (United States)

[OSEN=타이베이(대만), 이대선 기자] Ryu Joong-il, who prided himself on being in a better mood than any other national team, suffered a shock defeat in the first match of the Top 12 Group B group stage of the Korean national football team, led by coach Ryu Joong-il, against Taiwan in the group stage of the 2024 WBSC Premier 12 Group B held at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan on the 13th Out on the second base, Taiwan’s Chen Jieshuen celebrates after hitting a two-run home run. 2024.11.13 /[email protected]

-Premier 12 Individual Award Winner

Batting average – Cheon Je-hsien (6.2p5.5, Taiwan)

ERA – Rich Hill (0.00, United States)

Odds – Haruto Inoue (3 wins, undefeated, Japan)

RBI – Matthew Shaw (14 RBI, USA)

Stealing Bases – Chandler Simpson (9 stolen bases, USA)

Score – Shota Morishita (13 points, Japan)

Defense Award – Chen Jie-hsien (Taiwan)

MVP – Chen Jie-hsien (Taiwan)

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