China has declined to participate in the Tokyo Olympics "final qualifying" for baseball, which is scheduled to be held in Taiwan next month.
This was announced by the WBSC = World Baseball Softball Confederation.
The "final qualifying" for the final qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics will be held in Taiwan from the 16th to the 20th of next month, and will start in Taiwan, China, Australia and the Netherlands from the 31st of this month. A total of 6 teams were scheduled to participate, including the 2nd and 3rd place teams who missed the right to participate.
However, as China declined to participate, the WBSC announced that it would play the final qualifying with the remaining five teams.
The reason for declining has not been clarified.
In addition to Japan, the host country, Israel, who won the European and African qualifying rounds in September, and South Korea, who finished second in the "Premier 12" in November, and Mexico, who finished third, are eligible to participate in baseball at the Tokyo Olympics. Has won.