Qualifiers for the next World Baseball Classic tournament will be held in Taipei, where Taiwan's national men's team will compete against Spain, South Africa and Nicaragua.
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00:00Taiwan and the U.S. will be hosting the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers this year.
00:04The event comes after Taiwan claimed championship at the WBSE Premier Top Baseball Tournament
00:08in Japan in 2024.
00:11With that achievement under Taiwan's belt, there are high expectations for the national
00:14team which competes under the name Chinese Taipei.
00:17Well, there's so much momentum from team Chinese Taipei after their great showing in
00:23the Premier 12.
00:24So, we think that they're going to be ready to go.
00:26We think that there's so much on the line to make it into the main tournament that
00:31Chinese Taipei will be ready to play.
00:33But they've got to be ready to play because those three other teams are going to be very
00:38formidable.
00:39So, it'll be tough, but we expect them to play really well.
00:42Why is it going to be so challenging?
00:44Because unlike the Premier 12, professional Major League players can take part in the
00:48Classic.
00:49In the first round, Team Taiwan will face off against South Africa, Spain and Nicaragua.
00:54The team will start training in February and will have more matches against a team
00:57from South Korea at Taipei Dome to make sure the athletes are in peak condition for the
01:01World Baseball Classic qualifiers.
01:03Chris Ma and Sunny Chi for Taiwan Plus.