Is the disqualification of Little Baseball a mistake?

¿Is the disqualification of Little Baseball a mistake? It was an organized cheating blinded by victory"... The Little Baseball League [Chunchu Ama Baseball], which has fallen from a symbol of competence to a pronoun of incompetence

South Korea's Seoul A team beat Taiwan 2-1 in the final of the Asia-Pacific & Middle East tournament on June 26

Korea Little Baseball failed to advance to the final of the '2023 Little Baseball World Series'."

This is because Korea's under-12 baseball team was disqualified from the finals even after winning the Asia-Pacific & Middle East regional tournament. The reason for disqualification was found to be "illegal player use." 스포츠토토

In the baseball world, it is said that it is a scene that clearly shows how much the Korea Little Baseball Federation, which was said to be the most competent and competent in the Korean sports world, has fallen since one chairman was changed.

"Korean Little Baseball's 'illegal player' was caught, and he lost his qualification to advance to the Series."

The opening ceremony of the 2023 World Little Baseball Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regional Competition (photo = Korea Little Baseball Federation)
The "Little Baseball World Series" is held annually in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Korea Little Baseball won three tournaments in 1984, 1985, and 2014.

Let's turn the clock. The 2023 World Little Baseball Asia-Pacific regional tournament was held at Hwaseong Dream Park in Gyeonggi Province from June 20 to 26. Seoul's A team, which represents Korea, beat Taiwan's Guisan team 2-1 in the final on the 26th to qualify for the Little Baseball World Series finals.

However, the Korean A team did not fully enjoy the joy of winning. Five days after winning the championship, he lost both the championship and the Little Baseball World Series final. As a result, Taiwan, which lost to the Korean A team, will head to "William Sports" as the winner of the Asia-Pacific. Then, why was Team A frustrated with their dream of going to Williamsport.

The Little Baseball World Series Secretariat officially announced on its website on the 1st (Korea Standard Time) that "South Seoul's A team mobilized ineligible players to forfeit all games.""

The problem of illegal athletes began at the Asia-Pacific regional competition in Korea. Two South Seoul B team players, who were eliminated from the domestic preliminary round in April, joined the South Seoul A team in the Asia-Pacific regional preliminary round.

Taiwan, which finished second in the Asia-Pacific & Middle East regional tournament, saw this and protested to the Little Baseball World Series Secretariat. The Little Baseball World Series Secretariat accepted Taiwan's protest, saying, "We confirmed that two South Seoul B team players participated in the Asia-Pacific & Middle East regional tournament.""

The Korea Little Baseball Federation issued an apology on the same day. In an apology, the federation said, "There was a difference in voter interpretation in the process of selecting a substitute due to the injury of South Seoul A, the winner of the domestic preliminary round."

"When selecting players, we used the rulebook of the World Little Baseball Federation as the basis for the judgment that 'you can become a local representative when you meet one of your schools or residences.' But the World Federation's judgment was different. "A player who participated in the preliminary round cannot play as a player from another team," he said. "The original team comes first." This is the story of the federation.

The federation said, "I'm sorry to have troubled you. "I will do my best to console the student players and their families who didn't make it to the Little Baseball World Series," he said. "I will do my best to prevent a recurrence."

Little baseball circles point out, "It was an expedient because I was blind to winning."

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Yoo Seung-an, chairman of the Korea Little Baseball Federation, said at the Sports Spring and Autumn Hall, "I was not involved in the process from the beginning because it could be misunderstood when selecting players. There were injured players on the existing team, and there was only common sense that "a good player should be selected" in the process of selecting additional players, he said as follows.

"The children were badly damaged by the adults' fault. I keep looking for ways to help student athletes. Various discussions are under way accordingly. It's hard to tell you right away until it's confirmed."

Kim Hong-jip, head coach of the Bupyeong Little Baseball Team, who headed the technical committee at the time of selecting players, also said, "We have to take responsibility for the problem," adding, "This is why all technical committee members have expressed their intention to resign."