[DiaryPoint = Reporter Eom Ju-yong] South Korea’s national baseball team will play Taiwan at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14 in its final preliminary-round game of the 2026 Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC). After losing 5–9 to Japan on Nov. 13, South Korea is 0–2 and needs both a win over Taiwan and a Japan win over Australia.
Japan faces Australia at noon on Nov. 14. A Japanese win would clinch first place with a 3–0 record. If South Korea also beats Taiwan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia would each finish 1–2, leaving the remaining spot in the final to be decided by TQB.
TQB is a measure calculated by dividing runs scored and allowed by innings played. The APBC’s standings rules say ties in winning percentage are broken in this order: TQB, ER-TQB and team batting average. So even a win over Taiwan would not guarantee South Korea a place in the final; the results and tiebreaker figures for all three teams would count.
If Japan loses to Australia, Australia would finish 2–1. Even with a win over Taiwan, South Korea could finish no better than 1–2 and could not pass Australia to reach the final. If Taiwan wins, it would move to 2–1 and be in a strong position to advance, while South Korea would end the preliminary round 0–3.
All games in the tournament will be televised live on KBSN Sports, MBC Sports Plus, SBS Sports and SPOTV, and will also be available on TVING. Select South Korea games will be shown live in CGV theaters.
The top two teams in the preliminary round will play in the final at Tokyo Dome at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15. The third- and fourth-place teams will meet in the third-place game at 11 a.m. that day. South Korea’s final preliminary-round result and the Japan–Australia game will determine the standings.