The second and third place teams will advance to the final 2008 Olympic qualifier, which was also hosted by Taiwan in March 2008.
The B level teams are Hong Kong (IBAF Asian Cup Champion 2006), Thailand, Philippines and Pakistan.
In the tournament, teams were obliged to submit a starting players table 1 hour before a game begin.
Managers have made a consensus to change players if unexpected injuries were happen, which are commonly accepted in the international baseball games.
After the game was over, which resulted a Japanese win, Hoshino made comments critical of South Korean acts as ungentlemanly conduct.