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PRELIMINARY ROUND There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division.
Blue Division Round 1
Game 1, 20 September Game 6, 20 September Round 2
Game 2, 22 September Game 5, 22 September Round 3
Game 3, 24 September Game 4, 24 September White Division Round 1
Game 1, 19 September Game 6, 19 September Round 2
Game 2, 23 September Game 5, 23 September Round 3
Game 3, 25 September Game 4, 25 September SEMIFINALS The semifinals pitted the first place team of each division against the second place team of the other division. Thus, Japan (3-0) played against Korea (2-1), which had a tied record with the United States (2-1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first place Americans played against Puerto Rico (2-1). Game 1, 26 September Game 2, 26 September THIRD PLACE FINAL The third place final pitted the losers of the semifinals against each, with the winner taking third place and the loser taking fourth. 7 August FIRST PLACE FINAL The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place. In a rematch of the 1984 final, the reigning champion Japanese team lost to the United States. Since baseball was a demonstration sport, medals ''were'' awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals). 7 August REFERENCES
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