Live video feeds can also be found at the LIVE IBAF site.

First Round Schedule

Gm	Date	Time	Venue	Pool	Home	Score	Visitor	IBAF PDF
1	10/1	19:30	Rod Carew	1	Panama	8 - 3	Greece	PDF
2	10/2	14:00	Rod Carew	1	Puerto Rico	1 - 9	Canada	PDF
3		14:00	Remon Cantera	1	Netherlands	2 - 1	Chinese Taipei
4		14:00	Rico Cedeno	2	Australia	0 - 14	Cuba
5		14:00	Omar Torrijos	2	Germany	4 - 5	Nicaragua
6		19:30	Rod Carew	1	Japan	0 - 0*	U.S.A.
7		19:30	Rico Cedeno	2	Venezuela	5 - 4	South Korea
8		19:30	Omar Torrijos	2	Dominican Republic	7 - 0	Italy
9	10/3	14:00	Rod Carew	1	Canada	3 - 1	Japan	PDF
10		14:00	Remon Cantera	1	Netherlands	19 - 0	Greece
11		14:00	Rico Cedeno	2	Cuba	0 - 3	Dominican Republic
12		14:00	Omar Torrijos	2	Italy	7 - 0	Australia
13		19:30	Rod Carew	1	U.S.A.	4-8	Puerto Rico
14		19:30	Remon Cantera	1	Chinese Taipei	8-14	Panama
15		19:30	Rico Cedeno	2	South Korea	6-5	Germany
16		19:30	Omar Torrijos	2	Nicaragua	2-5	Venezuela
17	10/4	14:00	Rod Carew	1	Japan	2-5	Netherlands	PDF
18		14:00	Remon Cantera	1	Greece	2-12	Canada
19		14:00	Rico Cedeno	2	Italy	6-3	Nicaragua
20		14:00	Omar Torrijos	2	Germany	2-13	Dominican Republic
21		19:30	Rod Carew	1	Panama	4-2	Puerto Rico
22		19:30	Remon Cantera	1	Chinese Taipei	1-15	U.S.A.
23		19:30	Rico Cedeno	2	South Korea	8-0	Australia
24		19:30	Omar Torrijos	2	Cuba	14-2	Venezuela
6	10/5	17:00	Rod Carew	1	Japan	3-7	U.S.A.	PDF
25	10/6	14:00	Rod Carew	1	Netherlands	5-0	Puerto Rico	PDF
26		14:00	Remon Cantera	1	U.S.A.	3-0	Greece
27		14:00	Rico Cedeno	2	Nicaragua	3-4	Australia
28		14:00	Omar Torrijos	2	Venezuela	6-3	Dominican Republic
29		19:30	Rod Carew	1	Japan	2-6	Panama
30		19:30	Remon Cantera	1	Canada	4-0	Chinese Taipei
31		19:30	Rico Cedeno	2	Italy	7-2	Germany
32		19:30	Omar Torrijos	2	Cuba	4-1	South Korea
33	10/7	14:00	Rod Carew	1	Japan	3-1	Chinese Taipei	PDF
34		14:00	Remon Cantera	1	Puerto Rico	10-1	Greece
35		14:00	Rico Cedeno	2	Germany	5-10	Venezuela
36		14:00	Omar Torrijos	2	Dominican Republic	9-11	Australia
37		19:30	Rod Carew	1	Canada	3-12	Panama
38		19:30	Remon Cantera	1	U.S.A.	5-7	Netherlands
39		19:30	Rico Cedeno	2	Italy	1-5	Cuba
40		19:30	Omar Torrijos	2	South Korea	6-4	Nicaragua
41	10/8	14:00	Rod Carew	1	Netherlands	4-5	Canada	PDF
42		14:00	Remon Cantera	1	Greece	0-0*	Chinese Taipei
43		14:00	Rico Cedeno	2	Australia	15-0	Venezuela
44		14:00	Omar Torrijos	2	Cuba	8-2	Germany
45		19:30	Rod Carew	1	Panama	0-0*	U.S.A.
46		19:30	Remon Cantera	1	Puerto Rico	6-0	Japan
47		19:30	Rico Cedeno	2	South Korea	4-0	Italy
48		19:30	Omar Torrijos	2	Dominican Republic	16-1	Nicaragua
49	10/9	14:00	Rod Carew	1	U.S.A.	1-6	Canada	PDF
50		14:00	Remon Cantera	1	Greece	4-9	Japan
51		14:00	Rico Cedeno	2	Australia	9-6	Germany
52		14:00	Omar Torrijos	2	Venezuela	7-6	Italy
53		19:30	Rod Carew	1	Panama	3-7	Netherlands
54		19:30	Remon Cantera	1	Chinese Taipei	3-1	Puerto Rico
55		19:30	Rico Cedeno	2	Dominican Republic	4-5	South Korea
56		19:30	Omar Torrijos	2	Nicaragua	0-6	Cuba
42	10/10	10:00	Remon Cantera	1	U.S.A.	0-15	Chinese Taipei	PDF
45		14:00	Rod Carew	1	Panama	0-5	U.S.A.

* Games that were rained out.

NOTE: All links to external sources.

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Standings

Group 1

Pos	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Canada	7	6	1	.857
2	Netherlands	7	6	1	.857
3	Panama	7	5	2	.714
4	U.S.A.	7	4	3	.571
5	Puerto Rico	7	3	4	.429
6	Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	.286
7	Japan	7	2	5	.286
8	Greece	7	0	7	.000

Group 2

Pos	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Cuba	7	7	0	1.000
2	Venezuela	7	5	2	.714
3	South Korea	7	5	2	.714
4	Australia	7	4	3	.571
5	Italy	7	3	4	.429
6	Dominican Republic	7	3	4	.429
7	Nicaragua	7	1	6	.143
8	Germany	7	0	7	.000

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October 2

Rained out

IBAF: USA, Japan make up Rainout on Wednesday

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October 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	0
Canada	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	x	3	6	2

IBAF: Canada edges out Japan at Rod Carew Stadium

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October 4

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	3

IBAF: Netherlands moves to 3-0 against Japan

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October 5

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
U.S.A.	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	7	14	0
Japan	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	0

IBAF: USA beats Japan in Rainout Make-Up

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October 6

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Panama	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	10	1
Japan	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0

IBAF: Japan cannot stop Panama

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October 7

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Japan	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	x	3	5	1

IBAF: Japan wins Pitcher's Duel for first "W"

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October 8

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Puerto Rico	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	x	6	11	1

IBAF: Puerto Rico shut out Japan for easy Win

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October 9

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	3	9	12	1
Greece	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	8	3

IBAF: Kaida leads Japan to victory over Greece

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Second Round Schedule

Gm	Date	Time	Venue	Pool	Home	Score	Visitor	IBAF PDF
57	10/11	19:30	Omar Torrijos	3	Cuba	8-7	U.S.A.	PDF
58		14:00	Rico Cedeno	3	Netherlands	5-1	South Korea
59		19:30	Rico Cedeno	3	Venezuela	4-11	Panama
60		14:00	Omar Torrijos	3	Canada	0-7	Australia
61	10/12	14:00	Rico Cedeno	3	Venezuela	0-0*	U.S.A.	PDF
62		14:00	Omar Torrijos	3	Netherlands	1-1+	Australia
63		19:30	Omar Torrijos	3	Cuba	0-0*	Panama
64		19:30	Rico Cedeno	3	Canada	0-0*	South Korea
65	10/13	19:30	Rod Carew	3	South Korea		Panama
66		15:00	Rod Carew	3	Canada		Venezuela
67		14:00	Remon Cantera	3	U.S.A.		Australia
68		19:30	Remon Cantera	3	Cuba		Netherlands
66	10/13	11:00	Remon Cantera	3	Canada	7-0#	Venezuela	PDF
64		15:30	Remon Cantera	3	Canada	4-0#	South Korea
65		19:30	Remon Cantera	3	Panama	4-5#	South Korea
67		12:00	Omar Torrijos	3	U.S.A.	2-1#	Australia
62		15:30	Omar Torrijos	3	Netherlands	2-1#	Australia
68		19:30	Omar Torrijos	3	Cuba	1-4#	Netherlands
69	10/14	19:30	Remon Cantera	3	South Korea		U.S.A.
70		14:00	Remon Cantera	3	Netherlands		Venezuela
71		19:30	Rod Carew	3	Panama		Australia
72		14:00	Rod Carew	3	Canada		Cuba
69	10/14	11:00	Remon Cantera	3	South Korea	1-3#	U.S.A.	PDF
61		15:30	Remon Cantera	3	Venezuela	4-7#	U.S.A.
70		19:30	Remon Cantera	3	Venezuela	2-12#	Netherlands
71		11:00	Rod Carew	3	Panama	4-5#	Australia
72		15:30	Rod Carew	3	Canada	2-8#	Cuba
63		19:30	Rod Carew	3	Cuba	7-2#	Panama

* Games that were rained out.

+ Games that were suspended.

# 7-inning games.

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Standings

Group 3

Pos	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Netherlands	7	6	1	.857
2	Cuba	7	6	1	.857
3	Canada	7	4	3	.571
4	U.S.A.	7	4	3	.571
5	Australia	7	3	4	.429
6	South Korea	7	2	5	.286
7	Panama	7	2	5	.286
8	Venezuela	7	1	6	.143

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Third Round Schedule

Date	Time	Venue	Home	Score	Visitor	IBAF PDF
10/15	11:00	Remon Cantera	Panama	3-8$	Venezuela
	11:00	Omar Torrijos	Australia	3-2#	South Korea
	11:00	Rod Carew	Canada	+	U.S.A.
	17:00	Rod Carew	Netherlands	2-1*	Cuba

$ Game for 7th

# Game for 5th

+ Game for 3rd; Canceled due to weather.

* Championship Game

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Individual Awards

Leading Batter: Rusney Castillo (CUB)
Pitcher Best ERA: Tom Stuifbergen (NED)
Pitcher Best W-L Average: Miguel Lahera (CUB)
Most Runs Batted In: Curt Smith (NED)
Most Home Runs: Wuilliuans Vasquez (VEN)
Most Stolen Bases: Jordan Danks (USA)
Most Runs Scored: Jose Macias (PAN)
Outstanding Defensive Player: Yuliesky Gourriel (CUB)
Most Valuable Player: Curt Smith (NED)

All-Star Team

Starting Pitcher: Hyoun Taek Oh (KOR)
Relief Pitcher: Yadier Pedroso (CUB)
Catcher: Damaso Espino (PAN)
First Baseman: Jose Abreu (CUB)
Second Baseman: Joe Thurston (USA)
Third Baseman: Chang Min Mo (KOR)
Shortstop: Jonathan Malo (CAN)
Outfielder: Rusney Castillo CUB)
Outfielder: Tom Brice (AUS)
Outfielder: Conception Rodriguez (PAN)
Designated Hitter: Fernando Seguinol (PAN)

Rosters for the 39th Baseball World Cup (Panama, October) were announced on Friday (9/9).

Japan National Team

Pos	Name (JPN)	Name (ENG)	From	T	B	Ht （cm）	Wt （kg）
P	川満寛弥	Kawamitsu, Hiroya	Kyushu Kyoritsu Univeristy	L	L	186	71
P	海田智行	Kaida, Tomoyuki	Nihon Seimei	L	L	179	80
P	十亀剣	Togame, Ken	JR Higashi Nihon	R	R	183	82
P	宇田川雄一郎	Utagawa, Yuichiro	Mitsubishi Okazaki	L	L	184	80
P	山中浩史	Yamanaka, Hirofumi	Honda Kumamoto	R	R	178	76
P	濱野雅慎	Hamano, Masamitsu	JR Kyushu	R	R	184	85
P	藤田卓史	Fujita, Takashi	Toshiba	R	R	182	70
P	小高幸一	Kotaka, Koichi	Saginomiya Seisakusho	R	R	177	70
P	田中篤史	Tanaka, Atsushi	Panasonic	L	L	182	84
P	三橋尚文	Mitsuhashi, Naobumi	JFE Higashi Nihon	R	R	185	81
C	中野滋樹	Nakano, Shigeki	JR Kyushu	R	R	177	80
C	松田孝仁	Matsuda, Takahito	Tokyo Gas	R	R	177	85
INF	安藤了一	Adachi, Ryoichi	Toshiba	R	R	178	75
INF	川戸洋平	Kawato, Yohei	Honda	R	L	183	85
INF	的場寛一	Matoba, Kanichi	Toyota	R	R	180	78
INF	小林崇人	Kobayashi, Takato	Mitsubishi Okazaki	R	R	180	84
INF	多端雄一	Tabata, Yuichi	Honda	R	R	172	78
INF	横山憲一	Yokoyama, Kenichi	Mitsubishi Juko Kobe	R	R	180	80
INF	坂上真世	Sakagami, Mayo	Mitsubishi Juko Yokohama	R	L	172	67
OF	川端崇義	Kawabata, Takayoshi	JR Higashi Nihon	R	R	176	80
OF	小手川喜常	Kotegawa, Yoshinobu	Honda	R	L	171	76
OF	池辺啓二	Ikebe, Keiji	JX-ENEOS	L	L	180	80
OF	北道貢	Kitamichi, Mitsugu	NTT Higashi Nihon	R	L	173	75
OF	林稔幸	Hayashi, Toshiyuki	Fuji Juko	R	R	180	78

The Baseball Federation of Japan met today and formally decided that Hirotami Kojima will manage the national team at the 2011 IBAF World Cup in Panama later this year (10/2 - 10/15).

The media learned today that Hirotami Kojima will likely be tabbed to manage Japan at this year's IBAF World Cup Tournament (in Panama).

The Baseball Federation Japan's vice president, Yoshinobu Suzuki, is expected to visit Kojima some time tomorrow at the Nagasaki prefectural government offices (Kojima was transferred to Nagasaki prefecture's environmental department in April).

The Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ) has submitted a request to the NPB today, asking for their assistance, should they need it when filling out their rosters for the 2011 Baseball World Cup.

The Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ) met today and decided that the national team they'll be sending to the 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup in Panama will be made up primarily of amateur players.  The group will decide on how to select players for the team, in addition to the training schedule, during their next meeting in late April.

The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) held an executive committee meeting in Havana, Cuba on Saturday.  A number of media outlets (like Sponichi, Yomiuri) have learned that the MLB has agreed to provide the IBAF with financial support.

According to the report filed by Yomiuri, the IBAF can no longer receive subsidiary aid from the IOC since baseball is no longer an Olympic sport.  That in turn has placed large financial strain on the IBAF.  The MLB has stepped in and offered to provide financial support over the next 3 years (2011 - 2013).  While the terms or amount have not yet been decided, it seems the MLB has suggested receiving rights to host some IBAF tournaments in exchange for the support.

The IBAF also announced today that Panama will host the 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup.  16 teams will compete in the tournament that will begin at the end of September and end in early October.  Panama City will be the primary venue for the tournament while Aguadulce, Cocle; Santiago, Veragues; and Chitre, Herrera will host Pool B games.

For those keeping track, Japan's bid at the 2009 Baseball World Cup ended as they finished out the second round with a 2-5 record.

You can find more information about the series at my 2009 Baseball World Cup - Japan's Progress post, as well as the official website for the 2009 Baseball World Cup.

I've been meaning to post an update on this, but I kept pushing it off to another day.

Here are the results for Japan:

First Round

September 10th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	9	12	1
Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	7	11	3

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 11th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Croatia	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	x	x	3	3	0
Japan	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	x	x	13	13	1

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 12th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nicaragua	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	11	2
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	9	0

Box Score - Play-by-Play

Pool B Standings

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Nicaragua	3	3	0	1.000	--
Japan	3	2	1	.667	1
Great Britain	3	1	2	.333	2
Croatia	3	0	3	.000	3

Japan Team Totals for the First Round

Batting

	BA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	GIDP	OBP	SF	SH	SB-ATT	PO	A	E	FPCT
Totals	.333	3	102	26	34	5	2	4	24	55	.539	14	5	11	2	.434	1	4	3-4	75	18	2	.979
Opponents	.243	3	103	18	25	2	0	6	17	45	.437	8	1	42	0	.304	0	0	0-0	74	39	5	.958

Pitching

	ERA	W-L	G	CG	ShO	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	2B	3B	HR	AB	BA	WP	HBP	BK	SFA	SHA
Totals	6.48	2-1	3	0	0/0	0	25.0	25	18	18	8	42	2	0	6	103	.243	4	1	0	0	0
Opponents	9.12	1-2	3	0	0/0	0	24.2	34	26	25	14	11	5	2	4	102	.333	2	5	0	1	4

And it look like Chono is doing pretty well for himself:

	BA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	GIDP	OBP	SF	SH	SB-ATT	PO	A	E	FPCT
CHONO Hisayoshi	.429	3	14	4	6	1	1	0	2	9	.643	0	0	3	0	.429	0	0	1-1	5	0	0	1.000

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Second Round

September 13th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	8	2
Japan	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	x	9	13	1

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 15th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	0
United States	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	x	4	4	1

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 16th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 17th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	2
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 18th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12	0
Italy	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	x	6	6	2

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 19th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	5	12	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	0	6	0

Box Score - Play-by-Play

September 20th

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands Antilles	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
Japan	1	0	3	1	2	3	0	0	x	10	12	0

Box Score - Play-by-Play

Pool G Standings

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
USA	7	7	0	1.000	--
Australia	7	5	2	.714	2
Canada	7	5	2	.714	2
Chinese Taipei	7	5	2	.714	2
Japan	7	2	5	.286	5
Italy	7	2	5	.286	5
Mexico	7	2	5	.286	5
Netherlands Antilles	7	0	7	.000	7

Batting

	BA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	GIDP	OBP	SF	SH	SB-ATT	PO	A	E	FPCT
Totals	.269	7	238	28	64	11	2	3	27	88	.370	23	3	40	5	.341	0	10	3-5	190	62	3	.988
Opponents	.191	7	220	25	42	10	0	6	24	70	.318	17	1	78	1	.250	2	7	3-5	192	93	9	.969

Pitching

	ERA	W-L	G	CG	ShO	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	2B	3B	HR	AB	BA	WP	HBP	BK	SFA	SHA
Totals	2.98	2-5	7	0	0/0	1	63.1	42	25	21	17	78	10	0	6	220	.191	2	1	0	2	7
Opponents	2.81	5-2	7	1	1/1	2	64.0	64	28	20	23	40	11	2	3	238	.269	4	3	1	0	10

So that's it for Japan.  They get eliminated from the third round as their march to the World Cup ends.

Here is the roster that Japan will be using at the 2009 Baseball World Cup.

Managers / Coaches

Uni	Pos	Name	Affiliation
30	Manager	Yasuhiko Sugimoto	Nippon Express
31	Coach	Hirotami Kojima	Mitsubishi
32	Coach	Yasunari Takami	Toshiba
33	Coach	Tetsuya Horii	JR Higashi Nihon
	Trainer	Kanehiro Shibata	Sports Program
	Trainer	Kenichi Suzuki	Nippon Express

Players

Uni	Pos	Name	Affiliation
11	P	Hirofumi Yamanaka	Honda Kumamoto
13	P	Atsushi Tanaka	Panasonic
14	P	Takashi Saito	JR Higashi Nihon
15	P	Toru Anan	Nippon Express
16	P	Yosuke Okamoto	Yamaha
17	P	Hirotoshi Masui	Toshiba
18	P	Tomohisa Ohtani	Toyota
19	P	Hiroyuki Kamegawa	Mitsubishi Yokohama
20	P	Eiichi Hirai	Fuji Heavy Industries
21	P	Motoki Higa	Hitachi
23	C	Ryo Saeki	Honda
24	C	Kenji Suzuki	Nippon Express
27	C	Go Yamaoka	ENEOS
4	INF	Ken Kume	Mitsubishi Nagasaki
5	INF	Komei Sawamura	Nippon Express
6	INF	Shiro Mori	Panasonic
7	INF	Kentaro Miyazawa	ENEOS
8	INF	Tsutomu Sasaki	Mitsubishi Yokohama
9	INF	Kenichi Yokoyama	Mitsubishi Kobe
1	OF	Hisayoshi Chono	Honda
3	OF	Yoshinobu Kotegawa	Honda
10	OF	Keiji Ikebe	ENEOS
28	OF	Ikuhiro Kiyota	NTT Higashi Nihon
29	OF	Sho Aranami	Toyota