Japan has won the baseball tournament at the 2017 Universiade in Taipei City.

They defeated the United States 10-0 in a one-sided Gold Medal Game. Japan led already 7-0 after two innings and never looked back. The US batters managed three hits overall against Masato Morishita, Hiromasa Saito and Daiki Sakamoto.

The Czech Republic, which had lost their semifinal 4-8 against the United States, finished in fourth place after losing 2-6 to Korea in the Bronze Medal Game. Russia claimed sixth place after a 1-7 loss to Chinese Taipei. France finished in seventh place after an 11-5 victory over Mexico.

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