Taiwanese athletes are in bold
Saturday, Dec. 2
Women's Badminton (team league stage)
Japan 4, Taiwan 1 [corrected result]
Cheng Shao-chieh def. Mori Kaori (2-1)
Hirose Eriko def. Pai Min-jie (2-0)
Yonekura Kanako def. Chien Yu-chin (2-1)
Maeda Miyuki/Suetsuna Satoko def. Chou Chia-chi/Ku Pei-ting (2-0)
Ogura Kumiko/Shiota Reiko def. Chien Yu-chin/Cheng Wen-hsing (2-0)
South Korea 3, Taiwan 0
Hwang Hye-hon def. Cheng Shao-chieh (2-1)
Lee Yun-hwa def. Pai Min-jie (2-0)
Jun Jae-youn def. Chien Yu-chin (2-0)
Taiwan eliminated
Men's Basketball (preliminary)
Japan 85, Taiwan 75
Men's Table Tennis (semi-final)
China 3, Taiwan 0
Ma Lin def. Chuang Chih-yuan (3-1)
Wang Hao def. Wu Chih-chi (3-0)
Chen Qi def. Chiang Peng-lung (3-0)
Boxing (qualification round)
57kg
Chung Chun-an def. Bahodur Karimov (Tajikistan)(23-11)
64kg
Tsai Yao-chun def. Mabkhot Yahya Hadadi (Saudi Arabia)(42-30)
Men's Gymnastics (Artistic)
Team Final
Taiwan placed 6th of 14
Individual qualification
Huang Che-kuei (13th, qualified)
Huang Yi-hsueh (17th, qualified)
Huang Tai-i (22nd)
Chang Che-wei (66th)
Lin Hsiang-wei (68th, qualified)
Weng Shih-hang (81st)
Men's Soft Tennis (group stage)
Taiwan 2, Japan 1
Li Chia-hung/Yang Sheng-fa def. Nakahori Shigeo/Takagawa Tsuneo (5-4)
Wang Chun-yen def. Shinohara Hidenori (4-0)
Hanada Naoya/Kawamura Tatsuro def. Lin Shun-wu/Yeh Chia-lin (5-4)
Taiwan qualify for semi-final
Women's Soft Tennis
(group stage)
Japan 2, Taiwan 1
Gyokusen Harumi/Ueshima Ayumi def. Chiang Wan-chi/Yang Hui-ju (5-1)
Tsuji Miwa def. Fang Yen-ling (4-1)
Chou Chiu-ping/Lan Yi-yun def. Uehara Eri/Hamanaka Hiromi (5-3) (quarter-final)
Taiwan 2, Philippines 0
Fang Yen-ling/Lan Yi-yun def. Petrona Bantay/Divina Gracia Escala (5-3)
Chiang Wan-chi def. Belen Dante (4-0)
Women's Swimming
200m Freestyle Final
Yang Chin-kuei, placed 5th
4x100 Medley Relay Final
He Hsu-jung/Lin Man-hsu/Yang Chin-kuei/Nieh Pin-chieh placed 6th
Men's Swimming
200m Butterfly Final
Hsu Chi-chieh, placed 5th
Men's Weightlifting (56kg)
Wang Shin-yuan, placed 5th of 16
Women's Weightlifting (53kg)
Fang Hsin-tzu, placed 7th of 13
Sunday, Dec. 3
Men's Cycling Road 11am
Chen Keng-hsien placed 22nd of 46
Wu Po-hung did not finish
Women's Judo (70kg Round of 16)
Liu Shu-yun def. Munkhzaya Tsedevsuren (Mongolia)
Men's Rowing
Double Sculls Heat 2
Wang Ming-hui/Chang Chien-hsiung placed 2nd
qualified for semi-final
Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 4
Wen Kuang-cheng/Lin Yen-chen placed 1st
qualified for semi-final
Women's Rowing
Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 1
Lu Ming-chen/Liu Yu-hsin placed 3rd
qualified for repechage
Women's Four Heat 2
Tsai Chia-ying/Hsieh Li-chun/Lin Pei-yin/Yu Chen-chun placed 4th
qualified for repechage
Single Sculls Heat 2
Chiang Chieh-ju placed 2nd
qualified for semi-final
Men's Shooting
10m Air Pistol (qualification)
Wu Kuo-yang placed 21st of 54
Liao Chi-ming placed 24th of 54
Chang Yi-ning placed 30th of 54
all eliminated
Women's Shooting
10m Air Pistol (qualification)
Huang Yi-ling placed 10th of 60
Ma Yu-mei placed 16th of 60
Tsai Chia-hui placed 21st of 60
all eliminated
Women's Soft Tennis (semi-final)
South Korea 2, Taiwan 0
Min Soo-kyoung/Lee Bok-soon def. Chou Chiu-ping/Lan Yi-yun (5-3)
Kim Kyung-ryun def. Chiang Wan-chi (4-2)
(playoff for 3rd)
Taiwan 2, China 0
Chou Chiu-ping/Yang Hui-ju def. Jiang Ting/Shi Yue (5-4)
Chiang Wan-chi def. Zhao Lei (4-2)
BRONZE MEDAL
Men's Soft Tennis (semi-final)
Taiwan 2, Mongolia 0
Li Chia-hung/Yang Sheng-fa def. Temuujin
Lkhagvasuren/Bayasgalant Uchirsaikhan (5-0)
Wang Chun-yen def. Bayartogtokh Radnaabazar (4-2)
Men's Swimming
100m Butterfly Heat 3
Hsu Chi-chieh placed 3rd
qualified for final
200m Freestyle Heat 4
Tang Sheng-chieh placed 4th
eliminated
200m Freestyle Heat 5
Chen Te-tung placed 6th
eliminated
Women's Swimming
400m Individual Medley Heat 1
Lin Man-hsu placed 4th
qualified for final
4x100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2
Yang Chin-kuei/Nieh Pin-chieh/Tsai I-chuan/Lin Man-hsu placed 2nd
qualified for final
Table Tennis
Mixed Doubles Round of 32
Chuang Chih-yuan/Huang Yi-hua def. Vong Hon Weng/Wong Sio Leng (Macau)(3-0)
Ri Chol-guk/Kim Mi-yong (North Korea) def. Chiang Peng-lung/Lu Yun-feng (3-1)
Women's Volleyball (preliminary)
Taiwan 3, Vietnam 1
Men's Volleyball (preliminary)
Taiwan 3, Macau 0
Source:DAGOC
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