The Asian Games occurred late last month. Seven of the eight teams had a talent-level good enough to have it count for them in the Continuum Rankings (Korea, for example, sent KBO players, while Taipei sent players from the Affiliated Minors. The one team that didn’t qualify for Continuum Rankings was Japan, which sent amateurs and semi-pros, which isn’t enough to count). Korea won.

Now, despite all of this, there wasn’t too much movement. While Taipei lost a small amount of points and Korea gained over 19 points, those weren’t enough to cause any changes in the top 10. Instead, there were minor changes down the board, with China and Germany flip-flopping, South Africa and Hong Kong doing the same, and Finland and Mongolia switching places down near the bottom.

Anyway, look below the jump for the full rankings.

 

BASEBALL CONTINUUM RANKINGS AS OF OCTOBER 20 AFTER 2014 ASIAN GAMES (previous placement noted in parenthesis when different):

1.USA 356.072998689

2.Japan 340.60430423

3.Dominican Republic 297.07461146878

4.Cuba 291.78644987379

5. Netherlands 275.75503976547

6.Taipei 261.97398601937

7.Puerto Rico 237.35020806575

8.Canada 221.291148645
9. Korea 220.35663715622

10.Venezuela 194.26866525288

11. Italy 170.70692129221

12.Mexico 138.28743278

13.Panama 123.568362

14.Australia 82.3756337603

15.Colombia 60.4698693683

16.Brazil 59.8168005729

17. Spain 48.403297343138

18.Nicaragua 39.4041924339

19.China 0.62170545744473 (20)

20. Germany -0.028543438214717 (19)

21.Pakistan -40.511528387498

22.Argentina -49.5976341618

23.Philippines -60.1831994271

24.Thailand -98.244139529408

25. Czech Republic -105.10378912265

26.Israel -106.31847810509

27.Great Britain -124.8770136378

28.New Zealand -150.690146917

29.Sri Lanka -183.131130568

30. France -188.29700056625

31.South Africa -191.112252876 (32)

32.Hong Kong -203.89484741574 (31)

33.Afghanistan -244.125590861

34. Russia -263.79406777846

35.Indonesia -264.99396798

36.Austria -295.190503818

37.Ukraine -310.387960257

38. Croatia -324.45557142313

39.Guam -329.861338136

40.Nepal -353.138578515

41.Bulgaria -357.622894242

42.Lithuania -380.098754586

43.Switzerland -392.468931222

44.Slovakia -406.776541519

45.Poland -420.869348451

46.Belarus -432.207739417

47. Slovenia -437.37168583471

48.Ireland -443.88628955372

49.Romania -458.21222918015

50. Belgium -469.10088300531

51.Finland -484.05281749415 (52)

52.Mongolia -488.30181330038 (51)

53.Latvia -499.05281749415

54.Hungary -513.21222918015

55. Sweden -518.97693608065

56.Norway -529.89345315788

57.Greece -530.85145334835