Game On Taiwan - 2025 Year in Review
Game On Taiwan’s 2025 Year in Review counts down 10 moments that show how hard this island played all year long. It opens on baseball: a World Baseball Classic Qualifier redemption win at Taipei Dome that secured a home berth for 2026, Tung Yuan Little League’s 7 to 0 shutout of Nevada to end a 29 year wait for a Little League World Series crown, and a statement CPBL season with crowds above 3.7 million as the Rakuten Monkeys finished an underdog run with a 9 to 7 extra innings clincher over the CTBC Brothers. The story then widens to a loaded multi sport calendar. Chinese Taipei’s women’s 500 kilogram tug of war team completes a World Games 6 peat, student athletes collect 5 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze at the Rhine Ruhr World University Games with the men’s table tennis team cutting short China’s 7 title streak, while the World Masters Games bring more than 25,000 athletes to Taipei. An under 15 Asian Baseball title defence in Tainan and a Deaflympics women’s bowling gold in Tokyo round out a year where Taiwan colours were everywhere. The final act shows how 2025 reshaped the landscape behind those results: TPBL champions New Taipei Kings, Plus League winners Taoyuan Pilots, NCCU’s UBA 5 peat and roaring HBL crowds reveal a full basketball pipeline, a new Ministry of Sports under Olympic champion Lee Yang pulls sport into cabinet, and emotional farewells from Jeremy Lin and Tai Tzu-ying close an era. 2025 stands as a statement season, with Taiwan sports hitting 2026 at full speed.
