Problems started with recruitment. The Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (which oversees the national team and all other amateur baseball in Taiwan) and the Chinese Professional Baseball League (the island's pro league), could not work together, and two CPBL teams refused outright to release any players to the national team.
這次經典賽因為球員徵召等問題，國內兩大主要棒球領導單位──棒協和中華職棒聯盟──意見分歧，國內職棒球星徵召困難，加上旅外球員礙於中華隊素質不齊而紛紛退賽，倉促成軍的結果，中華隊實已未戰先敗。