However, in contrast to the geographic proximity and similar baseball styles shared by Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea-the "three powerhouses" of baseball in Asia-opponents in the Olympics will come from every corner of the globe, a fact that presents clear difficulties for building a database as complete as the one used last year.
不過，比起地理位置、球風都相近的台、日、韓亞洲棒球三強，奧運對手來自全球各角落，要想建構和去年一樣完整的資料庫有一定困難。