Taiwan won the gold medal for the first time in 27 years at the 2010 IBAF World Junior Baseball Championship in Canada's Thunder Bay Sunday after defeating Australia 8-4. The last time Taiwan won the championship was in 1983. In subsequent years, it finished in second place eight times and third place six times. Taiwan hosted the tournament in 1999 and in 2004. In the first inning of Sunday's game, Taiwan took a 1-0 lead with two hits and the help of Australian errors. Australia evened the game at 1-1 in the third inning, and then hit a home run in the fourth to lead 1-4. Taiwan added a point in the fourth inning and retook the lead in the fifth, with Yang Hung-sheng scoring and then a home run from Lin Chia-ching that gave Taiwan a 6-4 lead. In the sixth inning, a double from Lin Tzu-wei led to another two points for Taiwan, who held the lead at 8-4 for the remaining three innings. South Korea were champions of the IBAF games in 2008 and 2009. 