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2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup

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2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup
Tournament details
CountryHong Kong
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21 May – 1 June
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Japan (3rd title)
Runner-up Chinese Taipei
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Hong Kong
← 2019
2025 →

The 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup is the third edition of the Women's Baseball Asian Cup.

Held from 21 May to 1 June 2023 in Hong Kong, the tournament serves as the Asian qualifiers for the 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup.[1][2] Three berths are to be contested.[3]

Teams

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Six teams directly qualified for the opening round, and were joined by top two teams from the qualifier round.[1]

Opening round Qualifier round

Qualifier round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Indonesia 3 3 0 54 7 +47 1.000 Advance to opening round
2  Pakistan 3 2 1 40 12 +28 .667 1
3  Hong Kong (H) 3 1 2 23 49 −26 .333 2 Advance to opening round as hosts
4  Sri Lanka 3 0 3 17 66 −49 .000 3
Source: BFA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Teams quality balance; 4) Earned runs team's quality balance; 5) Head to head highest batting average; 6) Coin toss[4]
(H) Hosts
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
21 May 13:30 Sri Lanka  3–24  Indonesia 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:16 55 Report
21 May 17:00 Pakistan  16–1  Hong Kong 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:11 100 Report
22 May 10:00 Pakistan  22–3  Sri Lanka 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:19 20 Report
22 May 13:30 Indonesia  22–2  Hong Kong 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:56 19 Report
23 May 10:00 Indonesia  8–2  Pakistan 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:32 30 Report
23 May 13:30 Hong Kong  20–11  Sri Lanka 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 3:20 36 Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 28 8 +20 1.000 Advance to opening round
2  Thailand 2 1 1 19 12 +7 .500 1
3  Malaysia 2 0 2 3 30 −27 .000 2
Source: BFA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Teams quality balance; 4) Earned runs team's quality balance; 5) Head to head highest batting average; 6) Coin toss[4]
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
21 May 10:00 Thailand  8–9  India 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 3:04 30 Report
22 May 17:00 Malaysia  3–11  Thailand 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 3:01 30 Report
23 May 17:00 India  19–0  Malaysia 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:13 10 Report

Opening round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 53 0 +53 1.000 Advance to super round
2  Hong Kong (H) 3 2 1 32 32 0 .667 1
3  China 3 1 2 15 47 −32 .333 2 Advance to classification round
4  India 3 0 3 11 32 −21 .000 3
Source: WBSC Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Teams quality balance; 4) Earned runs team's quality balance; 5) Head to head highest batting average; 6) Coin toss[4]
(H) Hosts
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
26 May 14:00 China  0–23  Chinese Taipei 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:59 100 Report
26 May 18:00 India  7–12  Hong Kong 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:49 80 Report
27 May 15:00 Hong Kong  20–6  China 6 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:45 100 Report
27 May 18:00 Chinese Taipei  11–0  India 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:30 70 Report
28 May 12:00 Hong Kong  0–19  Chinese Taipei 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:39 88 Report
28 May 18:00 India  4–9  China 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:54 36 Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 44 1 +43 1.000 Advance to super round
2  South Korea 3 2 1 30 18 +12 .667 1
3  Philippines 3 1 2 17 17 0 .333 2 Advance to classification round
4  Indonesia 3 0 3 4 59 −55 .000 3
Source: WBSC Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Teams quality balance; 4) Earned runs team's quality balance; 5) Head to head highest batting average; 6) Coin toss[4]
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
26 May 8:00 Indonesia  1–11  Philippines 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:02 30 Report
26 May 11:00 South Korea  0–10  Japan 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:40 45 Report
27 May 9:00 South Korea  21–3  Indonesia 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:19 35 Report
27 May 12:00 Philippines  1–7  Japan 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:09 120 Report
28 May 9:00 Philippines  5–9  South Korea 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:57 120 Report
28 May 15:00 Japan  27–0  Indonesia 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:35 38 Report

Classification round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB
1  Philippines 3 3 0 39 4 +35 1.000
2  China 3 2 1 23 20 +3 .667 1
3  India 3 1 2 19 31 −12 .333 2
4  Indonesia 3 0 3 11 37 −26 .000 3
Source: WBSC Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Teams quality balance; 4) Earned runs team's quality balance; 5) Head to head highest batting average; 6) Coin toss[4]
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
30 May 9:00 Indonesia  10–13  India 7 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:39 50 Report
30 May 12:00 China  1–16  Philippines 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:01 80 Report
31 May 9:00 Indonesia  0–13  China 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:00 30 Report
31 May 12:00 India  2–12  Philippines 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:57 85 Report

Super round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 37 1 +36 1.000 Advance to final
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 35 17 +18 .667 1
3  South Korea 3 1 2 23 27 −4 .333 2 Advance to third place play-off
4  Hong Kong (H) 3 0 3 2 52 −50 .000 3
Source: WBSC Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Teams quality balance; 4) Earned runs team's quality balance; 5) Head to head highest batting average; 6) Coin toss[4]
(H) Hosts
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
30 May 15:00 South Korea  18–2  Hong Kong 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:15 50 Report
30 May 18:00 Japan  12–1  Chinese Taipei 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:39 102 Report
31 May 15:00 Hong Kong  0–15  Japan 4 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 1:30 75 Report
31 May 18:00 South Korea  5–15  Chinese Taipei 5 Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 2:30 150 Report

Third place play-off

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1 June 2023 10:00
Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 27 °C (81 °F), overcast
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Hong Kong 1 2 0 0 1 X X 4 4 6
 South Korea (5) 3 4 2 3 2 X X 14 11 2
WP: Sayuri Ono (2–0)   LP: Yin Sum Kwong (2–2)
Attendance: 100
Umpires: Show-Ling Wang (HP), Siang-Yuan Meng (1B), Laurensius Sutanto (2B), Shu-Uen Jang (3B), Hayde Bongas (LF), Jacky Leung (RF)
Boxscore

Final

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1 June 2023 14:00
Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground 31 °C (88 °F), sunny
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 2
 Japan 0 2 2 2 0 2 X 8 12 0
WP: Akino Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Chiao-Chi Lai (1–1)   Sv: Mizuki Bando (1)
Attendance: 268
Umpires: Jooyoun Han (HF}, Baoyi Li (1B), Kyoko Matsumoto (2B), Yen-Yi Ho (3B), Tiger Cheung (LF), Patrick Ng (RF)
Boxscore

Qualified teams for 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup

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The following four teams from Asia qualify for the 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Women's Baseball World Cup1
 Japan 14 February 2023[5] 8 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 South Korea 28 May 2023 4 (2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
 Chinese Taipei 28 May 2023 8 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Hong Kong 28 May 2023 5 (2006, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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References

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  2. ^ "Timnas Baseball Putri Ditargetkan Tembus Final Piala Asia". RRI.co.id (in Indonesian). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ Terrado, Jonas (2 April 2023). "PH Blu Girls off to rousing start in Women Softball Asia Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "s Official Tournament Regulations for the BFA Women's Baseball Asian Cup 2023: Article C11" (PDF). BFA. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Japanese Women's Baseball City Miyoshi to host IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group B". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 29 May 2023.