Women's Baseball Asian Cup

Women's Baseball Asian Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup
SportBaseball
Founded2017
No. of teams12 (in 2023)
ContinentAsia
Most recent
champion(s)		 Japan (2023)
Most titles Japan (3 titles)

The Women's Baseball Asian Cup is the main competition for national teams of Asia in women's baseball.

History

The World Baseball Softball Confederation announced in May 2017, that the first Women's Baseball Asian Cup will be held in Hong Kong within the same year. The tournament is to be hosted every two years and will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the Women's Baseball World Cup.[1] Japan despite fielding only players under-18 years old, clinched the inaugural title.[2]

Results

Year Final Host Final Semi finalists Number
of teams
Champions Score Runners-Up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
2017
Details 		Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Japan 		round robin
Chinese Taipei
South Korea 		round robin
Hong Kong 		6
2019
Details 		China
Zhongshan
Japan 		2 – 1
Chinese Taipei
Philippines 		11 – 1
China 		8
2023
Details 		Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Japan 		8 – 3
Chinese Taipei
South Korea 		14 – 4
Hong Kong 		12

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan3003
2 Chinese Taipei0303
3 South Korea0022
4 Philippines0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

Participating nations

Nation
2017
2019
2023 		Times participated
 China 4 6 2
 Chinese Taipei 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3
 Hong Kong 4 6 4 3
 India 5 7 7 3
 Indonesia 8 1
 Japan 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3
 Malaysia 11 1
 Pakistan 6 8 9 3
 Philippines 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2
 South Korea 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3
 Sri Lanka 12 1
 Thailand 10 1
Total Participating Nations 6 8 12

References

  1. ^ "New Women's Baseball Asian Championship to be launched, will serve as WBSC World Cup qualifier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Dominant Japan triumphed in 2017 I BFA Women's Baseball Asian Cup". 2017 I BFA Women’s Baseball Asian Cup. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2019.