2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup

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

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

Group A

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

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

References

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