2024 Baseball5 Asia Cup

2024 Baseball5 Asia Cup
Tournament details
CountrySouth Korea
Dates13–16 April
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runner-up Chinese Taipei
Third place China
Fourth place South Korea
← 2022

The 2024 Baseball5 Asia Cup was the second edition of the Baseball5 Asia Cup, a Baseball5 tournament organized by WBSC Asia. The championship was held from 13 to 16 April 2024, in the Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea and was contested between eight national teams.[1][2][3]

Japan won the tournament, defeating Chinese Taipei 2 sets to 1 in the final game. China claimed the bronze medal, after defeating hosts South Korea 2 sets to 0 in the bronze medal game. Japan, Chinese Taipei and China qualify for the 2024 Baseball5 World Cup in Hong Kong.[4]

Venue

South Korea Seoul
Olympic Park

Opening round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 44 8 +36 1.000 — Advance to Knockout stage
2  South Korea (H) 3 2 1 35 18 +17 .667 1
3  Malaysia 3 1 2 17 19 −2 .333 2
4  Singapore 3 0 3 3 54 −51 .000 3
Source: WBSC Asia
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 60 5 +55 1.000 — Advance to Knockout stage
2  China 3 2 1 40 26 +14 .667 1
3  Thailand 3 1 2 33 44 −11 .333 2
4  Hong Kong 3 0 3 9 67 −58 .000 3
Source: WBSC Asia

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
 Chinese Taipei 6 10
 Hong Kong 0 0
 Chinese Taipei 2 3
 China 0 2
 China 13 3
 Malaysia 5 0
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0
 Japan 2 5 4
 Japan 7 5
 Singapore 1 0
 Japan 7 4 Bronze medal game
 South Korea 0 0
 South Korea 7 4  China 2 3
 Thailand 4 2  South Korea 1 2
5th place game
    
 Malaysia 2
 Thailand 6
7th place game
    
 Hong Kong 3
 Singapore 4

Final standings

Pos Team W L Qualification
 Japan 6 0 Qualified for
2024 Baseball5 World Cup
 Chinese Taipei 5 1
 China 4 2
4  South Korea 3 3
5  Thailand 2 3
6  Malaysia 1 4
7  Singapore 1 4
8  Hong Kong 0 5

References

  1. ^ "Korea to host WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Asia qualifier from 13 to 16 April in Olympic Park". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "2nd Baseball5 Asia Cup". Softball Asia. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "2nd Baseball5 Asia Cup 2024". japan-baseball.jp. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Japan, Chinese Taipei and China qualify for Baseball5 World Cup". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.