2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup

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2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Teams9
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions
 Japan (8th title)
Runner-up
 China
Third place
 Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Philippines
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The 2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup is an international softball tournament which featured nine nations and is held from 2–8 April 2023 in Incheon, South Korea. Matches held at the Songdo LNG Baseball Stadium.

The tournament also serves as the qualifiers for the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup in which being hosted by Ireland, Italy, and Spain.

Participants[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 8 8 0 102 1 +101 1.000 — Advance to Final
2  China 8 7 1 87 8 +79 .875 1
3  Chinese Taipei 8 6 2 70 20 +50 .750 2 Advance to Bronze medal game
4  Philippines 8 5 3 40 21 +19 .625 3
5  South Korea (H) 8 4 4 44 33 +11 .500 4
6  Hong Kong 8 3 5 30 56 −26 .375 5
7  Singapore 8 2 6 10 82 −72 .250 6
8  Thailand 8 1 7 9 77 −68 .125 7
9  India 8 0 8 2 96 −94 .000 8
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2023. Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[1][2]
(H) Hosts

Matches[edit]

Date Road Score Home
2 April[3]  South Korea 10–0 (4)  Thailand
 Philippines 7–0 (5)  Hong Kong
 Chinese Taipei 19–0 (3)  India
 China 16–1 (3)  Singapore
 South Korea 0–2  Philippines
 Japan 11–0 (4)  Thailand
 Chinese Taipei 10–0 (4)  Hong Kong
 India 0–21 (3)  China
3 April[4]  Japan 25–0 (4)  Singapore
 Chinese Taipei 12–1 (4)  South Korea
 China 5–0  Hong Kong
 Philippines 10–0 (4)  Thailand
 India 1–3  Singapore
 South Korea 15–0 (3)  Hong Kong
 Japan 4–0  China
 Philippines 0–5  Chinese Taipei
4 April[5]  Thailand 2–5  Hong Kong
 India 0–17 (4)  Japan
 Singapore 1–8 (5)  Philippines
 China 7–0 (5)  South Korea
 Japan 8–0 (5)  Chinese Taipei
 South Korea 10–1 (5)  India
 Singapore 5–4 (9)  Thailand
 China 6–2  Philippines
6 April[6][a]  South Korea 8–0 (5)  Singapore
 Japan 17–0 (4)  Hong Kong
 India 0–10 (4)  Philippines
 Thailand 0–15 (3)  Chinese Taipei
 Japan 11–0 (4)  South Korea
 Chinese Taipei 8–0 (5)  Singapore
 China 21–0 (3)  Thailand
 India 0–13 (5)  Hong Kong
7 April[8][a]  Hong Kong 12–0  Singapore
 Thailand 3–0  India
 Chinese Taipei 1–11  China
 Japan 9–1 (5)  Philippines
  1. ^ a b Fixtures originally scheduled on 5 April were cancelled due to continuous rains.[7] Matches were revised.

Final round[edit]

Originally the format was to consist of semi-finals with the winners qualifying for the final.[9] However, after day 4 was rained off the decision was made to go straight to the final and bronze final. The 5th to 9th placement games were also removed.[10][11]

Bronze medal game[edit]

8 April 10:00 (KST)
Songdo LNG Stadium 10 °C (50 °F), fair[12]
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Philippines 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 3
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 1 2 1 X 10 11 0
WP: Hsia-Ai Ke   LP: Kaith Jalandoni
Home runs:
PHI: None
TPE: Chia-Hui Ko
Boxscore

Final[edit]

8 April 12:00 (KST)
Songdo LNG Stadium 11 °C (52 °F), fair[12]
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
 Japan 1 1 0 0 0 4 X 6 5 1
WP: Miu Goto   LP: Yinan Chai
Home runs:
CHN: None
JPN: Ayane Nakagawa
Boxscore

Final standings[edit]

Qualified for:
Rank Team
 Japan
 China
 Chinese Taipei
4th  Philippines
5th  South Korea
6th  Hong Kong
7th  Singapore
8th  Thailand
9th  India

Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation[13]

Qualified teams for 2024 Women's Softball World Cup[edit]

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Women's Softball World Cup1
 Japan 6 April 2023 15 (1965, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 China 6 April 2023 11 (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Chinese Taipei 6 April 2023 16 (1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 Philippines 6 April 2023 7 (1970, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Individual awards[edit]

Asia All Star Team[edit]

  • First Base: Minori Naito ( Japan)
  • Second Base: Lin Feng-Chin ( Chinese Taipei)
  • Third Base: Yui Sakamoto ( Japan)
  • Short Stop: Kanna Kudo ( Japan)
  • Center Field: Chen Jia ( China)
  • Right Field: Alaiza Talisik ( Philippines)
  • Catcher: Lin Szu-Shih ( Chinese Taipei)
  • Left-hand pitcher: Miu Goto ( Japan)
  • Right-hand pitcher: Chai Yinan ( China)
  • Designated Position (DP): Risa Kawamura ( Japan)

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tournament Regulations: Article C11". WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Info". WBSC. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ^ "HOSTS KOREA CHOOSE THE TOUGHER PATH". Softball Asia. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ "JAPAN ALL SET TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE". Softball Asia. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. ^ "CHINA'S SECRET HOPES". Softball Asia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. ^ "CHINESE TAIPEI CONFIDENT TO PIP CHINA TO THE FINAL, IN HIGH NOON CLASH". Softball Asia. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. ^ "DAY FOUR FIXTURES RAINED AWAY". Softball Asia. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ^ "CHINESE TAIPEI HOPES TO UPSET CHINA FIZZLES OUT". Softball Asia. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's Softball World Cup Asia qualifier set to open in Incheon, Korea; Watch it on GameTime for free". Softball Asia. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  10. ^ "DAY FOUR FIXTURES RAINED AWAY". Softball Asia. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  11. ^ "ROUND ROBIN ROUND DECIDES RANKING, SKIP SEMIFINALS". Softball Asia. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Jung, Incheon, South Korea Weather History". Weather Underground. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Six nations from Asia advance to Tokyo 2020 softball qualifier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Miu Eyes World Cup Title After Being Named MVP". Softball Asia. Softball Asia. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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