2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup

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2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup
File:2023 Asian Women's Softball Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Teams9
Venue(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions
File:Gold medal asia.svg
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (8th title)
Runner-up
File:Silver medal asia.svg
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Third place
File:Bronze medal asia.svg
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
Fourth placeFile:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
2019
2025

The 2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup is an international softball tournament which featured nine nations and was held from 2–8 April 2023 in Incheon, South Korea. Matches were held at the Songdo LNG Baseball Stadium. The tournament also served as the qualifiers for the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup, which is being hosted by Ireland, Italy, and Spain.

Participants

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 8 8 0 102 1 +101 1.000 Advance to Final
2 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 8 7 1 87 8 +79 .875 1
3 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 8 6 2 70 20 +50 .750 2 Advance to Bronze medal game
4 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 8 5 3 40 21 +19 .625 3
5 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (H) 8 4 4 44 33 +11 .500 4
6 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 8 3 5 30 56 −26 .375 5
7 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 8 2 6 10 82 −72 .250 6
8 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 8 1 7 9 77 −68 .125 7
9 File:Flag of India.svg 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

<section end=Standings />

Matches

Date Road Score Home
2 April[3] File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 10–0 (4) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 7–0 (5) File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 19–0 (3) File:Flag of India.svg India
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 16–1 (3) File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0–2 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 11–0 (4) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 10–0 (4) File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
File:Flag of India.svg India 0–21 (3) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
3 April[4] File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 25–0 (4) File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 12–1 (4) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 5–0 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 10–0 (4) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of India.svg India 1–3 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 15–0 (3) File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4–0 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 0–5 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
4 April[5] File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2–5 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
File:Flag of India.svg India 0–17 (4) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1–8 (5) File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 7–0 (5) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 8–0 (5) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 10–1 (5) File:Flag of India.svg India
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 5–4 (9) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 6–2 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
6 April[6][lower-alpha 1] File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 8–0 (5) File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 17–0 (4) File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
File:Flag of India.svg India 0–10 (4) File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0–15 (3) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 11–0 (4) File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 8–0 (5) File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 21–0 (3) File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of India.svg India 0–13 (5) File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
7 April[8][lower-alpha 1] File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 12–0 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 3–0 File:Flag of India.svg India
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1–11 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 9–1 (5) File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
  1. 1.0 1.1 Fixtures originally scheduled on 5 April were cancelled due to continuous rains.[7] Matches were revised.

Final round

Originally the format was to consist of semi-finals with the winners qualifying for the final.[9] However, after day 4, it rained and a 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

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
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 3
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 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

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
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
File:Flag of Japan.svg 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

Qualified for:
Rank Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Bronze medal icon.svg File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
4th File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
5th File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
6th File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
7th File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
8th File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
9th File:Flag of India.svg India

Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation[13]

Qualified teams for 2024 Women's Softball World Cup

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
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6 April 2023 15 (1965, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 6 April 2023 11 (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 6 April 2023 16 (1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg 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

Asia All Star Team

External links

References

  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. 12.0 12.1 "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.