2023 Women's Softball Asia Cup Explained

Country:South Korea
Num Teams:9
Venues:1
Cities:1
Medal Type:asia
Num Championships:8
Prev Edition:2019
Next Edition: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.

Preliminary round

Matches

Date Road Score Home
2 April[1] align=right 10–0 (4)
7–0 (5)
19–0 (3)
16–1 (3)
0–2
11–0 (4)
10–0 (4)
0–21 (3)
3 April[2] align=right 25–0 (4)
12–1 (4)
5–0
10–0 (4)
1–3
15–0 (3)
4–0
0–5
4 April[3] 2–5
0–17 (4)
1–8 (5)
7–0 (5)
8–0 (5)
10–1 (5)
5–4 (9)
6–2
6 April[4] 8–0 (5)
17–0 (4)
0–10 (4)
0–15 (3)
11–0 (4)
8–0 (5)
21–0 (3)
0–13 (5)
7 April[5] 12–0
3–0
1–11
9–1 (5)

Final round

Originally the format was to consist of semi-finals with the winners qualifying for the final.[6] 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.[7] [8]

Final

Final standings

width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for:
Rankwidth=200Team
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation[9]

Qualified teams for 2024 Women's Softball World Cup

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

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in Women's Softball World Cup1
15 (1965, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
11 (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
16 (1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
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

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

Notes and References

  1. News: HOSTS KOREA CHOOSE THE TOUGHER PATH . 5 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 2 April 2023 . en.
  2. News: JAPAN ALL SET TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE . 5 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 3 April 2023 . en.
  3. News: CHINA’S SECRET HOPES . 5 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 4 April 2023 . en.
  4. News: CHINESE TAIPEI CONFIDENT TO PIP CHINA TO THE FINAL, IN HIGH NOON CLASH . 12 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 6 April 2023 . en.
  5. News: CHINESE TAIPEI HOPES TO UPSET CHINA FIZZLES OUT . 12 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 7 April 2023 . en.
  6. News: Women’s Softball World Cup Asia qualifier set to open in Incheon, Korea; Watch it on GameTime for free . 5 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 31 March 2023 . en.
  7. News: DAY FOUR FIXTURES RAINED AWAY . 5 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 5 April 2023 . en.
  8. News: ROUND ROBIN ROUND DECIDES RANKING, SKIP SEMIFINALS . 5 April 2023 . Softball Asia . 5 April 2023 . en.
  9. News: Six nations from Asia advance to Tokyo 2020 softball qualifier . 10 May 2019 . World Baseball Softball Confederation . 7 May 2019.
  10. Web site: Miu Eyes World Cup Title After Being Named MVP . Softball Asia . Softball Asia . 17 July 2023.