2022 Baseball5 World Cup

2022 Baseball5 World Cup

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Dates	7–12 November
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Awards
MVP	Briandy Molina Ayako Rokkaku

The 2022 Baseball5 World Cup was the first edition of the Baseball5 World Cup, the mixed-gender Baseball5 (B5) world championship organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was held in Mexico City from 7 to 12 November 2022.^[1] Twelve teams took part.^[2][3]

Cuba won the tournament, beating Japan in the final 2 matches to 0.^[4] Chinese Taipei finished third defeating Venezuela 2 matches to 0 in the bronze medal game.^[5]

Qualification

Event	Dates	Location(s)	Berth(s)	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Mexico
Baseball5 European Championship	28 February–1 March 2020	Vilnius	2	France  Lithuania
Baseball5 African Championship	23–26 May 2022[6]	Dar es Salaam	2	South Africa  Kenya
Baseball5 Asia Cup	17–19 August 2022[7]	Kuala Lumpur	4	Chinese Taipei  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong^2
WBSC Americas^1	—	—	2	Cuba  Venezuela
WBSC Oceania^1	—	—	1	Australia
Wild card	—	—	1	Tunisia
Total			12

¹There was no qualification event for WBSC Americas and WBSC Oceania. Teams were selected by World Baseball Softball Confederation.^[7][8]
2In October 2022, WBSC chose Hong Kong to replace Australia.^[9]

Venues

Group A, Group B, Super Round & Placement Round
Mexico City, Mexico
Zócalo
Capacity: 4,000 (in two courts)[10]

Opening round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	93	8	+85	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Japan	5	3	2	35	23	+12	.600	2
3	Mexico (H)	5	3	2	24	52	−28	.600	2
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	45	48	−3	.400	3	Advance to Placement round
5	South Africa	5	2	3	32	45	−13	.400	3
6	Hong Kong	5	0	5	10	63	−53	.000	5

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Venezuela	5	5	0	53	32	+21	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Chinese Taipei	5	4	1	69	21	+48	.800	1
3	Tunisia	5	2	3	47	39	+8	.400	3
4	France	5	2	3	42	62	−20	.400	3	Advance to Placement round
5	Kenya	5	2	3	34	57	−23	.400	3
6	South Korea	5	0	5	13	47	−34	.000	5

Source: WBSC

Second round

Super round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	94	7	+87	1.000	—	Advance to Gold medal game
2	Japan	5	4	1	40	36	+4	.800	1
3	Venezuela	5	3	2	34	44	−10	.600	2	Advance to Bronze medal game
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	3	45	45	0	.400	3
5	Mexico (H)	5	1	4	13	65	−52	.200	4
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	30	59	−29	.000	5

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Placement round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	South Africa	5	5	0	47	20	+27	1.000	—
2	Kenya	5	4	1	49	32	+17	.800	1
3	France	5	2	3	43	38	+5	.400	3
4	South Korea	5	2	3	33	40	−7	.400	3
5	Lithuania	5	1	4	36	53	−17	.200	4
6	Hong Kong	5	1	4	33	58	−25	.200	4

Source: WBSC

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	9	0
	Japan	6	3
	Chinese Taipei	6	3
4	Venezuela	6	3
5	Mexico	4	4
6	Tunisia	2	6
7	South Africa	5	3
8	Kenya	4	4
9	France	3	5
10	South Korea	2	6
11	Lithuania	2	6
12	Hong Kong	1	7

Awards

Tournament Awards[11] Award Player Outstanding Female Player Ayako Rokkaku [ja] Outstanding Male Player Briandy Molina Best Coach Ayako Rokkaku [ja] #B5High5 Award Takeru Miyanohara [ja]

All Star Team[11] Player Briandy Molina Ayako Rokkaku [ja] Chi-Ting-Huan Shih Marián Castro Louis Michael Albertyn

References

1. "WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Highlights - Three great unforgettable souvenirs". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
2. "Baseball5 World Cup 2022: Mexico v Lithuania to open historic edition at famous Zócalo as groups & schedule confirmed". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
3. "Mexico City, home of the Baseball5 World Cup maiden edition". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
4. "Cuba crowned first ever WBSC Baseball5 World Champions". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
5. "Chinese Taipei claim historic WBSC Baseball5 World Cup bronze medal". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
6. "South Africa defeats Kenya to win historical first-ever Baseball5 African Championship, both qualify for WBSC Baseball5 World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
7. "Asia Cup champions Chinese Taipei qualify for inaugural WBSC Baseball5 World Cup along with 2nd Place Japan, 3rd Place Korea". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
8. "Mexico's El Zocalo to host Baseball5 World Cup 2022 from 7-13 November, Australia confirmed as sixth qualifier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
9. "Act Now! Inaugural WBSC Baseball5 World Cup (Open) - Player Recruitment". Hong Kong Baseball Association. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
10. "Baseball5 World Cup 2022 at El Zocalo by the Numbers". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
11. "All-Star team sprinkles stardust on inaugural WBSC Baseball5 World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

• Official website