2023 Men's Softball Asia Cup

2023 Men's Softball Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	June 2023
Teams	6
Defending champions	Japan
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runner-up	Singapore
Third place	Philippines
Fourth place	Hong Kong
← 2022

The 2023 Asian Men's Softball Championship will be an international softball tournament in Kochi, Japan.^[1] It will feature six nations^[2] and will be held from 25 to 28 June 2023.^[3] The tournament serves as a qualifier to determine the three Asian teams for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.^[4]

Participants

•  Chinese Taipei
•  Hong Kong
•  India
•  Japan
•  Philippines
•  Singapore

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	5	5	0	42	0	+42	1.000	—	Advance to Final
2	Singapore	5	4	1	32	10	+22	.800	1
3	Philippines	5	3	2	25	17	+8	.600	2	Advance to Bronze medal game
4	Hong Kong	5	2	3	17	30	−13	.400	3
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	4	10	32	−22	.200	4
6	India	5	0	5	5	42	−37	.000	5

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Matches

Date	Road	Score	Home
25 June	Hong Kong	0–9	Singapore
	Philippines	5–1	India
	Japan	12–0	India
	Philippines	7–1	Chinese Taipei
	Singapore	0–2	Japan
	Hong Kong	7–0	Chinese Taipei
26 June	Chinese Taipei	2–6	Singapore
	India	3–10	Hong Kong
	Hong Kong	0–10	Japan
	Philippines	5–9	Singapore
	Japan	6–0	Philippines
	India	0–7	Chinese Taipei
27 June	Philippines	8–0	Hong Kong
	Japan	12–0	Chinese Taipei
	India	1–8	Singapore

Final Round

Third place play-off

28 June 2023 9:00 (JST)
Haruno Softball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Philippines	0	0	6	0	1	7	10	0
Boxscore

Final

28 June 2023 13:00 (JST)
Haruno Softball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Japan	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0
Boxscore

External links

• Official website

References

1. "Blu Boys arrive in Japan for Men's Softball Asia Cup". The Manila Times. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
2. "2023 ASIA-CUP-M-SB Men Softball Asia Cup 2023 Schedule" (PDF). World Baseball Softball Confederation. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "RP Blu Boys set for battle in upcoming Asian Men's Softball Asia Cup 2023". Sunstar. 23 June 2023.
4. Villar, Joey (27 June 2023). "WBSC Men's Softball Asia Cup: Blu Boys annihilate Hong Kong, forge duel for 3rd". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 June 2023.