2022 Baseball5 Asia Cup

2022 Baseball5 Asia Cup

Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	16–19 August
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Hong Kong
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The 2022 Baseball5 Asia Cup was the first edition of the Baseball5 Asia Cup, a Baseball5 tournament organized by WBSC Asia. The championship was held from 16 to 19 August 2022, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was contested between nine national teams. ^[1]

Chinese Taipei won the tournament, beating Japan in the final 2 matches to 1. South Korea finished third defeating Hong Kong 2 matches to 0 in the Bronze medal game. ^{[2] [3]}

Venue

Kuala Lumpur
Berjaya Times Square

Opening round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	19	13	+6	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Malaysia (H)	2	1	1	27	32	−5	.500	1
3	Thailand	2	0	2	25	26	−1	.000	2	Advance to Placement round

Source: WBSC Asia
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	27	7	+20	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	9	20	−11	.500	1
3	Philippines	2	0	2	9	18	−9	.000	2	Advance to Placement round

Source: WBSC Asia

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	58	1	+57	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Singapore	2	1	1	12	36	−24	.500	1
3	Pakistan	2	0	2	7	40	−33	.000	2	Advance to Placement round

Source: WBSC Asia

Super round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	4	4	0	54	1	+53	1.000	—	Advance to Semifinals
2	Japan	4	3	1	41	3	+38	.750	1
3	Hong Kong	4	2	2	19	39	−20	.500	2
4	South Korea	4	2	2	18	33	−15	.500	2
5	Malaysia (H)	4	1	3	13	43	−30	.250	3
6	Singapore	4	0	4	4	30	−26	.000	4

Source: WBSC Asia
(H) Hosts

Placement round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Thailand	2	2	0	14	4	+10	1.000	—
2	Philippines	2	1	1	9	5	+4	.500	1
3	Pakistan	2	0	2	3	17	−14	.000	2

Source: WBSC Asia

Playoffs

	Semifinals						Final
	Chinese Taipei	7	11
	Hong Kong	1	1
							Chinese Taipei	2	5	12
							Japan	3	2	9
	Japan	5	4
	South Korea	3	1				Bronze medal game
							Hong Kong	1	8
							South Korea	3	9

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L	Qualification
	Chinese Taipei	8	0	Qualified for 2022 Baseball5 World Cup
	Japan	6	2
	South Korea	5	3
4	Hong Kong	3	5
5	Malaysia	2	4
6	Singapore	1	5
7	Thailand	2	2
8	Philippines	1	3
9	Pakistan	0	4

References

1. "Groups, schedule announced for WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Asian qualifier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
2. "Asia Cup champions Chinese Taipei qualify for inaugural WBSC Baseball5 World Cup along with 2nd Place Japan, 3rd Place Korea". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
3. "Chinese Taipei emerge inaugural champions of Baseball5 Asia Cup". Softball Asia. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.