2022 Caribbean Series

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2022 Caribbean Series
Tournament details
CountryDominican Republic
City Santo Domingo
Venue(s) Estadio Quisqueya
DatesJanuary 28 February 3, 2022
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla (1st title)
Runner-up Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao
  2021
2023  

The 2022 Caribbean Series marked the 64th edition of the Caribbean Series from January 28 through February 3, 2022, [1] played at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Contents

The series brought together the champions of each professional baseball league in the countries that make up the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Mexico), plus the representatives of Panama and Colombia as guests. [2]

Stadium

Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal in Santo Domingo hosted the preliminary rounds, the semifinals, and final matches.

Tournament format

A single round-robin format was used; each team faced each other once. The four teams with the best records advanced to the semifinals (1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd), and the two winners met in the final to decide the tournament champion.

Participating teams

TeamManagerMeans of qualification
Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla Flag of Colombia.svg José Mosquera Winners of the 2021–22 Colombian Professional Baseball League
Flag of Mexico.svg Charros de Jalisco Flag of Mexico.svg Roberto Vizcarra Winners of the 2021–22 Mexican Pacific League
Flag of Panama.svg Astronautas de Los Santos Flag of Panama.svg Raúl Domínguez Winners of the 2021–22 Panamanian Professional Baseball League
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Ramón Vázquez Winners of the 2021–22 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Urueta Winners of the 2021–22 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Flag of Venezuela.svg Navegantes del Magallanes Flag of Venezuela.svg Willie Romero Winners of the 2021–22 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao (H)5412417+7.800Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla 5321614+2.600 [lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Flag of Venezuela.svg Navegantes del Magallanes 5321917+2.600 [lower-alpha 1] 1
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Charros de Jalisco 53298+1.600 [lower-alpha 1] 1
5 Flag of Panama.svg Astronautas de Los Santos 51412186.2003
6 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas 51413196.2003
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head, TQB: Caimanes 1−1, 0.216; Navegantes 1−1, 0.020; Charros 1−1, −0.235
Time zone: Atlantic Standard Time (UTC–4)
DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
January 2810:00 Criollos de Caguas Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 2–3 Flag of Panama.svg Astronautas de Los Santos Estadio Quisqueya
January 2815:00 Caimanes de Barranquilla Flag of Colombia.svg 6–1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Navegantes del Magallanes Estadio Quisqueya
January 2820:00 Gigantes del Cibao Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 3–2 Flag of Mexico.svg Charros de Jalisco Estadio Quisqueya
January 2910:00 Astronautas de Los Santos Flag of Panama.svg 5–6 Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla Estadio Quisqueya
January 2915:00 Charros de Jalisco Flag of Mexico.svg 0–5 Flag of Venezuela.svg Navegantes del Magallanes Estadio Quisqueya
January 2920:00 Criollos de Caguas Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 3–5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Quisqueya
January 3010:00 Caimanes de Barranquilla Flag of Colombia.svg 0–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Charros de Jalisco Estadio Quisqueya
January 3015:00 Navegantes del Magallanes Flag of Venezuela.svg 4–2 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas Estadio Quisqueya
January 3020:00 Astronautas de Los Santos Flag of Panama.svg 3–7 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Quisqueya
January 3110:30 Navegantes del Magallanes Flag of Venezuela.svg 2–1 Flag of Panama.svg Astronautas de Los Santos Estadio Quisqueya
January 3115:00 Charros de Jalisco Flag of Mexico.svg 5–0 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas Estadio Quisqueya
January 3120:00 Gigantes del Cibao Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 1–2 Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla Estadio Quisqueya
February 110:30 Caimanes de Barranquilla Flag of Colombia.svg 2–6 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas Estadio Quisqueya
February 115:00 Astronautas de Los Santos Flag of Panama.svg 0–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Charros de Jalisco Estadio Quisqueya
February 120:00 Navegantes del Magallanes Flag of Venezuela.svg 7–8 (10) Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Quisqueya

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao 2
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Charros de Jalisco 1
1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao 1
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla 4
3 Flag of Venezuela.svg Navegantes del Magallanes 1
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla 8

Semi-finals

DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
February 215:00 Navegantes del Magallanes Flag of Venezuela.svg 1–8 Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla Estadio Quisqueya
February 220:00 Charros de Jalisco Flag of Mexico.svg 1–2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Quisqueya

Final

February 3, 2022 19:00 at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Colombia.svg Caimanes de Barranquilla 030000001470
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gigantes del Cibao 000001000170
WP: Elkin Alcalá (1–0)   LP: Raúl Valdés (1–1)

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