2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship

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2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Dates 9–11 November 2023
Teams3 (from 1 continent)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions
Gold medal australia.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (1st title)
Runner-up
Silver medal australia.svg
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Third place
Bronze medal australia.svg
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Tournament statistics
Games played9
Best batting average Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarryd Farrell (1.000)
Most homeruns hit Flag of New Zealand.svg Hohepa Monk (3)
Most stolen bases Flag of New Zealand.svg Zachary Boyd
Flag of New Zealand.svg Tane Mumu (3)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mathew Beckett
Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Potts (16)
TBD

The 2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship was the inaugural edition of the Men's Softball Oceania Championship, the international men's softball championship of Oceania organized by WBSC Oceania. The top two teams qualified for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup. [1] [2]

Contents

Format

The tournament was a round robin format with each team playing each other three times over the course of three days. [3] [4]

Venues

All games were played at the Tony Solaita Field in Tafuna, American Samoa.

Tafuna
Tony Solaita Field
Capacity: 500

Teams

The following three teams competed in the inaugural edition. [1] [2] [5]

Squads

Standings

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6516913+56.833Qualification for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6425621+35.6671
3Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa (H)60609191.0005
Source: WBSC Oceania
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head [6]
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local SST, (UTC-11). [3]

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
12:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg16–0 (F/3)Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Andrew McManus (3B)
WP: Mathew Beckett (1–0) Boxscore LP: Richard Nomura (0–1)
9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
15:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–9 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), James English (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B)
LP: Mark Harris (0–1) Boxscore WP: Eruera Drage (1–0)
HR: Matt Wickham (1), Scott Patterson (1) HR: Wayne Laulu (1)
9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
19:00
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–15 (F/3)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: James English (HP), Trevor Murphy (1B), Andrew McManus (2B), Mark Porteous (3B)
LP: Tyrese Leutele (0–1) Boxscore WP: Liam Potts (1–0)
HR: Hohepa Monk (1), Cameron Watts (1)

10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)
12:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg4–11 (F/5)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B)
WP: Eruera Drage (1–1) Boxscore WP: Jarryd Farrell (1–0)
HR: Hohepa Monk (2), Te Kirika Cooper-Nicola (1) HR: Scott Patterson (2)
10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)
15:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg15–0 (F/3)Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), Mark Porteous (1B), Trevor Murphy (3B)
WP: Floyd Nola (1–0) Boxscore LP: Richard Nomura (0–2)
HR: Hohepa Monk (3)
10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)
18:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg21–0 (F/4)Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: James English (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Mark Porteous (3B)
WP: Mark Harris (1–1) Boxscore LP: Aifili Solaita (0–1)
HR: Matt Wickham (2), Jarryd Farrell (1), Cody Smith (1)

11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)
12:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg0–7 (F/5)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B)
LP: Pita Rona (0–1) Boxscore WP: Jarryd Farrell (2–0)
HR: Mark Harris (1), Matthew Harrow (1)
11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)
15:00
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–11 (F/4)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Trevor Murphy (2B), James English (3B)
LP: Tyrese Leutele (0–2) Boxscore WP: Mathew Beckett (2–0)
HR: Mark Harris (2), James Purcell (1), Mathew Beckett (1)
11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)
18:00
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–13 (F/4)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B)
LP: Aifili Solaita (0–2) Boxscore WP: Liam Potts (2–0)
HR: Zachary Boyd (1, 2)

Homeruns

There were 19 homeruns scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.11 homeruns per match. [7]

3 homeruns

2 homeruns

1 homerun

Qualified teams for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup

The following two teams from WBSC Oceania qualified for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Men's Softball World Cup 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10 November 202311 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2009 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 )
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10 November 202317 (1966, 1968, 1972, 1976 , 1980, 1984 , 1988, 1992, 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2009 2013 , 2015, 2017 , 2019, 2022 )
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting

All matches were streamed on KVZK-TV's YouTube channel.

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