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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | June 2023 |
Teams | 6 |
Defending champions | ![]() |
Final positions | |
Champions![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up![]() | ![]() |
Third place![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
← 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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | +42 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Final |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | .800 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | +8 | .600 | 2 | Advance to Bronze medal game |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 30 | −13 | .400 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 32 | −22 | .200 | 4 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 42 | −37 | .000 | 5 |
Date | Road | Score | Home |
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25 June | ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() |
![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | |
![]() | 12–0 | ![]() | |
![]() | 7–1 | ![]() | |
![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | |
![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | |
26 June | ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
![]() | 3–10 | ![]() | |
![]() | 0–10 | ![]() | |
![]() | 5–9 | ![]() | |
![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | |
![]() | 0–7 | ![]() | |
27 June | ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
![]() | 12–0 | ![]() | |
![]() | 1–8 | ![]() | |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxscore |
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