New Zealand men's national softball team

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New Zealand national softball team
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Information
CountryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Federation Softball New Zealand
Confederation WBSC Oceania
Manager Thomas Makea
WBSC World Rank 7 Steady2.svg (26 April 2023) [1]
Men's Softball World Cup
Appearances17 (First in 1966 )
Best resultGold medal world centered.svg 1st (7 times, most recent in 2017 )

The New Zealand men's national softball team (nicknamed the Black Sox/Black Socks) is the national softball team for New Zealand. [2] They have won the ISF Men's World Championship seven times, becoming World Champions in 1976 (1st = with US and Canada), 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2013 and 2017. [3] They also won the inaugural Commonwealth Championships (a round robin tournament between New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, South Africa and Botswana) in 2006. [4] The "Black Sox" name is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks as well as to famous "Sox" baseball teams. The female team is known as the White Sox

Contents

On 16 July 2017, New Zealand (Black Sox) defeated Australia (Aussie Steelers), six runs to four in the final of the 2017 ISF Men's World Championship held in Canada.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

2024

2025 WC Group B 10 July 2024 (2024-07-10) Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg0–2 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
16:00 LP: Raynard Heng
Boxscore WP: Liam Potts
HR: Ben Enoka 		Attendance: 350
2025 WC Group B 11 July 2024 (2024-07-11) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg10–0 (F/4)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
10:00 WP: Thomas Enoka
HR: Hohepa Monk, Cole Evans, Pita Rona 		Boxscore LP: Seth Ross
Attendance: 200
2025 WC Group B 12 July 2024 (2024-07-12) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg5–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
21:00 WP: Pita Rona
HR: Tyron Bartorillo, Beau Bishop, Cole Evans 		Boxscore LP: Ty Sebastian
Attendance: 2,000
2025 WC Group B 13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg4–1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
13:00 WP: Martín Gonzalez
HR: Manuel Godoy 		Boxscore LP: Liam Potts
HR: Cole Evans 		Attendance: 650
2025 WC Group B 13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg0–12 (F/4)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
18:00 LP: Hok Wong
Boxscore WP: Daniel Champman
HR: Reilly Makea 2, Beau Bishop, Cameron Watts 		Attendance: 180
2025 WC Group B Final 14 July 2024 (2024-07-14) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg5–6 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
16:00 LP: Daniel Chapman
HR: Beau Bishop 		Boxscore WP: Pablo Migliavacca Skladny
Sv: Martín Gonzalez
HR: Lucio Retamar 		Attendance: 1,000
2025 WC Group B Repechage 14 July 2024 (2024-07-14) Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–4 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
19:00 LP: Ty Sebastian
HR: Mathieu Roy 		Boxscore WP: Pita Rona
HR: Ben Enoka 		Attendance: 950
Friendly2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg9–10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hawker Softball Centre, Canberra
13:00 Boxscore
Friendly2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8–5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hawker Softball Centre, Canberra
15:00 Boxscore
Friendly2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–11 (F/5)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hawker Softball Centre, Canberra
19:00 Boxscore

2025

2025 WC Finals 8 July 2025 (2025-07-08) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
20:30
2025 WC Finals 9 July 2025 (2025-07-09) New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
20:30
2025 WC Finals 10 July 2025 (2025-07-10) Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Prime Ministers' Park, Prince Albert
14:30

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship in American Samoa for the 2025 Softball World Cup. [5] [6]

2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship – Flag of New Zealand.svgNew Zealand roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Utility

Manager

Coaches

  • Steven Deans (Coach)


Competitive record

Men's Softball World Cup

Men's Softball World Cup record
YearHostRoundPosPldWLRFRASquad
1966 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Third place3rd13103
1968 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Round robin5th954
1972 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Third place3rd1376
1976 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Champions3rd13103
1980 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Fourth place4th963
1984 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Champions1st1091
1988 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Runners-up2nd17143
1992 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Runners-up2nd15114
1996 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Champions1st14140
2000 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Champions1st15141
2004 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Champions1st1091
2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Runners-up2nd119210626
2013 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Champions1st10915417
2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Runners-up2nd10737025
2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Champions1st10917913
2019 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Fourth place4th10555124
2022 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Placement round8th8442928 Squad
2025 Qualified
Total7 titles17/1719615245389133—

Men's Softball Oceania Championship

Men's Softball Oceania Championship record
YearHostRoundPosPldWLRFRASquad
2023 Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa Runners-up2nd6425621 Squad
TotalRunners-up1/16425621—

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "The WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking". WBSC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sox Nation". Softball New Zealand . Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Andrea Blackshaw (9 February 2004). "New Zealand Three-peats at Men's World Championships". International Softball Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand downs Aussies for Commonwealth title". International Softball Federation. 30 January 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
  5. ↑ "NEW ZEALAND BLACK SOX TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT". Softball New Zealand. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "New coach Thomas Makea names Black Sox softball squad for World Cup qualifier". Stuff. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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