| Softball at the 2006 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue |
| Dates | 10–14 December 2006 |
| Competitors | 75 from 5 nations |
Softball was contested by five East Asian countries at the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, Qatar from December 10 to December 14, 2006. All games were played at the Al-Rayyan Baseball and Softball Venue.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final | G | Grand final |
| Event↓/Date → | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 12th Tue | 13th Wed | 14th Thu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | P | P | P | P | ½ | F | G |
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1.000 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 |  China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | .750 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | .500 | 2 | |
| 4 |  North Korea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | .250 | 3 | |
| 5 |  South Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 | .000 | 4 |
| 10 December 8:30 | South Korea | 0–7 (F/6) | Chinese Taipei | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Liu Juan (CHN) |
| LP: Kim Jin-kyung | WP: Han Hsin-lin |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 December 11:30 | China | 2–3 | Japan | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Noel Bumagat (PHI) |
| LP: Li Qi | WP: Mariko Masubuchi | |||
| HR: Wu Di (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 December 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | North Korea | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Xing Lisha (CHN) |
| WP: Lin Su-hua | LP: Kim Song-chun | |||
| HR: Li Chiu-ching (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 December 9:30 | North Korea | 1–5 | China | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Ong Ka Aun (MAS) |
| LP: Kang In-sun | WP: Lü Wei | |||
| HR: Wu Di (1), Lü Yi (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 December 12:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Joel Binarao (PHI) |
| WP: Yukiko Ueno | LP: Lai Sheng-jung | |||
| HR: Emi Naito (1), Masumi Mishina (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 December 14:30 | China | 5–1 | South Korea | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Rully Rinaldi Andriyanto (INA) |
| WP: Li Qi | LP: Lim Mi-ran | |||
| HR: Wu Di (2) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 12 December 8:30 | South Korea | 1–8 (F/5) | Japan | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Liu Juan (CHN) |
| LP: Cho Hui-ju | WP: Mariko Goto | |||
| HR: Yuka Suzuki (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 December 11:00 | Chinese Taipei | 2–5 | China | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Toyomatsu Tabinuki (JPN) |
| LP: Wu Chia-yen | WP: Lü Wei |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 12 December 14:15 | Japan | 6–1 | North Korea | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Hsu Chan Kun-ying (TPE) |
| WP: Yuko Endo | LP: Kang In-sun | |||
| HR: Megu Hirose (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 13 December 8:30 | North Korea | 4–1 | South Korea | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Tanate Kultate (THA) |
| WP: Kang In-sun | LP: Lim Mi-ran |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Semifinals | Final | Grand final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 1 | Japan (F/5) | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | China | 0 | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | China | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 10 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | North Korea | 1 | |||||||||||
| 13 December 11:30 | China | 0–3 | Japan | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Chen Kuo-hwa (TPE) |
| LP: Lü Wei | WP: Yukiko Ueno |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 December 14:15 | Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | North Korea | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Haruhi Goto (JPN) |
| WP: Lin Su-hua | LP: Kim Song-chun |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 14 December 8:30 | China | 7–10 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Toyomatsu Tabinuki (JPN) |
| LP: Li Qi | WP: Lin Su-hua | |||
| HR: Zhang Ai (1) | HR: Lai Meng-ting (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| China | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 December 14:00 | Japan | 7–0 (F/5) | Chinese Taipei | Al-Rayyan Baseball & Softball Venue, Doha Umpires: Noel Bumagat (PHI) |
| WP: Yukiko Ueno | LP: Han Hsin-lin |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | — | — | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Japan | 6 | 6 | 0 |
 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 4 | 3 |
 | China | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | North Korea | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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