| Softball at the 2010 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Tianhe Softball Field |
| Dates | 19–26 November 2010 |
| Competitors | 90 from 6 nations |
Softball at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 19 to 26, 2010. Only a women's competition was held. All games were played at the Tianhe Softball Field.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final | G | Grand final |
| Event↓/Date → | 19th Fri | 20th Sat | 21st Sun | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | F | G | |
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chinese Taipei | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 1.000 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 3 | .800 | 1 | |
| 3 |  China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | .600 | 2 | |
| 4 |  South Korea | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | .400 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Philippines | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 24 | .200 | 4 | |
| 6 |  Thailand | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40 | .000 | 5 |
| 19 November 13:00 | Japan | 15–0 (F/3) | Thailand | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Li Zhe (CHN) |
| WP: Makiko Fujiwara | LP: Parima Phandakiri |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Japan | 9 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| 19 November 15:30 | Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | South Korea | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Narayanasamy Muthukumar (MAS) |
| WP: Chung Hui-lin | LP: Park Su-youn |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 November 18:00 | Philippines | 1–7 | China | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Choi Chi-hwan (KOR) |
| LP: Joy Lasquite | WP: Lü Wei |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 November 13:00 | Philippines | 2–9 | Chinese Taipei | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Hideko Okano (JPN) |
| LP: Syrel Ramos | WP: Chueh Ming-hui |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 November 15:30 | Thailand | 0–9 (F/5) | China | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Chee Eng Kiat (SIN) |
| LP: Sasithorn Wilairak | WP: Wang Lan |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 November 18:00 | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Xing Lisha (CHN) |
| WP: Mika Someya | LP: Lim Mi-ran | |||
| HR: Ayumi Karino (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 November 13:00 | South Korea | 0–4 | China | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Hsu Chan Kun-ying (TPE) |
| LP: Park Su-youn | WP: Li Qi |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 21 November 15:30 | Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | Japan | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Li Zhe (CHN) |
| WP: Chung Hui-lin | LP: Yukiko Ueno | |||
| HR: Chiang Hui-chuan (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 November 18:00 | Philippines | 1–0 | Thailand | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Jeon Mun-sook (KOR) |
| WP: Syrel Ramos | LP: Parima Phandakiri |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 November 13:00 | Japan | 4–0 | Philippines | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Pansiri Jaidee (THA) |
| WP: Sayuri Yamane | LP: Corazon Soberre |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 November 15:30 | South Korea | 8–2 | Thailand | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Chen Tsung-ho (TPE) |
| WP: Yang Lee-sel | LP: Somporn Klaysuan |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| South Korea | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| 22 November 18:00 | China | 3–6 | Chinese Taipei | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Kyo Masuda (JPN) |
| LP: Li Qi | WP: Chung Hui-lin | |||
| HR: Chiang Hui-chuan (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 November 13:00 | South Korea | 4–3 (F/9) | Philippines | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Liu Juan (CHN) |
| WP: Park Su-youn | LP: Veronica Belleza |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 November 15:30 | China | 1–2 | Japan | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Chen Tsung-ho (TPE) |
| LP: Li Qi | WP: Yukiko Ueno |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 November 18:00 | Chinese Taipei | 7–0 (F/5) | Thailand | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Hideko Okano (JPN) |
| WP: Chiu An-ju | LP: Piyaporn Sarakong |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | — | — | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Semifinals | Final | Grand final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | Japan | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 3 | China | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | China | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | China | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | |||||||||||
| 25 November 16:00 | Chinese Taipei | 2–5 | Japan | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Liu Juan (CHN) |
| LP: Chueh Ming-hui | WP: Yukiko Ueno | |||
| HR: Chiang Hui-chuan (1) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 November 18:30 | China | 7–1 | South Korea | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Hideko Okano (JPN) |
| WP: Wang Lan | LP: Park Su-youn |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| China | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| 26 November 13:00 | Chinese Taipei | 1–2 | China | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Kyo Masuda (JPN) |
| LP: Chung Hui-lin | WP: Li Qi |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 November 18:30 | China | 0–2 | Japan | Tianhe Softball Field, Guangzhou Umpires: Chen Tsung-ho (TPE) |
| LP: Wang Lan | WP: Yukiko Ueno |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 |
 | China | 8 | 5 | 3 |
 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Philippines | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Thailand | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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