2022 Men's Softball World Championship

2022 Men's Softball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	26 November – 4 December 2022
Teams	12
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Attendance	18,055 (361 per game)
	← 2019 Prague 2025 → ; Last updated on complete

The 2022 WBSC Men's Softball World Championship was the 17th Men's Softball World Championship, an international softball tournament taking place in Auckland, New Zealand from 26 November to 4 December 2022.^[1] Originally scheduled for February 2021, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] New Zealand last hosted the tournament in 2013. It will be the 17th edition of the tournament.

Argentina were the defending champions, and lost the third place playoff to the United States. Australia defeated Canada 5–2 in the final to claim their second World Cup.

Qualified teams

Team	World ranking	Method of qualification
New Zealand	6th	Hosts
South Africa	11th	2022 African Championship^[3]
Japan	2nd	2022 Asian Championship^[4]
Philippines	21st	2022 Asian Championship^[4]
Australia	4th
Argentina	1st	2022 Pan American Championship^[5]
Canada	3rd
Cuba	12th
United States	7th
Czech Republic	5th	2021 European Championship^[6]
Denmark	10th	2021 European Championship^[6]
Venezuela	9th	Wildcard^[7]

Squads

Officials

15 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.^[8]

Umpires
Confederation	Umpires
WBSC Africa	Abel Mataboge (Botswana)
WBSC Americas	William Burwell (United States)
	Geneviève Gaudreau (Canada)
	Scott McLaren (Canada)
WBSC Asia	Mitsunori Kusamoto (Japan)
WBSC Asia	Naoya Matsuda (Japan)
WBSC Europe	Mariana Atanasova (Netherlands)
	Jens Jakobsen (Denmark)
	Michal Zidek (Czech Republic)
WBSC Oceania	Jason Carter (Australia)
	Leigh Evans (Australia)
	David Fortin (New Zealand)
	Mark Reardon (New Zealand)
	Lance Tematoe (New Zealand)
	Anthony Wesley (New Zealand)

Umpire Directors
Confederation	Umpire Director
WBSC Americas	Christina Drumm (United States)
Confederation	Assistant Umpire Director
WBSC Oceania	Wayne Saunders (New Zealand)

Scorers
Confederation	Scorers
WBSC Asia	Yu-Wei Horng (Chinese Taipei)
WBSC Asia	Fuka Nakamura (Japan)
WBSC Europe	Feiko Drost (Netherlands)
WBSC Oceania	Kirsty Andrews (Australia)
	Marie Byrne (New Zealand)
	Carolyn McQueen (New Zealand)
	More Natana (New Zealand)
	Tracee Topia (New Zealand)
	Sharon Williams (New Zealand)

Scorers Director
Confederation	Scorers Director
WBSC Europe	Marco Battistella (Italy)

Technical Commission
Confederation	Technical Commission
WBSC Americas	Ray Gutierrez (United States)
WBSC Asia	Shuro Tsukioka (Japan)
WBSC Europe	Anna Battigeli (Italy)
WBSC Europe	Gabriele Hardinger (Austria)
WBSC Oceania	Rata Joanne (New Zealand)
	Leathart Jane (New Zealand)
	Clarke Raewyn (New Zealand)

Technical Director
Confederation	Technical Director
WBSC Oceania	Gray Munroe (Australia)

Venue

Rosedale Park in Rosedale, Auckland hosted all the games across two fields.^[9]

Auckland	Auckland
	Rosedale Park
	Capacity: 3,500^[10]

Opening Round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	5	0	28	7	+21	1.000	—	Super Round
2	United States	5	3	2	19	10	+9	.600^[a]	2
3	Cuba	5	3	2	15	12	+3	.600^[a]	2
4	New Zealand (H)	5	2	3	16	20	−4	.400^[b]	3	Placement Round
5	Czech Republic	5	2	3	8	21	−13	.400^[b]	3
6	Philippines	5	0	5	2	18	−16	.000	5

Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head^[11]^[12]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head results: Cuba 4–8 United States.
^ ^a ^b Head to head results: New Zealand 3–1 Czech Republic.

26 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 21 °C (70 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
New Zealand	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	5	0
Czech Republic	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
WP: Daniel Chapman (1–0) LP: Jakub Osička (0–1) Home runs: NZL: Benjamin Enoka (1) CZE: None Attendance: 1,100 Boxscore

26 November 2022 17:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), clear
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0
Cuba	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3
WP: Huemul Mata (1–0) LP: Alan Román (0–1) Sv: Roman Godoy (1) Home runs: ARG: None CUB: Reynaldo Lamote (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore

26 November 2022 20:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), clear
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
United States	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	5	1
WP: Jon Gwizdala (1–0) LP: Leo Barredo (0–1) Sv: Bradley Kilpatrick (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore

27 November 2022 11:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), cloudy/raining
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba (6)	0	1	1	3	0	2	X	7	8	1
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	4	2
WP: Alain Román (1–1) LP: Jakub Osička (0–2) Home runs: CUB: Miguel Savigne (1) CZE: None Attendance: 100 Boxscore

27 November 2022 16:20 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), overcast
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	7	10	1
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
WP: Bradley Kilpatrick (1–0) LP: Josh Pettett (0–1) Home runs: USA: Blaine Milheim (1), Erick Ochoa (1) NZL: None Attendance: 1,000 Boxscore

27 November 2022 17:45 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 20 °C (68 °F), overcast
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Argentina	0	0	0	3	0	3	X	6	10	0
WP: Martín Gonzalez (1–0) LP: Juliuz Dela Cruz (0–1) Sv: Roman Godoy (2) Home runs: PHI: None ARG: Alan Peker (1) Attendance: 100 Boxscore

28 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	8	0
Czech Republic	1	2	0	3	0	0	X	6	9	1
WP: Michal Holobrádek (1–0) LP: Jerlin Rutt (0–1) Home runs: USA: Jonathan Lynch (1) CZE: George Harris (1), Tomáš Klein (1) Attendance: 225 Boxscore

28 November 2022 15:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	8	2
Philippines	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
WP: Alain Román (2–1) LP: Leo Barredo (0–2) Sv: Guber Plutin (1) Home runs: CUB: Yesander Rodriguez (1) PHI: None Attendance: 70 Boxscore

28 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 16 °C (61 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Argentina (9)	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	11	7	1
New Zealand	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	7	0
WP: Huemul Mata (2–0) LP: Pita Rona (0–1) Home runs: ARG: Alan Peker (2), Santiago Carril (1) NZL: Cole Evans (1), Thomas Enoka (2) Attendance: 1,050 Boxscore

29 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	13	2
United States	2	0	4	2	0	0	X	8	8	0
WP: Javier Caballero (1–0) LP: Alain Román (2–2) Sv: Brad Kilpatrick (2) Home runs: CUB: Osvaldo Pérez (1) USA: Jonathan Lynch (2) Attendance: 60 Boxscore

29 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Czech Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	6	1
Argentina (6)	0	2	3	0	0	3	X	8	10	0
WP: Roman Godoy (1–0) LP: Jonáš Hajný (0–1) Attendance: 200 Boxscore

29 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), overcast
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1	1	2
New Zealand (5)	3	0	4	0	1	X	X	8	8	0
WP: Pita Rona (1–1) LP: Juliuz Dela Cruz (0–2) Home runs: PHI: None NZL: Reilly Makea (1) Attendance: 800 Boxscore

30 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
Argentina	4	0	0	1	0	0	X	5	4	1
WP: Roman Godoy (2–0) LP: Jerlin Rutt (0–2) Home runs: USA: Blaine Milheim (2) ARG: None Attendance: 232 Boxscore

30 November 2022 15:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), wet/overcast/rain possible
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	6	11	0
Philippines	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
WP: Jakub Osička (1–2) LP: Parco Reagan (0–1) Sv: Jonáš Hajný (1) Home runs: CZE: Vojtěch Buchner (1) PHI: None Attendance: 101 Boxscore

30 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), overcast
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Cuba (9)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
WP: Alain Román (3–2) LP: Daniel Chapman (1–1) Attendance: 980 Boxscore

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Canada	5	5	0	30	2	+28	1.000	—	Super Round
2	Australia	5	4	1	19	11	+8	.800	1
3	Venezuela	5	3	2	17	11	+6	.600	2
4	Japan	5	2	3	20	9	+11	.400	3	Placement Round
5	South Africa	5	1	4	6	37	−31	.200	4
6	Denmark	5	0	5	3	25	−22	.000	5

Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head^[11]^[12]

26 November 2022 14:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 20 °C (68 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
Canada	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
WP: Sean Cleary (1–0) LP: Eudomar Toyo (0–1) Sv: Justin Schofield (1) Attendance: 200 Boxscore

26 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	4	1
Australia (6)	3	1	0	2	0	1	X	7	6	0
WP: Jack Besgrove (1–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–1) Attendance: 400 Boxscore

26 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0	1	3
Japan (4)	1	4	6	0	X	X	X	11	7	1
WP: Hikaru Matsuda (1–0) LP: Timida Kekana (0–1) Home runs: RSA: None JAP: Hikaru Matsuda (1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore

27 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), overcast
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Denmark	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0	1	0
Canada (4)	2	2	0	6	X	X	X	10	10	0
WP: Zachary Pierce (1–0) LP: Valdemar Terkelsen (0–1) Home runs: DEN: None CAN: Matthieu Roy (1), Quinten Bruce (1), Bryan Abrey (1), Colin Walsh (1) Attendance: 400 Boxscore

27 November 2022 15:45 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), overcast/chance of rain
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1	2	2
Venezuela (4)	5	2	2	3	X	X	X	12	11	0
WP: Victor Guedez (1–0) LP: Tidima Kekana (0–2) Home runs: RSA: Edinson Marrero (1) VEN: None Attendance: 75 Boxscore

27 November 2022 20:25 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 15 °C (59 °F), rainy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Australia (8)	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	8	0
Japan	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	7	1
WP: Marshall Kronk (1–0) LP: Kento Okazaki (0–1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore

28 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada (5)	1	4	2	0	4	X	X	11	9	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	0	4
WP: Ty Seabastian (1–0) LP: Manhlane Manaka (0–1) Home runs: CAN: Colin Walsh (1) RSA: None Attendance: 100 Boxscore

28 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	3	2	1	0	0	0	X	6	8	0
WP: Jack Besgrove (2–0) LP: Erick Urbaneja (0–1) Attendance: 280 Boxscore

28 November 2022 18:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Japan	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3	5	1
WP: Yuya Yamawaki (1–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–2) Sv: Reo Koyama (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore

29 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	6	9	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
WP: Sean Cleary (2–0) LP: Jack Besgrove (2–1) Home runs: CAN: Derek Mayson 2 (2) AUS: None Attendance: 350 Boxscore

29 November 2022 15:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 22 °C (72 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	5	6	1
Denmark	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	3	0
WP: Grant Olivier (1–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–3) Home runs: RSA: Tyler Croft (1) DEN: None Attendance: 134 Boxscore

29 November 2022 18:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	2
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	1	2	X	3	5	1
WP: Eudomar Toyo (1–1) LP: Hikaru Matsuda (1–1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore

30 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), overcast
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia (3)	10	2	3	X	X	X	X	15	11	0
South Africa	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0	3	3
WP: Jay Selu (1–0) LP: Lucas Lamola (0–1) Home runs: AUS: Marshall Kronk (1), James Todhunter (1), Julian Jemmott (1) RSA: None Attendance: 150 Boxscore

30 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2	5	3
Canada (4)	1	0	6	0	X	X	X	9	8	0
WP: Justin Schofield (1–0) LP: Reo Koyama (0–1) Sv: Zachary Pierce (1) Home runs: JAP: Tei Hamamoto (1) CAN: Derek Mayson (3), Ty Sebastian (1), Bryan Abrey (1) Attendance: 312 Boxscore

30 November 2022 18:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	8	9	1
Denmark	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	3
WP: Victor Guedez (2–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–4) Attendance: 30 Boxscore

Placement Round

The bottom three teams from each group progress to the placement round. Head to head results against the other bottom three team from the Opening Round will carry over to help determine final placings. In games between equal seeds, a coin toss determines the home team.^[13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Japan	5	5	0	34	11	+23	1.000	—
2	New Zealand (H)	5	4	1	24	10	+14	.800	1
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	28	14	+14	.600	2
4	Philippines	5	2	3	17	22	−5	.400	3
5	South Africa	5	1	4	8	35	−27	.200	4
6	Denmark	5	0	5	6	25	−19	.000	5

Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head^[11]^[12]
(H) Hosts

1 December 2022 12:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), slightly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Denmark	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	2
Czech Republic	1	0	1	1	0	4	X	7	6	1
WP: Jakub Osička (2–2) LP: Kim Hansen (0–5) Home runs: DEN: Tobias Homlelund (1) CZE: Vojtěch Forman (1) Attendance: 130 Boxscore

1 December 2022 15:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	2
Japan	4	0	0	1	0	3	X	8	9	0
WP: Takuro Kawano (1–0) LP: Juliuz Dela Cruz (0–3) Home runs: PHI: None JPN: Tei Hamamoto (2), Kazuya Toriyama 3 (3) Attendance: 155 Boxscore

1 December 2022 19:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), clear
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	1	1
New Zealand (5)	0	1	3	3	0	X	X	7	5	0
WP: Joshua Pettett (1–1) LP: Grant Olivier (1–1) Home runs: RSA: None NZL: Jerome Raemaki (1) Attendance: 900 Boxscore

2 December 2022 12:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	0	3	0	0	0	X	X	3	3	1
Czech Republic (5)	2	3	1	0	4	X	X	10	9	3
WP: Michal Holobrádek (2–0) LP: Manhlane Manaka (0–2) Home runs: RSA: None CZE: Marek Malý (1), Vojtěch Forman (2) Attendance: 60 Boxscore

2 December 2022 18:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines (5)	5	0	1	1	1	X	X	8	7	0
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	4	3
WP: Leo Barredo (1–2) LP: Lukas Lohmann (0–1) Home runs: PHI: Denmark Bathan (1), Melvin de Castro (1) DEN: None Attendance: 45 Boxscore

2 December 2022 19:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	7	7	0
New Zealand	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	10	1
WP: Hikaru Matsuda (2–1) LP: Daniel Chapman (1–2) Home runs: JPN: Hikaru Matsuda (2) NZL: Reilly Makea (2), Joel Evans (1), Pita Rona (1) Attendance: 1,102 Boxscore

3 December 2022 15:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	10	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
WP: Leo Barredo (2–2) LP: Grant Olivier (1–2) Home runs: PHI: Justine Rosales (1) RSA: None Attendance: 55 Boxscore

3 December 2022 16:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Denmark	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3
New Zealand	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0
WP: Joshua Pettett (2–1) LP: Kim Hansen (0–6) Attendance: 380 Boxscore

4 December 2022 18:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
Japan (10)	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	0
WP: Hikaru Matsuda (3–1) LP: Jakub Osička (2–3) Home runs: CZE: George Harris (2), Vojtěch Buchner (2) JPN: None Attendance: 68 Boxscore

Super Round

The top three teams from each group progress to the placement round. Head to head results against the other top three team from the Opening Round will carry over to help determine final placings and the four nations that qualify for the Final Round. In games between equal seeds, a coin toss determines the home team.^[13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Canada	5	4	1	19	10	+9	.800^[a]	—	Advance to Final
2	Australia	5	4	1	23	15	+8	.800^[a]	—	Advance to Final
3	Argentina	5	4	1	19	13	+6	.800^[a]	—	Advance to Third place play-off
4	United States	5	2	3	28	26	+2	.400	2	Advance to Third place play-off
5	Cuba	5	1	4	9	14	−5	.200	3
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	7	24	−17	.000	4

Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head^[11]^[12]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Tied on head to head results. Head-to-head runs against: Canada 5, Australia 6, Argentina 6. Head to head result: Australia 2–0 Argentina.

1 December 2022 13:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1
Canada	0	0	0	2	1	1	X	4	8	0
WP: Justin Schofield (2–0) LP: Bradley Kilpatrick (1–1) Home runs: USA: Cameron Schiller (1) CAN: Shane Boland (1) Attendance: 450 Boxscore

1 December 2022 16:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3	6	0
WP: Adam Folkard (1–0) LP: Alain Román (3–3) Home runs: CUB: None AUS: Nick Shailes (1), Hayden Mathews (1) Attendance: 182 Boxscore

1 December 2022 18:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	7	1
Argentina	2	0	1	1	0	2	X	6	12	0
WP: Huemul Mata (3–0) LP: Eudomar Toyo (1–2) Home runs: VEN: Rafael Flores (1) ARG: Alan Peker (3) Attendance: 85 Boxscore

2 December 2022 13:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	9	9	1
Australia	1	3	2	0	3	3	X	12	12	1
WP: Adam Folkard (2–0) LP: Bradley Kilpatrick (1–2) Sv: Marshall Kronk (1) Home runs: USA: Matt Palazzo (1), Blaine Milheim (3) AUS: Scott Patterson (1), Nick Shailes (2), Joshua McGovern (1), James Todhunter (2) Attendance: 622 Boxscore

2 December 2022 15:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	4	X	4	9	0
WP: Alain Román (4–3) LP: Victor Guedez (2–1) Attendance: 55 Boxscore

2 December 2022 16:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	7	0
Argentina	0	0	4	0	1	0	X	5	7	1
WP: Huemul Mata (4–0) LP: Justin Schofield (2–1) Home runs: CAN: Bradley Ezekiel (1), Bryan Abrey (2) ARG: Manuel Godoy (1) Attendance: 750 Boxscore

3 December 2022 12:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 2 19 °C (66 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
United States	1	1	0	2	0	1	X	5	10	0
WP: Bradley Kilpatrick (2–2) LP: Frank Ugas (0–1) Attendance: 75 Boxscore

3 December 2022 13:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2	1	0
WP: Sean Cleary (3–0) LP: Guber Plutin (0–1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore

3 December 2022 19:30 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Australia (8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
WP: Jack Besgrove (3–1) LP: Roman Godoy (2–1) Attendance: 426 Boxscore

Final Round

Third place play-off

4 December 2022 13:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	0
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
WP: Bradley Kilpatrick (3–2) LP: Huemul Mata (4–1) Home runs: USA: Yusef Davis Jr. (1) ARG: None Attendance: 625 Boxscore

Final

4 December 2022 16:00 (NZDT)
Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	8	1
Canada	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	2
WP: Jack Besgrove (4–1) LP: Sean Cleary (3–1) Home runs: AUS: Nick Shailes (3) CAN: None Attendance: 2,061 Boxscore

Statistics

The statistics below include all opening, super and placement round games.^[14]^[8]

Homeruns

3 homeruns

2 homeruns

1 homerun

Leading players

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Quinten Bruce	.550
HR	6 players	3
RBI	Bryan Abrey	11
R	Scott Patterson	10
H	Blaine Milheim Jonathan Lynch	14
SB	Alan Peker Yusef Davis Jr.	3

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Huemul Mata Jack Besgrove Alain Román	4
L	Kim Hansen	6
ERA	Roman Godoy	1.04
SO	Jack Besgrove	71
IP	Alain Román	40.2
SV	Roman Godoy Guber Plutin Bradley Kilpatrick	2

Player of the day

Player of the day
Day	Player	Notes
26 Nov	Juan Zara^[15]	1–4 2B 2 RBI
27 Nov	Blaine Milheim^[16]	2–4 HR 2 RBI 2 R
28 Nov	Huemel Mata^[17]	7.2 IP 15 K 1–3 1 RBI 1 R
29 Nov	Derek Mayson^[18]	3–4 2 HR 3 RBI 2 R
30 Nov	Alain Román^[19]	9 IP 3 H 0 R 11 K
1 Dec	Adam Folkard^[20]	4 IP 0 H 0 R 0 BB 8 K
2 Dec	Scott Patterson^[21]	3–4 3 RBI 3 R HR 3B
3 Dec	Sean Cleary^[22]	7 IP 1 H 0 R 15 K

Final standings

Rk	Team	W	L	Final result
1	Australia	8	1	Gold medal
2	Canada	7	2	Silver medal
3	United States	5	4	Bronze medal
4	Argentina	7	2	Fourth place

5	Cuba	4	4	Super Round
6	Venezuela	3	5	Super Round

7	Japan	5	3	Placement Round
8	New Zealand (H)	4	4
9	Czech Republic	4	4
10	Philippines	2	6
11	South Africa	1	7
12	Denmark	0	8

Awards

All World Team
Awards		Awarded player^[8]
MVP Award		Marshall Kronk
Best Defensive Player Honours		Luis Dominguez
All World Team	Pitcher	Sean Cleary
	Catcher	Juan Zara
	First baseman	Erwin Diaz
	Second baseman	Brendon O'Byrne
	Third baseman	Nick Shailes
	Shortstop	Juan Malarczuk
	Left fielder	Jonathan Lynch
	Center fielder	Blaine Milheim
	Right fielder	Quinten Bruce
	Designated player	Bryan Abrey

Broadcasting

Whakaata Māori broadcast all 50 games on the MĀORI+ app with all New Zealand games also on television.^[23]^[24] International viewers were able to stream the tournament on WBSC's OTT Channel GameTime.^[24]^[25]

Symbols

Match balls

The match balls used for the 2022 tournament were the Mizuno M150 balls, which were also used in the Tokyo 2022 Olympics. Mizuno supplied 1,152 balls for the tournament.^[26]

External links

Official Website

References

^ "Asia qualifiers for WBSC Men's and U-23 Softball World Cups to be played in Japan in September". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "New dates announced for WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "South Africa tops Botswana to clinch African championship and qualify for WBSC Men's Softball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Japan, Philippines qualify for WBSC Men's Softball World Cup, complete field of teams for Auckland". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Argentina, Canada, Cuba, USA qualify for the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022 in New Zealand". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Czech Republic, Denmark advance to WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Venezuela awarded Wild Card to WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2022 Daily Report Mens Softball WC #Final" (PDF). WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Event Information". WBSC. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022: By the Numbers". WBSC. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tournament Regulations: Article C11". WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Info". WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2022 Tradestaff WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Draw". WSBC. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "Stats". WBSC.
^ "🥎⚡🇦🇷 Juan Zara leads Argentina to win with a clutch double". WBSC Instagram.
^ "🥎⚡🇺🇸 Fantastic performance from Blaine Milheim". WBSC Instagram.
^ "🥎😮🇦🇷 After a fantastic two-way performance that includes a clutch RBI in an instant classic game, Huemul Mata is our Mizuno / WBSC Player of the Day at the Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC Instagram.
^ "🇨🇦🥎 What a day for Derek Mayson!". WBSC Instagram.
^ "🇨🇺🥎 What a performance by Alain Roman!". WBSC Instagram.
^ "🇦🇺🥎 What a performance by Adam Folkard!". WBSC Instagram.
^ "🇦🇺🥎 What a performance by Scott Patterson!". WBSC Instagram.
^ "🇨🇦🥎 What a performance by Sean Cleary!". WBSC Instagram.
^ "Whakaata Māori becomes first indigenous broadcaster for Softball World Cup 2022". New Zealand Herald. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Where to watch the XVII WBSC Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^ "Australia prevail in final shakedown ahead of WBSC Softball World Cup". WBSC. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
^ "WBSC and Mizuno extend partnership". WBSC. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

[table_hth_USA0.097542432182255-11] Head to head results: Cuba 4–8 United States.

[table_hth_NZL0.097542432182255-12] Head to head results: New Zealand 3–1 Czech Republic.

[table_hth_CAN0.086702775250516-16] Tied on head to head results. Head-to-head runs against: Canada 5, Australia 6, Argentina 6. Head to head result: Australia 2–0 Argentina.

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[2] "New dates announced for WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[3] "South Africa tops Botswana to clinch African championship and qualify for WBSC Men's Softball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[4] "Japan, Philippines qualify for WBSC Men's Softball World Cup, complete field of teams for Auckland". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[pan-american-5] "Argentina, Canada, Cuba, USA qualify for the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022 in New Zealand". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[6] "Czech Republic, Denmark advance to WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[7] "Venezuela awarded Wild Card to WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

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[9] "Event Information". WBSC. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

[10] "WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022: By the Numbers". WBSC. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

[drive.google.com-13] "Tournament Regulations: Article C11". WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[Info-14] "Info". WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[Draw-15] "2022 Tradestaff WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Draw". WSBC. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[17] "Stats". WBSC.

[18] "🥎⚡🇦🇷 Juan Zara leads Argentina to win with a clutch double". WBSC Instagram.

[19] "🥎⚡🇺🇸 Fantastic performance from Blaine Milheim". WBSC Instagram.

[20] "🥎😮🇦🇷 After a fantastic two-way performance that includes a clutch RBI in an instant classic game, Huemul Mata is our Mizuno / WBSC Player of the Day at the Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC Instagram.

[21] "🇨🇦🥎 What a day for Derek Mayson!". WBSC Instagram.

[22] "🇨🇺🥎 What a performance by Alain Roman!". WBSC Instagram.

[23] "🇦🇺🥎 What a performance by Adam Folkard!". WBSC Instagram.

[24] "🇦🇺🥎 What a performance by Scott Patterson!". WBSC Instagram.

[25] "🇨🇦🥎 What a performance by Sean Cleary!". WBSC Instagram.

[26] "Whakaata Māori becomes first indigenous broadcaster for Softball World Cup 2022". New Zealand Herald. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

[Watch-27] "Where to watch the XVII WBSC Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

[28] "Australia prevail in final shakedown ahead of WBSC Softball World Cup". WBSC. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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