2019 Asian Women's Softball Championship

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2019 Asian Women's Softball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Indonesia
Teams10
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Defending champions Japan
Final positions
Champions
Gold medal asia.svg
 Japan (7th title)
Runner-up
Silver medal asia.svg
 China
Third place
Bronze medal asia.svg
 Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Philippines
Tournament statistics
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Eri Yamada
← 2017

The 2019 Asian Women's Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured ten nations and was held from 1–7 May 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Matches were held at the Gelora Bung Karno Softball Stadium[1]

The tournament also serves as the qualifiers for the WBSC Softball Asia/Oceania 2019 Qualifying Event for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The top six teams aside from the Olympic hosts, Japan, advanced to the final Olympic qualifier to be hosted in Shanghai, China.[1] The top three nations also qualified for the 2021 Women's World Championships.

Participants[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Teams W L Pct. GB
 Japan 4 0 1.000 –
 China 3 1 .750 1
 South Korea 2 2 .500 2
  1 3 .250 3
 India 0 4 .000 4

Group B[]

Teams W L Pct. GB
 Chinese Taipei 4 0 1.000 –
 Philippines 3 1 .750 1
  2 2 .500 2
 Indonesia 1 3 .250 3
  0 4 .000 4

Final round[]

  Playoffs Semifinals Final
                           
  A1  Japan 7  
B4  Indonesia 0  
  A1  Japan 10  
  B2  Philippines 0  
A3  South Korea 1
  B2  Philippines 5  
    A1  Japan 9
  A2  China 2
  B3   2  
A2  China 11  
  A2  China W Third place
  B1  Chinese Taipei L  
A4   0 B2  Philippines 0
  B1  Chinese Taipei 15   B1  Chinese Taipei 10

Classification 5th–8th place[]

Playoff 5th place match
      
B4  Indonesia 4
A4   3
B4  Indonesia 2
A3  South Korea 11
B3   0
A3  South Korea 11
7th place match
   
A4   3
B4   13

Final Standings[]

Qualified for:
Qualified for:
Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg  Chinese Taipei
4th  Philippines
5th  South Korea
6th  Indonesia
7th  
8th  
9th  
10th  India

Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation[2]

Individual awards[]

  • Most Valuable Player:Japan Eri Yamada
  • Best Pitcher:Japan Misaki Katsumata
  • Best Hitter:Philippines Angeline Ursabia
  • Best Slugger:Philippines Angeline Ursabia
  • Most Stolen Base:Japan Mikiko Eguchi
  • Most Runs Batted (RBI): Chinese Taipei Chen Chia-Yi

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Asia Cup Women's Softball Championship ready to go in Jakarta, Indonesia". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Six nations from Asia advance to Tokyo 2020 softball qualifier". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. ^ Peter, Fabian (7 May 2019). "Japan crowned Asia Softball champions". New Straits Times. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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