29/05/2023 1 Minute Read

Chinese Taipei, Korea, Hong Kong-China complete Women's Baseball World Cup participants

The World Nos. 2, 10, and 11 women's baseball international programmes will compete with world No. 1 Japan in the Women's Baseball Asia Cup Super Round. The tournament outcome will determine Asia 2 (Group B), 3 and 4 (Group A) in the World Cup's first stage. Japan will compete as Asia 1 in Group B.

World No. 2 Chinese Taipei, No. 10 Korea, and No. 11 Hong Kong-China completed the list of 12 participants in the IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup by qualifying to the Super Round of the III Women's Baseball Asia Cup together with world No. 1 Japan.

Japan (Asia 1) will compete in Group B of the Women's Baseball World Cup (13-17 September, Miyoshi City, Japan) with Asia 2, the top finisher in the Asia Cup, excluding Japan. Asia 3 and 4 will compete in Group A (8-13 August, Thunder Bay, Canada).

Chinese Taipei went 3-0 in Group A of the Asia Cup against Hong Kong-China, China and India. They scored 53 runs and did not allow any.

Hong Kong-China outscored China, 20-6, to finish second and qualify for the Super Round.

Japan went 3-0, scoring 44 runs and allowing one against Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Korea used a six-run second at-bat to beat the Philippines, 9-5, in what turned out to be an elimination game for Group B's second place. Shortstop Jua Park went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in.