2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship

The 2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship was the inaugural edition of the Men's Softball Oceania Championship, the international men's softball championship of Oceania organized by WBSC Oceania. The top two teams qualified for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.[1][2]

2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship
Tournament details
Host country American Samoa
Dates 9–11 November 2023
Teams(from 1 continent)
Venue(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions
 Australia (1st title)
Runner-up
 New Zealand
Third place
 American Samoa
Tournament statistics
Games played9
Best batting averageAustralia Jarryd Farrell (1.000)
Most homeruns hitNew Zealand Hohepa Monk (3)
Most stolen basesNew Zealand Zachary Boyd
New Zealand Tane Mumu (3)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)Australia Mathew Beckett
New Zealand Liam Potts (16)
TBD

Format

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The tournament was a round robin format with each team playing each other three times over the course of three days.[3][4]

Venues

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All games were played at the Tony Solaita Field in Tafuna, American Samoa.

Tafuna
Tony Solaita Field
Capacity: 500

Teams

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The following three teams competed in the inaugural edition.[1][2][5]

Squads

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1   Australia 6 5 1 69 13 +56 .833 Qualification for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup
2   New Zealand 6 4 2 56 21 +35 .667 1
3   American Samoa (H) 6 0 6 0 91 −91 .000 5
Source: WBSC Oceania
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[6]
(H) Hosts

Results

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All times are local SST, (UTC-11).[3]

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
12:00
Australia   16–0 (F/3)   American Samoa Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Andrew McManus (3B)
WP: Mathew Beckett (1–0) Boxscore LP: Richard Nomura (0–1)
9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
15:00
Australia   3–9   New Zealand Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), James English (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B)
LP: Mark Harris (0–1) Boxscore WP: Eruera Drage (1–0)
HR: Matt Wickham (1), Scott Patterson (1) HR: Wayne Laulu (1)
9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
19:00
American Samoa   0–15 (F/3)   New Zealand Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: James English (HP), Trevor Murphy (1B), Andrew McManus (2B), Mark Porteous (3B)
LP: Tyrese Leutele (0–1) Boxscore WP: Liam Potts (1–0)
HR: Hohepa Monk (1), Cameron Watts (1)

10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)
12:00
New Zealand   4–11 (F/5)   Australia Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B)
WP: Eruera Drage (1–1) Boxscore WP: Jarryd Farrell (1–0)
HR: Hohepa Monk (2), Te Kirika Cooper-Nicola (1) HR: Scott Patterson (2)
10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)
15:00
New Zealand   15–0 (F/3)   American Samoa Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), Mark Porteous (1B), Trevor Murphy (3B)
WP: Floyd Nola (1–0) Boxscore LP: Richard Nomura (0–2)
HR: Hohepa Monk (3)
10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)
18:00
Australia   21–0 (F/4)   American Samoa Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: James English (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Mark Porteous (3B)
WP: Mark Harris (1–1) Boxscore LP: Aifili Solaita (0–1)
HR: Matt Wickham (2), Jarryd Farrell (1), Cody Smith (1)

11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)
12:00
New Zealand   0–7 (F/5)   Australia Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B)
LP: Pita Rona (0–1) Boxscore WP: Jarryd Farrell (2–0)
HR: Mark Harris (1), Matthew Harrow (1)
11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)
15:00
American Samoa   0–11 (F/4)   Australia Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Trevor Murphy (2B), James English (3B)
LP: Tyrese Leutele (0–2) Boxscore WP: Mathew Beckett (2–0)
HR: Mark Harris (2), James Purcell (1), Mathew Beckett (1)
11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)
18:00
American Samoa   0–13 (F/4)   New Zealand Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna
Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B)
LP: Aifili Solaita (0–2) Boxscore WP: Liam Potts (2–0)
HR: Zachary Boyd (1, 2)

Homeruns

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There were 19 homeruns scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.11 homeruns per match.[7]

3 homeruns

2 homeruns

1 homerun

Qualified teams for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup

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The following two teams from WBSC Oceania qualified for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Men's Softball World Cup1
  Australia 10 November 2023 11 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2009 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022)
  New Zealand 10 November 2023 17 (1966, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2009 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting

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All matches were streamed on KVZK-TV's YouTube channel.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Schedule Update: Men's Softball World Cup Oceania Qualifier". WBSC Oceania. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Oceania qualifiers for U-18 Women's and Men's Softball World Cups underway in American Samoa". WBSC. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Schedule & Results". WBSC Oceania. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ "NEW ZEALAND BLACK SOX TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT". Softball New Zealand. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ^ "New coach Thomas Makea names Black Sox softball squad for World Cup qualifier". Stuff. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Tournament Regulations: Article C11". WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Stats". WBSC Oceania. Retrieved 10 November 2023.