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. Originally scheduled for February 2021, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 TeamWorld rankingMethod of qualification6th Hosts11th 2022 African Championship2nd 2022 Asian Championship21st4th1st 2022 Pan American Championship3rd12th7th5th 2021 European Championship10th9th Wildcard
Squads
Officials 15 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.
+ 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) 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 Porteous (New Zealand) Lance Brown (New Zealand) Tony (TK) Kaiaruna (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) 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) 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.
Auckland Rosedale Park Capacity: 3,500
Opening Round Group A
Group B
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.
Super Round The top three teams from each group progress to the super 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.
Final Round Third place play-off
Final
Statistics
The statistics below include all opening, super and placement round games.
Homeruns 3 homeruns
Alan Peker Nick Shailes Bryan Abrey Derek Mayson Kazuya Toriyama Blaine Milheim
2 homeruns
James Todhunter Colin Walsh Vojtěch Buchner Vojtěch Forman George Harris Tei Hamamoto Hikaru Matsuda Reilly Makea Jonathan Lynch
1 homerun
Santiago Carril Manuel Godoy Julian Jemmott Marshall Kronk Hayden Mathews Joshua McGovern Scott Patterson Shane Boland Quinten Bruce Bradley Ezekiel Mathieu Roy Ty Sebastian Reynaldo Lamote Osvaldo Pérez Yesander Rodriguez Miguel Savigne Tomáš Klein Marek Malý Tobias Holmelund Benjamin Enoka Thomas Enoka Cole Evans Joel Evans Jerome Raemaki Pita Rona Denmark Bathan Melvin de Castro Justine Rosales Melvin de Castro Tyler Croft Yusef Davis Jr. Erick Ochoa Matt Palazzo Cameron Schiller Rafael Flores Edinson Marrero
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 1–42B2 RBI 27 Nov Blaine Milheim 2–4HR2 RBI2 R 28 Nov Huemel Mata 7.2 IP15 K1–31 RBI1 R 29 Nov Derek Mayson 3–42 HR3 RBI2 R 30 Nov Alain Román 9 IP3 H0 R11 K 1 Dec Adam Folkard 4 IP0 H0 R0 BB8 K 2 Dec Scott Patterson 3–43 RBI3 RHR3B 3 Dec Sean Cleary 7 IP1 H0 R15 K
Final standings RkTeamFinal result1 8 1Gold medal2 7 2Silver medal3 5 4Bronze medal4 7 2Fourth place5 4 4Super Round6 3 57 5 3Placement Round8 (H) 4 49 4 410 2 611 1 712 0 8
Awards + All World TeamAwardsAwarded playerMVP Award Marshall KronkBest Defensive Player Honours Luis DominguezAll World TeamPitcher Sean ClearyCatcher Juan ZaraFirst baseman Erwin DiazSecond baseman Brendon O'ByrneThird baseman Nick ShailesShortstop Juan MalarczukLeft fielder Jonathan LynchCenter fielder Blaine MilheimRight fielder Quinten BruceDesignated player Bryan Abrey
Broadcasting Whakaata Māori broadcast all 50 games on the MĀORI+ app with all New Zealand games also on television. International viewers were able to stream the tournament on WBSC's OTT Channel GameTime.
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.
External links Official Website
References