The 2023 U-23 WBSC Men's Softball World Cup is the inaugural U-23 Men's Softball World Cup, an international softball tournament taking place in Paraná, Argentina from 15 to 23 April 2023. Originally scheduled for October 2022, the tournament was postponed due to a number of reasons. The bidding process was reopened and once again awarded to Paraná in Argentina.
Qualified teams TeamMethod of qualificationU-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship winners/HostsAfrica qualifier winnerU-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship third placeU-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship runners-upU-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship fourth placeU-23 Men's Softball Asia winnersU-23 Men's Softball Asia runners-upU-23 Men's Softball European Championship winnersU-23 Men's Softball European Championship third placeOceaniaOceaniaWildcard
Squads
Venue Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol and El Plumazo in Paraná, Entre Ríos will host all the games across two fields.
Paraná Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol El Plumazo Capacity: 500 Capacity:
Opening Round Group A
Group B
Placement round
Super round
Final round Third place play-off
Final
Statistics The statistics below include all opening, super and placement round games.
Homeruns 3 homeruns
Jakub Hajný
2 homeruns
Juan Cruz Garoli Ryan King Bar-Arie Shrim Junior Alexis Flores del Valle Ean Eu Joshua Ri Ming Tan
1 homerun
Khalil Luna Alan Peker Thomas Cass Jeremy Garland Ashlee Goffer Cody Smith Isaac Lefebvre Adam Buchner Vojtěch Buchner George Harris Martin Magula Shani Hadar Kfir Leon Tomoki Kikukawa Luis Julian Rodriguez Valdez Jordan Solorio Iran Francisco Torres Laguna Brock Attewell Huw Davies Brock Evans Huzaifie Bin Mohammad Noorham Shun Kai Cheoh
Leading players
+ Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Nery Del Cid .579 HR Jakub Hajný 3 RBI Jakub Hajný 8 R Alan Peker 8 H Nery Arnoldo Jr. Del Cid Natareno 11 SB Luciano Biondi 6
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Jack Besgrove 6 L Diego Morales 6 ERA Juan Jose Pepe 0.65 SO Jack Besgrove 82 IP Jack Besgrove 48 SV Juan Jose Pepe Floyd Nola 2
Final standings RkTeamFinal result1 7 2Gold medal2 7 2Silver medal3 (H) 7 2Bronze medal4 6 3Fourth place5 3 5Super Round6 4 47 5 3Placement Round8 5 39 2 610 2 611 1 712 1 7
Awards + All World TeamAwardsAwarded playerMVP Award Jack BesgroveAll World TeamPitcher (LHP) Jack BesgrovePitcher (RHP) Juan Jose PepeCatcher Mitchell McKayFirst baseman Brock AttewellSecond baseman Brock EvansThird baseman Riley JamesShortstop Nery Del CidLeft fielder Ryan KingCenter fielder Jordan SolorioRight fielder Koki SatoDesignated player Tomoki Kikukawa
Symbols Match balls The match balls that will be used for the 2024 tournament are the Mizuno M170 balls.
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