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.
Format The tournament was a round robin format with each team playing each other three times over the course of three days.
Venues All games were played at the Tony Solaita Field in Tafuna, American Samoa.
Tafuna Tony Solaita Field Capacity: 500
Teams The following three teams competed in the inaugural edition.
(hosts)
Squads
Standings
Results All times are local SST, (UTC-11).
Homeruns There were 19 homeruns scored in 9 matches, for an average of homeruns per match.
3 homeruns Hohepa Monk
2 homeruns
Mark Harris Scott Patterson Matt Wickham Zachary Boyd
1 homerun
Mathew Beckett Jarryd Farrell Matthew Harrow James Purcell Cody Smith Te Kirika Cooper-Nicola Wayne Laulu Cameron Watts
Qualified teams for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup The following two teams from WBSC Oceania qualified for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Men's Softball World Cup1 10 November 2023 11 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2009 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022) 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 All matches were streamed on KVZK-TV's YouTube channel.
References