2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup

2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	15 – 23 April 2023
Teams	12
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Mexico
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Host country

Argentina

Dates 15 – 23 April 2023

Teams12

Venues2 (in 1 host city)

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.^[1] Originally scheduled for October 2022, the tournament was postponed due to a number of reasons.^[2]^[3] The bidding process was reopened and once again awarded to Paraná in Argentina.^[4]

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Team	Method of qualification
Argentina	U-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship winners/Hosts
South Africa	Africa qualifier winner
Venezuela	U-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship third place
Mexico	U-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship runners-up
Team WBSC^[a]	U-23 Men's Softball Pan American Championship fourth place
Japan	U-23 Men's Softball Asia winners
Singapore	U-23 Men's Softball Asia runners-up
Czech Republic	U-23 Men's Softball European Championship winners
Israel	U-23 Men's Softball European Championship third place^[b]
Australia	Oceania
New Zealand	Oceania
Canada	Wildcard^[7]

Paraná	Paraná
	Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol	El Plumazo
	Capacity: 500^[9]	Capacity:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	23	8	+15	1.000	—	Super Round
2	Mexico	5	4	1	27	17	+10	.800	1
3	Argentina (H)	5	3	2	20	8	+12	.600	2
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	12	13	−1	.400	3	Placement Round
5	South Africa	5	1	4	10	27	−17	.200	4
6	Singapore	5	0	5	14	33	−19	.000	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	5	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
WP: Jonáš Hajný (1–0) LP: Kagiso Frans Aphane (0–1) Sv: Lukáš Kubát (1) Home runs: CZE: George Harris (1) RSA: None Attendance: 67 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Singapore	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	0
Australia	1	5	1	0	0	0	X	7	4	1
WP: Jack Besgrove (1–0) LP: Tan Mathew (0–1) Home runs: SGP: Ean Eu (1) AUS: Cody Smith (1) Attendance: 100 Boxscore

2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup

Squads

Venue

Opening Round

Group A

Group B

Placement round

Super round

Final round

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Homeruns

Leading players

Final standings

Awards

Symbols

Match balls

Notes

References

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	8	1
Argentina	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	6	0
WP: Jose Gustavo Valdez Chaparro (1–0) LP: Matias Etechevers (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Iran Francisco Torres Laguna (1), Jordan Solorio (1) ARG: Khalil Luna (1) Attendance: 3,000 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	5	0
Singapore	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	7	3
WP: Kagiso Frans Aphane (1–1) LP: Jun Heng Aloysius Ong (0–1) Home runs: RSA: Joshua Ri Ming Tan (1) SGP: None Attendance: 100 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	6	9	0
Czech Republic	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	5	1
WP: Jose Gustavo Valdez Chaparro (2–0) LP: Jakub Osička (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Junior Alexis Flores del Valle (1) CZE: Jakub Hajný (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4
WP: Jack Besgrove (2–0) LP: Franco Saenz (0–1) Attendance: 1,534 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	2
Australia	0	0	0	3	5	0	X	8	8	1
WP: Lincoln Walk (1–0) LP: Lucas Sebotse Ledwaba (0–1) Home runs: RSA: None AUS: Thomas Gordon Cass (1) Attendance: 200 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Singapore	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	3
Mexico	0	0	0	2	3	3	X	8	9	1
WP: Jose Gustavo Valdez Chaparro (3–0) LP: Tan Mathew (0–2) Home runs: SGP: Joshua Ri Ming Tan (1) MEX: Luis Julian Rodriguez Valdez (1) Attendance: 100 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Argentina	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
WP: Juan Jose Pepe (1–0) LP: Jakub Osička (0–2) Attendance: 1,059 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
Australia	1	0	3	0	0	0	X	4	5	0
WP: Jack Besgrove (3–0) LP: Jose Gustavo Valdez Chaparro (3–1) Home runs: MEX: None AUS: Ryan King (1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
Singapore	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	0
WP: Jonáš Hajný (2–0) LP: Huzaifie Bin Mohammad Noorham (0–1) Home runs: CZE: Vojtěch Buchner (1), Jonáš Hajný (1) SGP: None Attendance: 49 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Argentina	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	6	5	0
South Africa	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	3
WP: Matias Etchevers (1–1) LP: Lucas Lamola (0–1) Home runs: ARG: Juan Cruz Garoli (1) RSA: None Attendance: 1,200 Boxscore

16 April 2023 17:30 (ART)
Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol 20 °C (68 °F), partly cloudy
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
New Zealand	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	9	9	1
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	3
WP: Taine James Pirini Slaughter (1–0) LP: Diomar Alejandro Salas Alvarado (0–1) Sv: Floyd Marijan Nola Home runs: NZL: Huw Griffyn Davies (1), Brock Cody Evans (1) VEN: None Attendance: 400 Boxscore

17 April 2023 11:30 (ART)
Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol 16 °C (61 °F), sunny
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
New Zealand	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	7	10	2
Team WBSC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
WP: Taine James Pirini Slaughter (1–0) LP: Diego Morales (0–1) Sv: Liam James Potts Attendance: 300 Boxscore

18 April 2023 17:30 (ART)
Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol 21 °C (70 °F), clear
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	5	8	0
New Zealand	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0
WP: Riley James Manion (1–0) LP: Taine James Pirini Slaughter (0–1) Sv: Reese Yantzi Attendance: 310 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	1
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
WP: Jack Besgrove (4–0) LP: Jakub Osička (0–3) Attendance: 152 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	0	3
Mexico (5)	0	1	0	6	X	X	X	7	7	0
WP: Jesus Arturo Valdez Chaparro (4–1) LP: Kagiso Frans Aphane (1–2) Attendance: 155 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	1	1
Argentina (5)	2	5	0	0	X	X	X	7	2	1
WP: Franco Saenz (1–1) LP: Jun Heng Aloysius Ong (0–2) Sv: Juan Jose Pepe (1) Attendance: 1,500 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	1	3
New Zealand (5)	1	2	2	4	X	X	X	9	8	1
WP: Liam Potts (1–0) LP: Leon Kfir (0–1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Team WBSC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8	3
Japan	1	1	0	0	0	3	X	5	5	1
WP: Shota Onodera (1–0) LP: Diego Morales (0–1) Attendance: 101 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
WP: Frank Ugas (1–0) LP: Reese Yantzi (0–1) Attendance: 454 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Team WBSC	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	1	1	2
Canada (4)	0	3	2	6	X	X	X	11	9	2
WP: Riley James Manion (1–0) LP: Diego Morales (0–1) Sv: Jordan Hudson Attendance: 94 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan (6)	1	1	1	0	1	3	X	7	10	1
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	1	2
WP: Taiga Onishi (1–0) LP: Seth Benjamin Ross (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Tomoki Kikukawa (1) ISR: None Attendance: 67 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	5	0
Israel	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	6
WP: Jose Reynaldo Chirinos Vargas (1–0) LP: Kfir Leon (0–1) Attendance: 70 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
Japan	2	0	3	0	0	0	X	5	8	0
WP: Kazuya Umibe (1–0) LP: Jordan Hudson (0–1) Sv: Koki Yagi Home runs: CAN: Isaac Lefebvre (1) JPN: None Attendance: 345 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Japan	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2	7	0
WP: Shota Onodera (1–0) LP: Frank Ugas (0–1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Israel	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	6	6	4
Team WBSC	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	5	8	2
WP: Kfir Leon (1–0) LP: Diego Morales (0–1) Home runs: ISR: Bar-Arie Shrim (1) NTW: None Attendance: 67 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Team WBSC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	3
Venezuela	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	9	1
WP: Frank Ugas LP: Diego Morales Attendance: 814 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	2	2
Canada (5)	4	0	0	1	2	X	X	7	6	0
WP: Jordan Hudson (1–0) LP: Benjamin Ross Seth (0–1) Attendance: 400 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	5	8	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: Taiga Onishi (1–0) LP: Floyd Marijan Nola (0–1) Attendance: 350 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	3	3
Czech Republic (5)	0	2	3	4	X	X	X	9	0	0
WP: Lukáš Kubát (1–0) LP: Seth Benjamin Ross (0–1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Singapore	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	5	1
Venezuela	1	0	3	0	1	0	X	5	7	3
WP: Diomar Alejandro Salas Alvarado (1–0) LP: Mathew Tan (0–1) Sv: Jose Reynaldo Chirinos Vargas Attendance: 256 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Team WBSC	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
WP: Diego Morales (1–0) LP: Lucas Lamola (0–1) Attendance: 99 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Czech Republic	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2	4	0
WP: Jakub Osička (1–0) LP: Frank Ugas (0–1) Attendance: 89 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Israel	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	5	8	2
South Africa	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	8	2
WP: Kfir Leon (1–0) LP: Kwena Gerald Nkune (0–1) Home runs: ISR: Shani Hadar (1), Kfir Leon (1) RSA: None Attendance: 110 Boxscore