2022 Baseball5 Asia Cup

{{Infobox international baseball tournament

| image = 2022 Baseball5 Asia Cup logo.png

| size = 150px

| country = Malaysia

| dates = 16–19 August

| num_teams = 9

| champion_other = {{bb5|Chinese Taipei}}

| num_championships = 1

| second_other = {{bb5|Japan}}

| third_other = {{bb5|South Korea}}

| fourth_other = {{bb5|Hong Kong}}

| games =

| attendance =

| mvp =

| updated =

| nextseason = 2024

}}

The 2022 Baseball5 Asia Cup was the first edition of the Baseball5 Asia Cup, a Baseball5 tournament organized by WBSC Asia. The championship was held from 16 to 19 August 2022, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was contested between nine national teams.{{cite web|title=Groups, schedule announced for WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Asian qualifier|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/groups-schedule-announced-for-wbsc-baseball5-world-cup-asian-qualifier|publisher=World Baseball Softball Confederation|date=29 July 2022|access-date=20 November 2022}}

Chinese Taipei won the tournament, beating Japan in the final 2 matches to 1. South Korea finished third defeating Hong Kong 2 matches to 0 in the Bronze medal game.{{cite web|title=Asia Cup champions Chinese Taipei qualify for inaugural WBSC Baseball5 World Cup along with 2nd Place Japan, 3rd Place Korea|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/asia-cup-champions-chinese-taipei-qualify-for-inaugural-wbsc-baseball5-world-cup-along-with-2nd-place-japan-3rd-place-korea|publisher=World Baseball Softball Confederation|date=19 August 2022|access-date=20 November 2022}}{{cite web|title=Chinese Taipei emerge inaugural champions of Baseball5 Asia Cup|url=https://asiasoftball.com/2022/08/19/chinese-taipei-emerge-inaugural-champions-of-baseball5-asia-cup/|publisher=Softball Asia|date=19 August 2022|access-date=20 November 2022}}

Venue

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width=225
{{flagicon|MAS}} Kuala Lumpur
Berjaya Times Square
| 200px

Opening round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|update=complete

|team_order=KOR, MAS, THA

|result1=SR|result2=SR|result3=PR

|win_KOR=2|loss_KOR=0|gf_KOR=19|ga_KOR=13

|win_MAS=1|loss_MAS=1|gf_MAS=27|ga_MAS=32|status_MAS=H

|win_THA=0|loss_THA=2|gf_THA=25|ga_THA=26

|name_KOR={{bb5|KOR}}

|name_MAS={{bb5|MAS}}

|name_THA={{bb5|THA}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SR=green1|text_SR=Advance to Super round

|col_PR=red1|text_PR=Advance to Placement round

|source=[https://www.wbscasia.org/index.php/en/events/2022-asia-cup-baseball5/standings WBSC Asia]

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|update=complete

|team_order=JPN, HKG, PHI

|result1=SR|result2=SR|result3=PR

|win_HKG=1|loss_HKG=1|gf_HKG=9 |ga_HKG=20

|win_JPN=2|loss_JPN=0|gf_JPN=27|ga_JPN=7

|win_PHI=0|loss_PHI=2|gf_PHI=9 |ga_PHI=18

|name_HKG={{bb5|HKG}}

|name_JPN={{bb5|JPN}}

|name_PHI={{bb5|PHI}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SR=green1|text_SR=Advance to Super round

|col_PR=red1|text_PR=Advance to Placement round

|source=[https://www.wbscasia.org/index.php/en/events/2022-asia-cup-baseball5/standings WBSC Asia]

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|update=complete

|team_order=TPE, SGP, PAK

|result1=SR|result2=SR|result3=PR

|win_PAK=0|loss_PAK=2|gf_PAK=7 |ga_PAK=40

|win_SGP=1|loss_SGP=1|gf_SGP=12|ga_SGP=36

|win_TPE=2|loss_TPE=0|gf_TPE=58|ga_TPE=1

|name_PAK={{bb5|PAK}}

|name_SGP={{bb5|SGP}}

|name_TPE={{bb5|TPE}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SR=green1|text_SR=Advance to Super round

|col_PR=red1|text_PR=Advance to Placement round

|source=[https://www.wbscasia.org/index.php/en/events/2022-asia-cup-baseball5/standings WBSC Asia]

}}

Super round

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|update=complete

|team_order=TPE, JPN, HKG, KOR, MAS, SGP

|result1=SF|result2=SF|result3=SF|result4=SF

|win_HKG=2|loss_HKG=2|gf_HKG=19|ga_HKG=39

|win_JPN=3|loss_JPN=1|gf_JPN=41|ga_JPN=3

|win_KOR=2|loss_KOR=2|gf_KOR=18|ga_KOR=33

|win_MAS=1|loss_MAS=3|gf_MAS=13|ga_MAS=43|status_MAS=H

|win_SGP=0|loss_SGP=4|gf_SGP=4 |ga_SGP=30

|win_TPE=4|loss_TPE=0|gf_TPE=54|ga_TPE=1

|name_HKG={{bb5|HKG}}

|name_JPN={{bb5|JPN}}

|name_KOR={{bb5|KOR}}

|name_MAS={{bb5|MAS}}

|name_SGP={{bb5|SGP}}

|name_TPE={{bb5|TPE}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1|text_SF=Advance to Semifinals

|source=[https://www.wbscasia.org/index.php/en/events/2022-asia-cup-baseball5/standings WBSC Asia]

}}

Placement round

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL|for_against_style=runs|ranking_style=perc|show_GB=true|update=complete

|team_order=THA, PHI , PAK

|win_PAK=0|loss_PAK=2|gf_PAK=3 |ga_PAK=17

|win_PHI=1|loss_PHI=1|gf_PHI=9 |ga_PHI=5

|win_THA=2|loss_THA=0|gf_THA=14|ga_THA=4

|name_PAK={{bb5|PAK}}

|name_PHI={{bb5|PHI}}

|name_THA={{bb5|THA}}

|source=[https://www.wbscasia.org/index.php/en/events/2022-asia-cup-baseball5/standings WBSC Asia]

}}

Playoffs

{{4TeamBracket|sets=3|seeds=no

| RD1=Semifinals

| RD2=Final

| 3rd=Bronze medal game

| RD1-team1={{bb5|TPE}}

| RD1-score1-1=7

| RD1-score1-2=11

| RD1-score1-3=

| RD1-team2={{bb5|HKG}}

| RD1-score2-1=1

| RD1-score2-2=1

| RD1-score2-3=

| RD1-team3={{bb5|JPN}}

| RD1-score3-1=5

| RD1-score3-2=4

| RD1-score3-3=

| RD1-team4={{bb5|KOR}}

| RD1-score4-1=3

| RD1-score4-2=1

| RD1-score4-3=

| RD2-team1={{bb5|TPE}}

| RD2-score1-1=2

| RD2-score1-2=5

| RD2-score1-3=12

| RD2-team2={{bb5|JPN}}

| RD2-score2-1=3

| RD2-score2-2=2

| RD2-score2-3=9

| 3rd-team1={{bb5|HKG}}

| 3rd-score1-1=1

| 3rd-score1-2=8

| 3rd-score1-3=

| 3rd-team2={{bb5|KOR}}

| 3rd-score2-1=3

| 3rd-score2-2=9

| 3rd-score2-3=

}}

Final standings

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bgcolor="e5e5e5"

! width="30" | Pos

! width="175" | Team

! width="30" | W

! width="30" | L

! width="175" | Qualification

bgcolor=#FFD604

| 18px

align=left| {{bb5|TPE}}80

| bgcolor=#BBF3BB rowspan=4 | Qualified for
2022 Baseball5 World Cup

bgcolor=#C0C0C0

| 18px

align=left| {{bb5|JPN}}62
bgcolor=#CC9965

| 18px

align=left| {{bb5|KOR}}53
4align=left| {{bb5|HKG}}35
5align=left| {{bb5|MAS}}24
6align=left| {{bb5|SGP}}15
7align=left| {{bb5|THA}}22
8align=left| {{bb5|PHI}}13
9align=left| {{bb5|PAK}}04

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