2022 Baseball5 World Cup

The 2022 Baseball5 World Cup was the first edition of the Baseball5 World Cup, the mixed-gender Baseball5 (B5) world championship organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was held in Mexico City from 7 to 12 November 2022.^[1] Twelve teams took part.^[2][3]

2022 Baseball5 World Cup

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Dates	7–12 November
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Awards
MVP	Briandy Molina Ayako Rokkaku
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Cuba won the tournament, beating Japan in the final 2 matches to 0.^[4] Chinese Taipei finished third defeating Venezuela 2 matches to 0 in the bronze medal game.^[5]

Qualification

Event	Dates	Location(s)	Berth(s)	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Mexico
Baseball5 European Championship	28 February–1 March 2020	Vilnius	2	France  Lithuania
Baseball5 African Championship	23–26 May 2022[6]	Dar es Salaam	2	South Africa  Kenya
Baseball5 Asia Cup	17–19 August 2022[7]	Kuala Lumpur	4	Chinese Taipei  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong2
WBSC Americas1	—	—	2	Cuba  Venezuela
WBSC Oceania1	—	—	1	Australia
Wild card	—	—	1	Tunisia
Total			12

¹There was no qualification event for WBSC Americas and WBSC Oceania. Teams were selected by World Baseball Softball Confederation.^[7][8]
2In October 2022, WBSC chose Hong Kong to replace Australia.^[9]

Venues

Group A, Group B, Super Round & Placement Round
Mexico City, Mexico
Zócalo
Capacity: 4,000 (in two courts)[10]

Opening round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	93	8	+85	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Japan	5	3	2	35	23	+12	.600	2
3	Mexico (H)	5	3	2	24	52	−28	.600	2
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	45	48	−3	.400	3	Advance to Placement round
5	South Africa	5	2	3	32	45	−13	.400	3
6	Hong Kong	5	0	5	10	63	−53	.000	5

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Venezuela	5	5	0	53	32	+21	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Chinese Taipei	5	4	1	69	21	+48	.800	1
3	Tunisia	5	2	3	47	39	+8	.400	3
4	France	5	2	3	42	62	−20	.400	3	Advance to Placement round
5	Kenya	5	2	3	34	57	−23	.400	3
6	South Korea	5	0	5	13	47	−34	.000	5

Source: WBSC

Second round

Super round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	94	7	+87	1.000	—	Advance to Gold medal game
2	Japan	5	4	1	40	36	+4	.800	1
3	Venezuela	5	3	2	34	44	−10	.600	2	Advance to Bronze medal game
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	3	45	45	0	.400	3
5	Mexico (H)	5	1	4	13	65	−52	.200	4
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	30	59	−29	.000	5

Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Placement round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	South Africa	5	5	0	47	20	+27	1.000	—
2	Kenya	5	4	1	49	32	+17	.800	1
3	France	5	2	3	43	38	+5	.400	3
4	South Korea	5	2	3	33	40	−7	.400	3
5	Lithuania	5	1	4	36	53	−17	.200	4
6	Hong Kong	5	1	4	33	58	−25	.200	4

Source: WBSC

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	9	0
	Japan	6	3
	Chinese Taipei	6	3
4	Venezuela	6	3
5	Mexico	4	4
6	Tunisia	2	6
7	South Africa	5	3
8	Kenya	4	4
9	France	3	5
10	South Korea	2	6
11	Lithuania	2	6
12	Hong Kong	1	7

Awards

Tournament Awards[11] Award Player Outstanding Female Player Ayako Rokkaku [ja] Outstanding Male Player Briandy Molina Best Coach Ayako Rokkaku [ja] #B5High5 Award Takeru Miyanohara [ja]

All Star Team[11] Player Briandy Molina Ayako Rokkaku [ja] Chi-Ting-Huan Shih Marián Castro Louis Michael Albertyn