| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Dates: | 26 November – 4 December 2022 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Medal Type: | world cup |
| Num Championships: | 2 |
| Games: | 50 |
| Attendance: | 18055 |
| Updated: | complete |
| Prev Edition: | 2019 Prague |
| Next Edition: | 2025 |
The 2022 WBSC Men's Softball World Championship was the 17th Men's Softball World Championship, an international softball tournament taking place in Auckland, New Zealand from 26 November to 4 December 2022.[1] Originally scheduled for February 2021, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] New Zealand last hosted the tournament in 2013. It will be the 17th edition of the tournament.
Argentina were the defending champions, and lost the third place playoff to the United States. Australia defeated Canada 5–2 in the final to claim their second World Cup.
| Team | World ranking | Method of qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 6th | Hosts | |
| 11th | 2022 African Championship[3] | |
| 2nd | 2022 Asian Championship[4] | |
| 21st | ||
| 4th | ||
| 1st | 2022 Pan American Championship[5] | |
| 3rd | ||
| 12th | ||
| 7th | ||
| 5th | 2021 European Championship[6] | |
| 10th | ||
| 9th | Wildcard[7] | |
See main article: 2022 Men's Softball World Championship squads.
15 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.
| Confederation | Umpires |
|---|---|
| WBSC Africa | Abel Mataboge (Botswana) |
| WBSC Americas | William Burwell (United States) |
| Geneviève Gaudreau (Canada) | |
| Scott McLaren (Canada) | |
| WBSC Asia | Mitsunori Kusamoto (Japan) |
| Naoya Matsuda (Japan) | |
| WBSC Europe | Mariana Atanasova (Netherlands) |
| Jens Jakobsen (Denmark) | |
| Michal Zidek (Czech Republic) | |
| WBSC Oceania | Jason Carter (Australia) |
| Leigh Evans (Australia) | |
| David Fortin (New Zealand) | |
| Mark Reardon (New Zealand) | |
| Lance Tematoe (New Zealand) | |
| Anthony Wesley (New Zealand) | |
| Confederation | Umpire Director |
|---|---|
| WBSC Americas | Christina Drumm (United States) |
| Confederation | Assistant Umpire Director |
| WBSC Oceania | Wayne Saunders (New Zealand) |
| Confederation | Scorers |
|---|---|
| WBSC Asia | Yu-Wei Horng (Chinese Taipei) |
| Fuka Nakamura (Japan) | |
| WBSC Europe | Feiko Drost (Netherlands) |
| WBSC Oceania | Kirsty Andrews (Australia) |
| Marie Byrne (New Zealand) | |
| Carolyn McQueen (New Zealand) | |
| More Natana (New Zealand) | |
| Tracee Topia (New Zealand) | |
| Sharon Williams (New Zealand) | |
| Confederation | Technical Commission |
|---|---|
| WBSC Americas | Ray Gutierrez (United States) |
| WBSC Asia | Shuro Tsukioka (Japan) |
| WBSC Europe | Anna Battigeli (Italy) |
| Gabriele Hardinger (Austria) | |
| WBSC Oceania | Rata Joanne (New Zealand) |
| Leathart Jane (New Zealand) | |
| Clarke Raewyn (New Zealand) | |
Rosedale Park in Rosedale, Auckland hosted all the games across two fields.[8]
| Auckland | ||
| Rosedale Park | ||
| Capacity: 3,500[9] | ||
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The bottom three teams from each group progress to the placement round. Head to head results against the other bottom three team from the Opening Round will carry over to help determine final placings. In games between equal seeds, a coin toss determines the home team.[10]
The top three teams from each group progress to the placement round. Head to head results against the other top three team from the Opening Round will carry over to help determine final placings and the four nations that qualify for the Final Round. In games between equal seeds, a coin toss determines the home team.[10]
The statistics below include all opening, super and placement round games.[11] [12]
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| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .550 | |||
| 6 players | 3 | ||
| 11 | |||
| 10 | |||
| 14 | |||
| 3 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 1.04 | |||
| 71 | |||
| 40.2 | |||
| 2 |
| Day | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov | Juan Zara[13] | 1–4 2B 2 RBI |
| 27 Nov | Blaine Milheim[14] | 2–4 HR 2 RBI 2 R |
| 28 Nov | Huemel Mata[15] | 7.2 IP 15 K 1–3 1 RBI 1 R |
| 29 Nov | Derek Mayson[16] | 3–4 2 HR 3 RBI 2 R |
| 30 Nov | Alain Román[17] | 9 IP 3 H 0 R 11 K |
| 1 Dec | Adam Folkard[18] | 4 IP 0 H 0 R 0 BB 8 K |
| 2 Dec | Scott Patterson[19] | 3–4 3 RBI 3 R HR 3B |
| 3 Dec | Sean Cleary[20] | 7 IP 1 H 0 R 15 K |
| width=25 | Rk | width=170 | Team | width=25 | width=25 | Final result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left style="background-color:#FFD700" | 8 | 1 | Gold medal | ||||
| 2 | align=left style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | 7 | 2 | Silver medal | ||||
| 3 | align=left style="background-color:#CD7F32" | 5 | 4 | Bronze medal | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 2 | Fourth place | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Super Round | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Placement Round | |||||
| 8 | (H) | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| MVP Award | Marshall Kronk | |
| Best Defensive Player Honours | Luis Dominguez | |
| All World Team | Pitcher | Sean Cleary |
| Catcher | Juan Zara | |
| First baseman | Erwin Diaz | |
| Second baseman | Brendon O'Byrne | |
| Third baseman | Nick Shailes | |
| Shortstop | Juan Malarczuk | |
| Left fielder | Jonathan Lynch | |
| Center fielder | Blaine Milheim | |
| Right fielder | Quinten Bruce | |
| Designated player | Bryan Abrey | |
Whakaata Māori broadcast all 50 games on the MĀORI+ app with all New Zealand games also on television.[21] [22] International viewers were able to stream the tournament on WBSC's OTT Channel GameTime.[22] [23]
The match balls used for the 2022 tournament were the Mizuno M150 balls, which were also used in the Tokyo 2022 Olympics. Mizuno supplied 1,152 balls for the tournament.[24]