2017 Asian Baseball Cup
The 2017 Asian Baseball Cup was an international baseball tournament contested by the men's national teams of WBSC Asia's member associations. It was the 13th edition of the biannual Asian Baseball Cup, and served as qualification to the 2017 Asian Baseball Championship.[1] It was divided into two separate divisions, East and West, alternatively called the 2017 East Asian Baseball Cup and 2017 West Asian Baseball Cup.
The 2017 West Asia Baseball Cup was held from 25 February 2017 to 1 March 2017 at Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan.[2][3] It saw Nepal participating in their first competition, and Sri Lanka moving to the West Cup. The latter were crowned as the champions for the first time after they beat hosts Pakistan in the final.[4]
On the other hand, the 2017 East Asia Baseball Cup was cancelled due to lack of a suitable host.
Participants
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East Asia Cup was cancelled due to lack of suitable host. |
Pre-tournament WBSC World Rankings (from 24 February 2017) in parentheses India had to withdraw from the tournament after the team were not issued Pakistan visas.[5] |
West Cup
[edit | edit source]| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| City | Islamabad |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 25 February–1 March 2017 |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Defending champions | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
| Third place | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 8 |
Group A
| Rk | Team | W | L | HTH | RS | IPO | RA | IPD | TQB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 2 | 0 | - | |||||
| 2 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 1 | 1 | − | |||||
| 3 | File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq | 0 | 2 | − | |||||
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).
| 25 February 2017 10:00 |
Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg | 16-1 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
| 26 February 2017 10:00 |
Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg | 13-2 | File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
| 27 February 2017 10:00 |
Iraq File:Flag of Iraq.svg | 0-25 | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
Group B
| Rk | Team | W | L | HTH | RS | IPO | RA | IPD | TQB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | - | |||||
| 2 | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 0 | 1 | − | |||||
| 3 | File:Flag of India.svg India | 0 | 0 | − | |||||
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).
| 25 February 2017 13:30 |
Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg | cancelled | File:Flag of India.svg India | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
| 26 February 2017 13:30 |
Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg | 22-0 (F/5) |
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
| 27 February 2017 13:30 |
India File:Flag of India.svg | cancelled | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
Playoffs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| February 28, 2017 - 10:00 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 11 | |||||
| March 1, 2017 - 13:30 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 2 | |||||
| February 28, 2017 - 13:30 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 4 | |||||
| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 11 | |||||
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 0 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| March 1, 2017 - 10:00 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 10 | |||||
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 6 | |||||
Awards
[edit | edit source]| 2017 Asian Baseball Cup – Western Division Champions |
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| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 1st title |
East Cup
[edit | edit source]The East Asia Cup was not held in 2017 since no suitable host could be found.[6]
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