2017 Asian Baseball Cup
The 2017 Asian Baseball Cup will be the 13th edition of the tournament and serve as qualification to the 2017 Asian Baseball Championship.[1] The West Asia Baseball Cup will be held 25 February to 1 March at Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan.[2]
The 2017 edition of the tournament sees Nepal participating in their first competition and Sri Lanka moving to the West Cup.
Participants
East Asia Cup was cancelled due to lack of suitable host.[3] |
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.[4] |
West Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Pakistan |
Dates | 25 February-1 March 2017 |
Teams | 5 (from 1 continent) |
Defending champions | Pakistan (2015) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sri Lanka (1st title) |
Runner-up | Pakistan |
Third place | Iran |
Fourth place | Nepal |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 8 |
← 2015 2019 → |
Group A
Rk | Team | W | L | HTH | RS | IPO | RA | IPD | TQB |
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1 | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | - | |||||
2 | Nepal | 1 | 1 | − | |||||
3 | 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 | 16-1 | Nepal | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
26 February 2017 10:00 |
Nepal | 13-2 | Iraq | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
27 February 2017 10:00 |
Iraq | 0-25 | Pakistan | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
Group B
Rk | Team | W | L | HTH | RS | IPO | RA | IPD | TQB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | - | |||||
2 | Iran | 0 | 1 | − | |||||
3 | 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 | cancelled | India | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
26 February 2017 13:30 |
Sri Lanka | 22-0 (F/5) |
Iran | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
27 February 2017 13:30 |
India | cancelled | Sri Lanka | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad |
Playoffs
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
February 28, 2017 - 10:00 | |||||||
Pakistan | 11 | ||||||
Iran | 0 | ||||||
March 1, 2017 - 13:30 | |||||||
Pakistan | 2 | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 4 | ||||||
Third place play-off | |||||||
February 28, 2017 - 13:30 | March 1, 2017 - 10:00 | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 11 | Iran | 10 | ||||
Nepal | 0 | Nepal | 6 |
East Cup
The East Asia Cup was not held in 2017 since no suitable host could be found.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.wbsc.org/news/west-asia-baseball-cup-xiii-set-to-open-in-islamabad-pakistan/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/events/1245202412226196/
- ↑ http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=2&news01=18838898558cf91ff8aa47
- ↑ http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=2&news01=147948051558b6387eca72b
- ↑ http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=2&news01=18838898558cf91ff8aa47