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. Originally scheduled for February 2021, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 5âÂÂ2 in the final to claim their second World Cup.
15 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.
Rosedale Park in Rosedale, Auckland hosted all the games across two fields.
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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.
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The top three teams from each group progress to the super 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.
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The statistics below include all opening, super and placement round games.
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Whakaata MÃÂori broadcast all 50 games on the MÃÂORI+ app with all New Zealand games also on television. International viewers were able to stream the tournament on WBSC's OTT Channel GameTime.
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.