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Baseball5 tournament
2024 Baseball5 World Cup
Tournament details
CountryHong Kong
Dates7–12 October
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Cuba (2nd title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place France
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played50
MVPCuba Briandy Molina
Cuba Haila González
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The 2024 Baseball5 World Cup was the second 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 Hong Kong from 7 to 12 October 2024. Twelve teams took part.

The tournament was won by Cuba in their second straight Baseball5 World Cup title. The Cuban team defeated Japan in the championship game, a replay of the 2022 final, 2 sets to 0 to finish the tournament undefeated with a 9–0 record. Cuban players Briandy Molina and Haila González received the Male MVP and Female MPV of the World Cup.

France claimed the bronze after defeating Venezuela in the bronze medal game, 2 sets to 0.

The 2024 World Cup cost $12 million to host, with the Baseball Association of Hong Kong providing half of the funding. The event has been given "M" Mark status (major sport event) by the Hong Kong government.

Qualification

Event Dates Location(s) Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation — — 1  Hong Kong
Baseball5 European Championship 7–11 November 2023 Lithuania Druskininkai 2  France
 Lithuania
Baseball5 African Championship 5–8 February 2024 Cape Verde Praia 2  South Africa
 Tunisia
Baseball5 Asia Cup 13–16 April 2024 South Korea Seoul 3  Chinese Taipei
 Japan
 China
Baseball5 Pan American Championship 26–30 June 2024 Venezuela Barquisimeto 3  Cuba
 Mexico
 Venezuela
WBSC Oceania — — 1  Australia
Total 12

Venues

Group A, Group B, Super Round & Placement Round
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Central Harbourfront
Capacity: 36,000 sq,m

Opening round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Cuba 5 5 0 92 13 +79 1.000 — Advance to Super round
2  Venezuela 5 4 1 81 29 +52 .800 1
3  Chinese Taipei 5 3 2 56 40 +16 .600 2
4  Lithuania 5 2 3 60 74 −14 .400 3 Advance to Placement round
5  Hong Kong (H) 5 1 4 29 105 −76 .200 4
6  South Africa 5 0 5 32 89 −57 .000 5
Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts
7 October
9:30 (UTC+8) 		Cuba  2–0  Lithuania Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
11:30 (UTC+8) 		Chinese Taipei  1–2  Venezuela Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
13:00 (UTC+8) 		South Africa  0–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
15:00 (UTC+8) 		Lithuania  0–2  Chinese Taipei Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
19:30 (UTC+8) 		Hong Kong  2–0  South Africa Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
11:00 (UTC+8) 		Lithuania  2–0  South Africa Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
11:30 (UTC+8) 		Hong Kong  0–2  Chinese Taipei Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
15:30 (UTC+8) 		South Africa  0–2  Venezuela Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
16:30 (UTC+8) 		Cuba  2–0  Hong Kong Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
19:00 (UTC+8) 		Venezuela  0–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
10:00 (UTC+8) 		Lithuania  2–0  Hong Kong Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
12:30 (UTC+8) 		South Africa  1–2  Chinese Taipei Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
15:30 (UTC+8) 		Venezuela  2–0  Lithuania Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
17:30 (UTC+8) 		Chinese Taipei  0–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
19:00 (UTC+8) 		Hong Kong  0–2  Venezuela Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 5 5 0 85 25 +60 1.000 — Advance to Super round
2  France 5 4 1 71 44 +27 .800 1
3  Mexico 5 3 2 51 40 +11 .600 2
4  Tunisia 5 2 3 64 78 −14 .400 3 Advance to Placement round
5  China 5 1 4 59 62 −3 .200 4
6  Australia 5 0 5 10 91 −81 .000 5
Source: WBSC
7 October
10:00 (UTC+8) 		France  2–0  Tunisia Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
11:00 (UTC+8) 		Mexico  2–0  Australia Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
12:30 (UTC+8) 		China  1–2  France Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
15:30 (UTC+8) 		Tunisia  0–2  Mexico Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
7 October
16:30 (UTC+8) 		Australia  0–2  Japan Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
10:00 (UTC+8) 		China  2–0  Australia Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
13:00 (UTC+8) 		France  1–2  Japan Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
17:00 (UTC+8) 		Japan  2–0  China Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
17:30 (UTC+8) 		Mexico  0–2  France Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
8 October
18:30 (UTC+8) 		Australia  0–2  Tunisia Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
11:00 (UTC+8) 		Mexico  0–2  Japan Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
11:30 (UTC+8) 		Tunisia  2–1  China Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
13:00 (UTC+8) 		Australia  0–2  France Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
16:00 (UTC+8) 		Japan  2–1  Tunisia Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
9 October
17:00 (UTC+8) 		China  1–2  Mexico Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore

Second round

Super round

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Cuba 5 5 0 66 19 +47 1.000 — Advance to Final
2  Japan 5 4 1 47 34 +13 .800 1
3  Venezuela 5 3 2 62 38 +24 .600 2 Advance to Bronze medal game
4  France 5 2 3 43 68 −25 .400 3
5  Chinese Taipei 5 1 4 30 50 −20 .200 4
6  Mexico 5 0 5 13 52 −39 .000 5
Source: WBSC
10 October
10:00 (UTC+8) 		Mexico  0–2  Chinese Taipei Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
11:30 (UTC+8) 		Venezuela  2–1  France Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
13:00 (UTC+8) 		Japan  1–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
16:00 (UTC+8) 		Chinese Taipei  0–2  France Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
17:30 (UTC+8) 		Mexico  0–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
19:00 (UTC+8) 		Venezuela  1–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
11 October
16:00 (UTC+8) 		Mexico  0–2  Venezuela Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
11 October
17:30 (UTC+8) 		Chinese Taipei  0–2  Japan Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
11 October
19:00 (UTC+8) 		France  0–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore

Placement round

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB
1  Tunisia 5 4 1 74 45 +29 .800 —
2  Lithuania 5 4 1 83 43 +40 .800 —
3  China 5 4 1 78 39 +39 .800 —
4  Hong Kong (H) 5 2 3 51 79 −28 .400 2
5  South Africa 5 1 4 50 68 −18 .200 3
6  Australia 5 0 5 19 81 −62 .000 4
Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts
10 October
9:30 (UTC+8) 		Australia  0–2  South Africa Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
11:00 (UTC+8) 		China  2–1  Hong Kong Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
12:30 (UTC+8) 		Tunisia  1–2  Lithuania Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
15:30 (UTC+8) 		Australia  0–2  Hong Kong Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
17:00 (UTC+8) 		South Africa  1–2  Tunisia Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
10 October
18:30 (UTC+8) 		China  2–0  Lithuania Asia’s World City Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
11 October
10:00 (UTC+8) 		Australia  0–2  Lithuania Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
11 October
11:30 (UTC+8) 		Hong Kong  0–2  Tunisia Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore
11 October
13:00 (UTC+8) 		South Africa  0–2  China Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore

Medal games

Bronze medal game

12 October
15:00 (UTC+8) 		France  2–0  Venezuela Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore

Final

12 October
18:00 (UTC+8) 		Japan  0–2  Cuba Bauhinia Court, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong, China
Boxscore

Final standings

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

Awards

Tournament Awards
Award Player
Female Most Valuable player Cuba Haila González
Male Most Valuable player Cuba Briandy Molina
Best Coach Hong Kong Sergio Pérez Echevarría
#B5High5 Award Japan Baseball Federation of Japan
All Star Team
Player
Japan Harutomo Tsuji
France Omar Diodene Pacheco
Venezuela Humberto Molina
Mexico Valeria Sánchez
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-ying

References

  1. "Hong Kong to host WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024". InsideTheGames.
  2. Standard, The. "Hong Kong to host the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024". The Standard. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  3. "Cuba wins its second consecutive title at the Baseball5 World Cup". CiberCuba. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. "WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Hong Kong 2024 - Cuba's Briandy and Gonzalez emotional after receiving MVP awards". wbsc.org. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. "Baseball5 World Cup will show Hong Kong can host top events, organisers say". South China Morning Post. 2024-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  6. "Baseball5 event awarded 'M' Mark". Hong Kong's Information Services Department (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  7. "WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Americas qualifier set to begin in Barquisimeto, Venezuela". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  8. "WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024 takes centre stage at Central Harbourfront Event Space". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  9. ^ "Baseball5 World Cup 2024 Final Report - 8" (PDF). World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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