2024 Baseball5 World Cup

2024 Baseball5 World Cup
Tournament details
Country	Hong Kong
Dates	7–12 October
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	France
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Awards
MVP	Briandy Molina; Haila González

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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] The event has been given "M" Mark status (major sport event) by the Hong Kong government.^[6]

Qualification

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

Venues

Group A, Group B, Super Round & Placement Round
Hong Kong
Central Harbourfront
Capacity: 36,000 sq,m^[8]

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	Advance to Final
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	Advance to Bronze medal game
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^[9]
Award	Player
Female Most Valuable player	Haila González
Male Most Valuable player	Briandy Molina
Best Coach	Sergio Pérez Echevarría
#B5High5 Award	Baseball Federation of Japan

All Star Team^[9]
Player
Harutomo Tsuji
Omar Diodene Pacheco
Humberto Molina
Valeria Sánchez
Hsieh Yu-ying

References

^ "Hong Kong to host WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024". InsideTheGames.
^ Standard, The. "Hong Kong to host the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024". The Standard. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
^ "Cuba wins its second consecutive title at the Baseball5 World Cup". CiberCuba. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Baseball5 World Cup will show Hong Kong can host top events, organisers say". South China Morning Post. 2024-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
^ "Baseball5 event awarded 'M' Mark". Hong Kong's Information Services Department (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
^ "WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Americas qualifier set to begin in Barquisimeto, Venezuela". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
^ "WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024 takes centre stage at Central Harbourfront Event Space". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
^ ^a ^b "Baseball5 World Cup 2024 Final Report - 8" (PDF). World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

External links

Official website

[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.

[awards-9] "Baseball5 World Cup 2024 Final Report - 8" (PDF). World Baseball Softball Confederation. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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