2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup

2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup
Tournament details
CountryChina
Dates9 – 15 November
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up Chinese Taipei
Third place Philippines
Fourth place China
← 2017
2023 →

The 2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup is the second edition of the Women's Baseball Asian Cup. It was held at the 3,000-capacity Panda Memorial Stadium in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China[1] from 9 to 15 November 2017. This is the first tournament which adopts a super round with the eight participating teams divided into two groups in the opening round.[2][3] Host China, and the Philippines made their debut in competitive baseball in the tournament.[4]

The tournament serves as the Asian qualifiers for the 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup[5] with all four teams which advanced to the super round qualifying for the international tournament.[6]

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  3. ^ "2nd BFA Women's Baseball Asian Cup". Samurai Blue. Japan Baseball Council. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ Henson, Joaquin (11 November 2019). "Lady batters wax hot in Asian debut". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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  6. ^ "Women's Baseball Asian Cup opens in China, four teams to qualify for WBSC World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.