Friday, May 3, 2019

THE HEAT IS ON

ACWS Day 3


Defending champion and world No 2 Japan, fired the first salvo to retain their title when they defeated challenger China 12-0 in their Group A final match at the GBK Softball Stadium this morning.
After a close battle which saw no runs in the first two innings, Japan had two runs in the third, followed up by 7 in the fourth and three in the third to down China.
Japan finished top of the table A unbeaten in four matches, while China had to settle for second spot with a loss.
While all indications are that Japan will go on to retain the title for the fifth consecutive time and their seventh time to win the title in 11 editions, China could get a second chance at Japan, if they make the final.
China will also be fighting hard to finish among top three in the competition to qualify for the World Cup Women Softball in 2021.
But so will Chinese Taipei who look set to clash with China in the semifinals.
Another contender for the top three spot, Philippines, had a hiccup when they went down 6-4 to Chinese Taipei in a closely fought battle.
Both teams started even on the first inning with 3 runs each before Chinese Taipei when three up in the second inning. Philippines narrowed the gap with a run in the third inning, but it was stalemate in the next four innings for Chinese Taipei to win.
Philippines will probably have to contend with Japan in the semi finals if they dispose of Korea tomorrow in the single elimination round.
Indeed, an exciting end is anticipated as teams’ battle for top three sports for the World Cup ticket and the fourth to seventh finishing to make the cut for the Olympic qualifiers. Japan qualify as host of Olympics.






TODAY’S RESULTS:
Hong Kong 7 Indonesia 6
Korea 15 India 0
Japan 12 China 0
Philippines 6 Chinese Taipei 4
Thailand 2 Korea 9
Hong Kong 10 Singapore 6

TOMORROW’S SINGLE ELIMINATION FIXTURES:
Indonesia v Japan
Hong Kong v China
Korea v Philippines
Thailand v Chinese Taipei
India v Singapore

ASIA CUP – WOMEN SOFTBALL
1ST  - 7TH  MAY 2019 JAKARTA, INDONESIA
GROUP A

TEAM
CHN
IND
JPN
KOR
THA
W/L
R/A
RANK
CHN

15 - 0
0 - 12
7 - 2
8 - 0
3 - 1
15
2
IND
0 - 15

0 - 12
0 - 15
0 - 12
0 - 4
58
5
JPN
12 - 0
12 - 0

12  -0
11 - 0
4 - 0
0
1
KOR
2 - 7
15 - 0
0 - 12

9 - 2
2 - 2
21
3
THA
0  -8
12  -0
0 - 11
2 - 9

1 - 3
28
4


ASIA CUP – WOMEN SOFTBALL
1ST  - 7TH  MAY 2019 JAKARTA, INDONESIA
GROUP B

TEAM
HKG
INA
PHI
SGP
TPE
W/L
R/A
RANK
HKG

7 - 6
0  - 10
10 - 6
1 - 11
2 - 2
33
3
INA
6 - 7

0 - 8
6  - 2
0 - 11
1 - 3
28
4
PHI
10  -0
8 - 0

13 - 0
4 - 6
3 - 1
6
2
SGP
6 - 10
2 - 6
0 - 13

0 - 10
0 - 4
39
5
TPE
11 - 1
11 - 0
6 - 4
10 - 0

4 - 0
4
1
 ASIA CUP – WOMEN SOFTBALL

1ST  - 7TH  MAY 2019 JAKARTA, INDONESIA
DATE
TIME
N0
FIELD
GAME
SCORE
1 MAY
08:30 – 10:30
1
1
JPN - THA
11 - 0


2
2
PHI - SGP
13 - 0

10:45 – 12:45
3
1
CHN - IND
15 - 0


4
2
TPE - INA
11 - 0

13:30 – 15:30
5
1
KOR - JPN
0 - 12


6
2
HKG - PHI
0 - 10

15:45 – 15:45
7
1
IND - THA
0 - 12


8
2
INA - SGP
6 - 2






2 MAY
08:30 – 10:30
9
1
TPE - HKG
11 - 1


10
2
CHN - KOR
7 - 2

10:45 – 12:45
11
1
INA - PHI
0 - 8


12
2
JPN - IND
12 - 0

14:00 – 16:00
13
1
SGP - TPE
0 - 10


14
2
CHN - THA
8 - 0






3 MAY
08:30 – 10:30
15
1
HKG - INA
7 - 6


16
2
KOR - IND
15 - 0

10:45 – 12:45
17
1
JPN - CHN
12 - 0


18
2
PHI - TPE
4 - 6

14:00 – 16:00
19
1
THA - KOR
2 - 9


20
2
HKG - SGP
10 - 6






4 MAY
08:30 – 10:30
PO1
1
INA B4 – A1 JPN
-


PO2
2
HKG B3 – A2 CHN
-

10:45 – 12:45
PO3
1
KOR A3 – B2 PHI
-


PO4
2
 THA A4 – B1 TPE
-

14:00 – 16:00
9 – 10 PLACING
1
IND A5 – B5 SGP 
-






5 MAY
08:30 – 10:30
PPO1
1
L PO1 – L PO4
-


PPO2
2
L PO2 – L PO3
-

10:45 – 12:45
SPO1
1
W PO1 – W PO3
-


SPO2
2
W PO4 – W PO2
-

14:00 – 16:00
5 - 6 PLACING
1
W PPO1 – W PPO2
-


7 – 8 PLACING
2
L PPO1 – L PPO2
-






7 MAY
08:30 – 10:30
BRONZE
1
L SPO1 – L SPO2
-

11:30 – 13:30
ASIA CUP FINAL
1
W SPO1 – W SPO2
-

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