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

1^ST  - 7^TH  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

1^ST  - 7^TH  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

1^ST  - 7^TH  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	-