# 2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship

The 2023 Men's Softball Oceania Championship was the inaugural edition of the Men's Softball Oceania Championship, the international men's softball championship of Oceania organized by WBSC Oceania. The top two teams qualified for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.

## Format

The tournament was a round robin format with each team playing each other three times over the course of three days.

## Venues

All games were played at the Tony Solaita Field in Tafuna, American Samoa.
| Tafuna | Tafuna |
| Tafuna | Tony Solaita Field |
| Tafuna | Capacity: 500 |

## Teams

The following three teams competed in the inaugural edition.
* American Samoa (hosts)
* Australia
* New Zealand

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 13 | +56 | .833 | — | Qualification for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup |
| 2 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 21 | +35 | .667 | 1 | Qualification for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup |
| 3 | American Samoa (H) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 91 | −91 | .000 | 5 | |

## Results

All times are local SST, (UTC-11).
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 12:00 | Australia | 16–0 (F/3) | American Samoa | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Andrew McManus (3B) |
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 12:00 | WP: Mathew Beckett (1–0) | Boxscore | LP: Richard Nomura (0–1) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Andrew McManus (3B) |
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 15:00 | Australia | 3–9 | New Zealand | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), James English (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 15:00 | LP: Mark Harris (0–1) | Boxscore | WP: Eruera Drage (1–0) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), James English (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 15:00 | HR: Matt Wickham (1), Scott Patterson (1) | Boxscore | HR: Wayne Laulu (1) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), James English (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 19:00 | American Samoa | 0–15 (F/3) | New Zealand | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: James English (HP), Trevor Murphy (1B), Andrew McManus (2B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 19:00 | LP: Tyrese Leutele (0–1) | Boxscore | WP: Liam Potts (1–0) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: James English (HP), Trevor Murphy (1B), Andrew McManus (2B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 19:00 | | Boxscore | HR: Hohepa Monk (1), Cameron Watts (1) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: James English (HP), Trevor Murphy (1B), Andrew McManus (2B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 12:00 | New Zealand | 4–11 (F/5) | Australia | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 12:00 | WP: Eruera Drage (1–1) | Boxscore | WP: Jarryd Farrell (1–0) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 12:00 | HR: Hohepa Monk (2), Te Kirika Cooper-Nicola (1) | Boxscore | HR: Scott Patterson (2) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 15:00 | New Zealand | 15–0 (F/3) | American Samoa | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), Mark Porteous (1B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 15:00 | WP: Floyd Nola (1–0) | Boxscore | LP: Richard Nomura (0–2) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), Mark Porteous (1B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 15:00 | HR: Hohepa Monk (3) | Boxscore | | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), Mark Porteous (1B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 18:00 | Australia | 21–0 (F/4) | American Samoa | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: James English (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 18:00 | WP: Mark Harris (1–1) | Boxscore | LP: Aifili Solaita (0–1) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: James English (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 10 November 2023 (2023-11-10) 18:00 | HR: Matt Wickham (2), Jarryd Farrell (1), Cody Smith (1) | Boxscore | | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: James English (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 12:00 | New Zealand | 0–7 (F/5) | Australia | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 12:00 | LP: Pita Rona (0–1) | Boxscore | WP: Jarryd Farrell (2–0) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 12:00 | | Boxscore | HR: Mark Harris (1), Matthew Harrow (1) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Andrew McManus (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (2B), Trevor Murphy (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 15:00 | American Samoa | 0–11 (F/4) | Australia | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Trevor Murphy (2B), James English (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 15:00 | LP: Tyrese Leutele (0–2) | Boxscore | WP: Mathew Beckett (2–0) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Trevor Murphy (2B), James English (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 15:00 | | Boxscore | HR: Mark Harris (2), James Purcell (1), Mathew Beckett (1) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Mark Porteous (HP), Andrew McManus (1B), Trevor Murphy (2B), James English (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 18:00 | American Samoa | 0–13 (F/4) | New Zealand | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 18:00 | LP: Aifili Solaita (0–2) | Boxscore | WP: Liam Potts (2–0) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |
| 11 November 2023 (2023-11-11) 18:00 | | Boxscore | HR: Zachary Boyd (1, 2) | Tony Solaita Field, Tafuna Umpires: Trevor Murphy (HP), James English (1B), Mark Porteous (3B) |

## Homeruns

There were 19 homeruns scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.11 homeruns per match.
3 homeruns
* Hohepa Monk
2 homeruns
* Mark Harris
* Scott Patterson
* Matt Wickham
* Zachary Boyd
1 homerun
* Mathew Beckett
* Jarryd Farrell
* Matthew Harrow
* James Purcell
* Cody Smith
* Te Kirika Cooper-Nicola
* Wayne Laulu
* Cameron Watts

## Qualified teams for 2025 Men's Softball World Cup

The following two teams from WBSC Oceania qualified for the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Men's Softball World Cup |
| Australia | 10 November 2023 | 11 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2009 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022) |
| New Zealand | 10 November 2023 | 17 (1966, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2009 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Broadcasting

All matches were streamed on KVZK-TV's YouTube channel.