# 2024 Women's Softball World Cup Group A

Group A of the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup will take place from 11 to 15 July 2023 in Balbriggan, Republic of Ireland. The group consists of host nation Ireland, Chinese Taipei, United States, Great Britain, Australia and Botswana. The United States and Australia advanced to the Finals to be held in 2024, with the United States going undefeated winning all four of their games.
Hannah Flippen of the United States was named the most valuable player of Group A.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | WBSC Rankings |
| A1 | Ireland | WBSC Europe | Hosts | 9 June 2022 | 2nd | 2016 | Group stage (2016) | 17 |
| A2 | Chinese Taipei | WBSC Asia | Asia Cup third place | 6 April 2023 | 17th | 2022 | Runners-up (1982) | 3 |
| A3 | United States | WBSC Americas | Pan American Championship winners | 19 November 2022 | 18th | 2022 | Winners (1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2022) | 1 |
| A4 | Great Britain | WBSC Europe | European Championship runners-up | 29 July 2022 | 8th | 2022 | Runners-up (1982) | 16 |
| A5 | Australia | WBSC Oceania | Oceania | Automatic (Oceania) | 18th | 2022 | Winners (1965) | 9 |
| A6 | Botswana | WBSC Africa | African qualifier runners-up | 15 February 2023 | 6th | 2018 | Group stage (1994, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) | 43 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Group A Final |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Group A Final |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 2 | +17 | .600 | 1 | Advance to Group A third place play-off |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | .400 | 2 | Advance to Group A third place play-off |
| 5 | Ireland (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 22 | −14 | .250 | 2.5 | |
| 6 | Botswana | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | −42 | .000 | 3.5 | |
Note: The final three group games were rained off with the final pairings already being decided.

## Summary

All times listed are local, IST (UTC+1).
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 11 July 2023 | 11:00 | Great Britain | 2–0 | Australia | 7 | O'Dwyers GAA | 2:07 | 80 | Boxscore |
| 11 July 2023 | 14:00 | United States | 5–0 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:59 | 160 | Boxscore |
| 11 July 2023 | 18:30 | Botswana | 0–7 | Ireland | 5 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:41 | 156 | Boxscore |
| 12 July 2023 | 10:00 | Great Britain | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:57 | 125 | Boxscore |
| 12 July 2023 | 13:00 | Ireland | 0–4 | Australia | 7 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:35 | 189 | Boxscore |
| 12 July 2023 | 15:00 | United States | 15–0 | Botswana | 5 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:49 | 75 | Boxscore |
| 12 July 2023 | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | 11–1 | Ireland | 5 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:40 | 88 | Boxscore |
| 13 July 2023 | 10:00 | Australia | 10–0 | Botswana | 4 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:17 | 65 | Boxscore |
| 13 July 2023 | 13:00 | Botswana | 0–10 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:08 | 45 | Boxscore |
| 13 July 2023 | 15:00 | Australia | 0–1 | United States | 8 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:54 | 150 | Boxscore |
| 13 July 2023 | 18:30 | Ireland | 0–7 | Great Britain | 5 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:09 | 250 | Boxscore |
| 14 July 2023 | 10:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–5 | Australia | 7 | O'Dwyers GAA | 2:01 | 60 | Boxscore |
| 14 July 2023 | 13:00 | Botswana | Cancelled | Great Britain | — | O'Dwyers GAA | — | — | |
| 14 July 2023 | 15:00 | Great Britain | Cancelled | United States | — | O'Dwyers GAA | — | — | |
| 14 July 2023 | 18:30 | Ireland | Cancelled | United States | — | O'Dwyers GAA | — | — | |

## Matches
### Great Britain vs Australia

The two teams had faced each other three times in a Women's Softball World Cup, most recently in 2018, an 11–0 win for Australia.
11 July 2023 11:00 O'Dwyers GAA 15 °C (59 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: Georgina Corrick (1–0) LP: Ellen Roberts (0–1) Home runs: GBR: Kendyl Scott (1) AUS: None Attendance: 80 Umpires: HP – Marni Bodnarchuk, 1B – Trevor Topping, 2B – Anthony Kaiaruna, 3B – Michal Židek Boxscore |||||||||||

### United States vs Chinese Taipei

11 July 2023 14:00 O'Dwyers GAA 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| WP: Ally Carda (1–0) LP: An-Ju Chiu (0–1) Sv: Megan Faraimo (1) Home runs: USA: Kiara Robinson-Milloy (1) TPE: None Attendance: 160 Umpires: HP – Norikazu Hamasaki, 1B – Patrick Reus, 2B – Renzo Ruiz, 3B – Trevor Topping Boxscore |||||||||||

### Botswana vs Ireland

11 July 2023 18:30 O'Dwyers GAA 18 °C (64 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland (5) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Kailey O'Connor (1–0) LP: Wangu Gondo (0–1) Attendance: 156 Umpires: HP – Sara Dielen, 1B – Galip Sönmez, 2B – Michal Židek, 3B – Patrick Reus Boxscore |||||||||||

### Great Britain vs Chinese Taipei

12 July 2023 10:00 O'Dwyers GAA 14 °C (57 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Georgina Corrick (2–0) LP: An-Ju Chiu (0–2) Home runs: GBR: Georgina Corrick (1) TPE: None Attendance: 125 Umpires: HP – Michal Židek, 1B – Renzo Ruiz, 2B – Sara Dielen, 3B – Norikazu Hamasaki Boxscore |||||||||||

### Ireland vs Australia

12 July 2023 13:00 O'Dwyers GAA 17 °C (63 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Kaia Parnaby (1–0) LP: Arianna Jarvis (0–1) Home runs: IRE: None AUS: Jade Wall (1) Attendance: 189 Umpires: HP – Trevor Topping, 1B – Galip Sönmez, 2B – Marni Bodnarchuk, 3B – Anthony Kaiaruna Boxscore |||||||||||

### United States vs Botswana

12 July 2023 15:00 O'Dwyers GAA 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States (5) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | X | X | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| WP: Kelly Maxwell (1–0) LP: Otsile Leave (0–1) Sv: Montana Fouts (1) Home runs: USA: Alison Aguilar (1) BOT: None Attendance: 75 Umpires: HP – Renzo Ruiz, 1B – Sara Dielen, 2B – Patrick Reus, 3B – Norikazu Hamasaki Boxscore |||||||||||

### Chinese Taipei vs Ireland

12 July 2023 18:30 O'Dwyers GAA 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei (5) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| WP: Hsia-Ai Ke (1–0) LP: Summer Rocha (0–1) Home runs: TPE: Chia-Wen Shen (1) IRE: None Attendance: 88 Umpires: HP – Anthony Kaiaruna, 1B – Marni Bodnarchuk, 2B – Trevor Topping, 3B – Galip Sönmez Boxscore |||||||||||

### Australia vs Botswana

13 July 2023 10:00 O'Dwyers GAA 15 °C (59 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Australia (4) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| WP: Kandra Lamb (1–0) LP: Lesego Ditau (0–1) Home runs: AUS: Philippa Adkins (1) BOT: None Attendance: 65 Umpires: HP – Marni Bodnarchuk, 1B – Anthony Kaiaruna, 2B – Patrick Reus, 3B – Galip Sönmez Boxscore |||||||||||

### Botswana vs Chinese Taipei

13 July 2023 13:00 O'Dwyers GAA 17 °C (63 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei (4) | 4 | 2 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Chia-Chen Tsai (1–0) LP: Wangu Gondo (0–2) Home runs: BOT: None TPE: Chia-Yun Chang (1) Attendance: 45 Umpires: HP – Sara Dielen, 1B – Norikazu Hamasaki, 2B – Michal Židek, 3B – Renzo Ruiz Boxscore |||||||||||

### Australia vs United States

13 July 2023 15:00 O'Dwyers GAA 18 °C (64 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| United States (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: Megan Faraimo (1–0) LP: Georgia Hood (0–1) Attendance: 150 Umpires: HP – Trevor Topping, 1B – Michal Židek, 2B – Anthony Kaiaruna, 3B – Marni Bodnarchuk Boxscore ||||||||||||

### Ireland vs Great Britain

13 July 2023 18:30 O'Dwyers GAA 18 °C (64 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Great Britain (5) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | X | X | X | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Georgina Corrick (3–0) LP: Kailey O'Connor (1–1) Attendance: 250 Umpires: HP – Galip Sönmez, 1B – Patrick Reus, 2B – Norikazu Hamasaki, 3B – Renzo Ruiz Boxscore |||||||||||

### Chinese Taipei vs Australia

14 July 2023 10:00 O'Dwyers GAA 14 °C (57 °F), drizzling :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Kandra Lamb (2–0) LP: Ching-Yu Chen (0–1) Sv: Kaia Parnaby (1) Attendance: 60 Umpires: HP – Patrick Reus, 1B – Renzo Ruiz, 2B – Marni Bodnarchuk, 3B – Sara Dielen Boxscore |||||||||||

### Botswana vs Great Britain

Game was cancelled due to weather conditions.
14 July 2023 13:00 O'Dwyers GAA :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Botswana | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Great Britain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Great Britain vs United States

Game was cancelled due to weather conditions.
14 July 2023 15:00 O'Dwyers GAA :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Ireland vs United States

Game was cancelled due to weather conditions.
14 July 2023 18:30 O'Dwyers GAA :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

## Play-offs

The winner of the final and the repechage qualify for the 2024 finals.

### Bracket

| Final | Final | Final | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage |
| 15 July – Balbriggan | 15 July – Balbriggan | 15 July – Balbriggan | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 | | | |
| United States | United States | 7 | 15 July – Balbriggan | 15 July – Balbriggan | 15 July – Balbriggan |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 4 |
| Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 |
| 15 July – Balbriggan | 15 July – Balbriggan | 15 July – Balbriggan | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 4 | | | |

### Summary

| Round | Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 5th place match | 15 July 2023 | 15:30 | Botswana | Cancelled | Ireland | — | O'Dwyers GAA | — | — | — |
| 3rd place match | 15 July 2023 | 17:15 | Chinese Taipei | 3–4 | Australia | 7 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:53 | 139 | Boxscore |
| Final | 15 July 2023 | 8:00 | Great Britain | 0–7 | United States | 5 | O'Dwyers GAA | 1:32 | 55 | Boxscore |
| Repechage | 15 July 2023 | 19:35 | Australia | 4–1 | Great Britain | 7 | O'Dwyers GAA | 2:17 | 56 | Boxscore |

### Fifth place play-off

Game was cancelled due to weather conditions.
15 July 2023 09:30 O'Dwyers GAA :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Botswana | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Third place play-off

15 July 2023 17:15 O'Dwyers GAA 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Kaia Parnaby (2–0) LP: Hsia-Ai Ke (1–1) Sv: Ellen Roberts (1) Home runs: TPE: Szu-Shih Li (1) AUS: None Attendance: 139 Umpires: HP – Anthony Kaiaruna, 1B – Patrick Reus, 2B – Galip Sönmez, 3B – Sara Dielen Boxscore |||||||||||

### Final

15 July 2023 8:00 O'Dwyers GAA 13 °C (55 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| United States (5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Ally Carda (2–0) LP: Ann Faulkner (0–1) Home runs: GBR: None USA: Alison Aguilar (2) Attendance: 55 Umpires: HP – Marni Bodnarchuk, 1B – Renzo Ruiz, 2B – Norikazu Hamasaki, 3B – Patrick Reus Boxscore |||||||||||

### Repechage

15 July 2023 19:35 O'Dwyers GAA 16 °C (61 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Ellen Roberts (1–1) LP: Georgina Corrick (3–1) Attendance: 56 Umpires: HP – Trevor Topping, 1B – Galip Sönmez, 2B – Michal Židek, 3B – Anthony Kaiaruna Boxscore |||||||||||

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L |
| 1 | United States (Q) | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Australia (Q) | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ireland | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Botswana | 0 | 4 |