# 2022 Men's Softball World Championship

The 2022 WBSC Men's Softball World Championship was the 17th Men's Softball World Championship, an international softball tournament taking place in Auckland, New Zealand from 26 November to 4 December 2022. Originally scheduled for February 2021, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand last hosted the tournament in 2013. It will be the 17th edition of the tournament.
Argentina were the defending champions, and lost the third place playoff to the United States. Australia defeated Canada 5–2 in the final to claim their second World Cup.

## Qualified teams

| Team | World ranking | Method of qualification |
| New Zealand | 6th | Hosts |
| South Africa | 11th | 2022 African Championship |
| Japan | 2nd | 2022 Asian Championship |
| Philippines | 21st | 2022 Asian Championship |
| Australia | 4th | |
| Argentina | 1st | 2022 Pan American Championship |
| Canada | 3rd | 2022 Pan American Championship |
| Cuba | 12th | 2022 Pan American Championship |
| United States | 7th | 2022 Pan American Championship |
| Czech Republic | 5th | 2021 European Championship |
| Denmark | 10th | 2021 European Championship |
| Venezuela | 9th | Wildcard |

## Officials

15 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.
Umpires :
| Confederation | Umpires |
| WBSC Africa | Abel Mataboge (Botswana) |
| WBSC Americas | William Burwell (United States) |
| WBSC Americas | Geneviève Gaudreau (Canada) |
| WBSC Americas | Scott McLaren (Canada) |
| WBSC Asia | Mitsunori Kusamoto (Japan) |
| WBSC Asia | Naoya Matsuda (Japan) |
| WBSC Europe | Mariana Atanasova (Netherlands) |
| WBSC Europe | Jens Jakobsen (Denmark) |
| WBSC Europe | Michal Zidek (Czech Republic) |
| WBSC Oceania | Jason Carter (Australia) |
| WBSC Oceania | Leigh Evans (Australia) |
| WBSC Oceania | David Fortin (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Mark Reardon (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Lance Tematoe (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Anthony Wesley (New Zealand) |
Umpire Directors :
| Confederation | Umpire Director |
| WBSC Americas | Christina Drumm (United States) |
| Confederation | Assistant Umpire Director |
| WBSC Oceania | Wayne Saunders (New Zealand) |
Scorers :
| Confederation | Scorers |
| WBSC Asia | Yu-Wei Horng (Chinese Taipei) |
| WBSC Asia | Fuka Nakamura (Japan) |
| WBSC Europe | Feiko Drost (Netherlands) |
| WBSC Oceania | Kirsty Andrews (Australia) |
| WBSC Oceania | Marie Byrne (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Carolyn McQueen (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | More Natana (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Tracee Topia (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Sharon Williams (New Zealand) |
Scorers Director :
| Confederation | Scorers Director |
| WBSC Europe | Marco Battistella (Italy) |
Technical Commission :
| Confederation | Technical Commission |
| WBSC Americas | Ray Gutierrez (United States) |
| WBSC Asia | Shuro Tsukioka (Japan) |
| WBSC Europe | Anna Battigeli (Italy) |
| WBSC Europe | Gabriele Hardinger (Austria) |
| WBSC Oceania | Rata Joanne (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Leathart Jane (New Zealand) |
| WBSC Oceania | Clarke Raewyn (New Zealand) |
Technical Director :
| Confederation | Technical Director |
| WBSC Oceania | Gray Munroe (Australia) |

## Venue

Rosedale Park in Rosedale, Auckland hosted all the games across two fields.
| Auckland | Auckland |
| Auckland | Rosedale Park |
| Auckland | Capacity: 3,500 |

## Opening Round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 1.000 | — | Super Round |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | .600 | 2 | Super Round |
| 3 | Cuba | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | .600 | 2 | Super Round |
| 4 | New Zealand (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | −4 | .400 | 3 | Placement Round |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 | −13 | .400 | 3 | Placement Round |
| 6 | Philippines | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | −16 | .000 | 5 | Placement Round |
* 1 2 Head to head results: Cuba 4–8 United States.
* 1 2 Head to head results: New Zealand 3–1 Czech Republic.
26 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 21 °C (70 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| WP: Daniel Chapman (1–0) LP: Jakub Osička (0–1) Home runs: NZL: Benjamin Enoka (1) CZE: None Attendance: 1,100 Boxscore |||||||||||
26 November 2022 17:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| WP: Huemul Mata (1–0) LP: Alan Román (0–1) Sv: Roman Godoy (1) Home runs: ARG: None CUB: Reynaldo Lamote (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore |||||||||||
26 November 2022 20:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Jon Gwizdala (1–0) LP: Leo Barredo (0–1) Sv: Bradley Kilpatrick (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2022 11:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), cloudy/raining :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Cuba (6) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| WP: Alain Román (1–1) LP: Jakub Osička (0–2) Home runs: CUB: Miguel Savigne (1) CZE: None Attendance: 100 Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2022 16:20 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Bradley Kilpatrick (1–0) LP: Josh Pettett (0–1) Home runs: USA: Blaine Milheim (1), Erick Ochoa (1) NZL: None Attendance: 1,000 Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2022 17:45 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 20 °C (68 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Martín Gonzalez (1–0) LP: Juliuz Dela Cruz (0–1) Sv: Roman Godoy (2) Home runs: PHI: None ARG: Alan Peker (1) Attendance: 100 Boxscore |||||||||||
28 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Michal Holobrádek (1–0) LP: Jerlin Rutt (0–1) Home runs: USA: Jonathan Lynch (1) CZE: George Harris (1), Tomáš Klein (1) Attendance: 225 Boxscore |||||||||||
28 November 2022 15:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| WP: Alain Román (2–1) LP: Leo Barredo (0–2) Sv: Guber Plutin (1) Home runs: CUB: Yesander Rodriguez (1) PHI: None Attendance: 70 Boxscore |||||||||||
28 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 16 °C (61 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Argentina (9) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Huemul Mata (2–0) LP: Pita Rona (0–1) Home runs: ARG: Alan Peker (2), Santiago Carril (1) NZL: Cole Evans (1), Thomas Enoka (2) Attendance: 1,050 Boxscore |||||||||||||
29 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Javier Caballero (1–0) LP: Alain Román (2–2) Sv: Brad Kilpatrick (2) Home runs: CUB: Osvaldo Pérez (1) USA: Jonathan Lynch (2) Attendance: 60 Boxscore |||||||||||
29 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Argentina (6) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Roman Godoy (1–0) LP: Jonáš Hajný (0–1) Attendance: 200 Boxscore |||||||||||
29 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| New Zealand (5) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Pita Rona (1–1) LP: Juliuz Dela Cruz (0–2) Home runs: PHI: None NZL: Reilly Makea (1) Attendance: 800 Boxscore |||||||||||
30 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Argentina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Roman Godoy (2–0) LP: Jerlin Rutt (0–2) Home runs: USA: Blaine Milheim (2) ARG: None Attendance: 232 Boxscore |||||||||||
30 November 2022 15:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), wet/overcast/rain possible :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| WP: Jakub Osička (1–2) LP: Parco Reagan (0–1) Sv: Jonáš Hajný (1) Home runs: CZE: Vojtěch Buchner (1) PHI: None Attendance: 101 Boxscore |||||||||||
30 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cuba (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| WP: Alain Román (3–2) LP: Daniel Chapman (1–1) Attendance: 980 Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 1.000 | — | Super Round |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | .800 | 1 | Super Round |
| 3 | Venezuela | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | .600 | 2 | Super Round |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | .400 | 3 | Placement Round |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 37 | −31 | .200 | 4 | Placement Round |
| 6 | Denmark | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | −22 | .000 | 5 | Placement Round |
26 November 2022 14:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 20 °C (68 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Sean Cleary (1–0) LP: Eudomar Toyo (0–1) Sv: Justin Schofield (1) Attendance: 200 Boxscore |||||||||||
26 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Australia (6) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Jack Besgrove (1–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–1) Attendance: 400 Boxscore |||||||||||
26 November 2022 19:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Japan (4) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | X | X | X | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Hikaru Matsuda (1–0) LP: Timida Kekana (0–1) Home runs: RSA: None JAP: Hikaru Matsuda (1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Canada (4) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | X | X | X | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Zachary Pierce (1–0) LP: Valdemar Terkelsen (0–1) Home runs: DEN: None CAN: Matthieu Roy (1), Quinten Bruce (1), Bryan Abrey (1), Colin Walsh (1) Attendance: 400 Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2022 15:45 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), overcast/chance of rain :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Venezuela (4) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| WP: Victor Guedez (1–0) LP: Tidima Kekana (0–2) Home runs: RSA: Edinson Marrero (1) VEN: None Attendance: 75 Boxscore |||||||||||
27 November 2022 20:25 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 15 °C (59 °F), rainy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Australia (8) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Marshall Kronk (1–0) LP: Kento Okazaki (0–1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore ||||||||||||
28 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canada (5) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| WP: Ty Seabastian (1–0) LP: Manhlane Manaka (0–1) Home runs: CAN: Colin Walsh (1) RSA: None Attendance: 100 Boxscore |||||||||||
28 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Jack Besgrove (2–0) LP: Erick Urbaneja (0–1) Attendance: 280 Boxscore |||||||||||
28 November 2022 18:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Yuya Yamawaki (1–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–2) Sv: Reo Koyama (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore |||||||||||
29 November 2022 13:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| WP: Sean Cleary (2–0) LP: Jack Besgrove (2–1) Home runs: CAN: Derek Mayson 2 (2) AUS: None Attendance: 350 Boxscore |||||||||||
29 November 2022 15:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 22 °C (72 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: Grant Olivier (1–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–3) Home runs: RSA: Tyler Croft (1) DEN: None Attendance: 134 Boxscore |||||||||||
29 November 2022 18:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Eudomar Toyo (1–1) LP: Hikaru Matsuda (1–1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore |||||||||||
30 November 2022 12:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), overcast :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Australia (3) | 10 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| WP: Jay Selu (1–0) LP: Lucas Lamola (0–1) Home runs: AUS: Marshall Kronk (1), James Todhunter (1), Julian Jemmott (1) RSA: None Attendance: 150 Boxscore |||||||||||
30 November 2022 16:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Canada (4) | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Justin Schofield (1–0) LP: Reo Koyama (0–1) Sv: Zachary Pierce (1) Home runs: JAP: Tei Hamamoto (1) CAN: Derek Mayson (3), Ty Sebastian (1), Bryan Abrey (1) Attendance: 312 Boxscore |||||||||||
30 November 2022 18:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| WP: Victor Guedez (2–0) LP: Kim Hansen (0–4) Attendance: 30 Boxscore |||||||||||

## Placement Round

The bottom three teams from each group progress to the placement round. Head to head results against the other bottom three team from the Opening Round will carry over to help determine final placings. In games between equal seeds, a coin toss determines the home team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 1.000 | — |
| 2 | New Zealand (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | .800 | 1 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | .600 | 2 |
| 4 | Philippines | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 22 | −5 | .400 | 3 |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 35 | −27 | .200 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | −19 | .000 | 5 |
1 December 2022 12:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), slightly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Jakub Osička (2–2) LP: Kim Hansen (0–5) Home runs: DEN: Tobias Homlelund (1) CZE: Vojtěch Forman (1) Attendance: 130 Boxscore |||||||||||
1 December 2022 15:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Takuro Kawano (1–0) LP: Juliuz Dela Cruz (0–3) Home runs: PHI: None JPN: Tei Hamamoto (2), Kazuya Toriyama 3 (3) Attendance: 155 Boxscore |||||||||||
1 December 2022 19:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand (5) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Joshua Pettett (1–1) LP: Grant Olivier (1–1) Home runs: RSA: None NZL: Jerome Raemaki (1) Attendance: 900 Boxscore |||||||||||
2 December 2022 12:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| South Africa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Czech Republic (5) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| WP: Michal Holobrádek (2–0) LP: Manhlane Manaka (0–2) Home runs: RSA: None CZE: Marek Malý (1), Vojtěch Forman (2) Attendance: 60 Boxscore |||||||||||
2 December 2022 18:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines (5) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| WP: Leo Barredo (1–2) LP: Lukas Lohmann (0–1) Home runs: PHI: Denmark Bathan (1), Melvin de Castro (1) DEN: None Attendance: 45 Boxscore |||||||||||
2 December 2022 19:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Hikaru Matsuda (2–1) LP: Daniel Chapman (1–2) Home runs: JPN: Hikaru Matsuda (2) NZL: Reilly Makea (2), Joel Evans (1), Pita Rona (1) Attendance: 1,102 Boxscore |||||||||||
3 December 2022 15:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| WP: Leo Barredo (2–2) LP: Grant Olivier (1–2) Home runs: PHI: Justine Rosales (1) RSA: None Attendance: 55 Boxscore |||||||||||
3 December 2022 16:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Joshua Pettett (2–1) LP: Kim Hansen (0–6) Attendance: 380 Boxscore |||||||||||
4 December 2022 18:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Japan (10) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Hikaru Matsuda (3–1) LP: Jakub Osička (2–3) Home runs: CZE: George Harris (2), Vojtěch Buchner (2) JPN: None Attendance: 68 Boxscore ||||||||||||||

## Super Round

The top three teams from each group progress to the super round. Head to head results against the other top three team from the Opening Round will carry over to help determine final placings and the four nations that qualify for the Final Round. In games between equal seeds, a coin toss determines the home team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | .800 | — | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | +8 | .800 | — | Advance to Final |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | .800 | — | Advance to Third place play-off |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 26 | +2 | .400 | 2 | Advance to Third place play-off |
| 5 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | .200 | 3 | |
| 6 | Venezuela | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 24 | −17 | .000 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head to head results. Head-to-head runs against: Canada 5, Australia 6, Argentina 6. Head to head result: Australia 2–0 Argentina.
1 December 2022 13:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Justin Schofield (2–0) LP: Bradley Kilpatrick (1–1) Home runs: USA: Cameron Schiller (1) CAN: Shane Boland (1) Attendance: 450 Boxscore |||||||||||
1 December 2022 16:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Adam Folkard (1–0) LP: Alain Román (3–3) Home runs: CUB: None AUS: Nick Shailes (1), Hayden Mathews (1) Attendance: 182 Boxscore |||||||||||
1 December 2022 18:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| WP: Huemul Mata (3–0) LP: Eudomar Toyo (1–2) Home runs: VEN: Rafael Flores (1) ARG: Alan Peker (3) Attendance: 85 Boxscore |||||||||||
2 December 2022 13:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 19 °C (66 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Adam Folkard (2–0) LP: Bradley Kilpatrick (1–2) Sv: Marshall Kronk (1) Home runs: USA: Matt Palazzo (1), Blaine Milheim (3) AUS: Scott Patterson (1), Nick Shailes (2), Joshua McGovern (1), James Todhunter (2) Attendance: 622 Boxscore |||||||||||
2 December 2022 15:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 18 °C (64 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Alain Román (4–3) LP: Victor Guedez (2–1) Attendance: 55 Boxscore |||||||||||
2 December 2022 16:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Huemul Mata (4–0) LP: Justin Schofield (2–1) Home runs: CAN: Bradley Ezekiel (1), Bryan Abrey (2) ARG: Manuel Godoy (1) Attendance: 750 Boxscore |||||||||||
3 December 2022 12:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 2 19 °C (66 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Bradley Kilpatrick (2–2) LP: Frank Ugas (0–1) Attendance: 75 Boxscore |||||||||||
3 December 2022 13:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| WP: Sean Cleary (3–0) LP: Guber Plutin (0–1) Attendance: 300 Boxscore |||||||||||
3 December 2022 19:30 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 18 °C (64 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Australia (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| WP: Jack Besgrove (3–1) LP: Roman Godoy (2–1) Attendance: 426 Boxscore ||||||||||||

## Final Round
### Third place play-off

4 December 2022 13:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Bradley Kilpatrick (3–2) LP: Huemul Mata (4–1) Home runs: USA: Yusef Davis Jr. (1) ARG: None Attendance: 625 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Final

4 December 2022 16:00 (NZDT) Rosedale Park, Field 1 20 °C (68 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| WP: Jack Besgrove (4–1) LP: Sean Cleary (3–1) Home runs: AUS: Nick Shailes (3) CAN: None Attendance: 2,061 Boxscore |||||||||||

## Statistics

The statistics below include all opening, super and placement round games.

### Homeruns

3 homeruns
* Alan Peker
* Nick Shailes
* Bryan Abrey
* Derek Mayson
* Kazuya Toriyama
* Blaine Milheim
2 homeruns
* James Todhunter
* Colin Walsh
* Vojtěch Buchner
* Vojtěch Forman
* George Harris
* Tei Hamamoto
* Hikaru Matsuda
* Reilly Makea
* Jonathan Lynch
1 homerun
* Santiago Carril
* Manuel Godoy
* Julian Jemmott
* Marshall Kronk
* Hayden Mathews
* Joshua McGovern
* Scott Patterson
* Shane Boland
* Quinten Bruce
* Bradley Ezekiel
* Mathieu Roy
* Ty Sebastian
* Reynaldo Lamote
* Osvaldo Pérez
* Yesander Rodriguez
* Miguel Savigne
* Tomáš Klein
* Marek Malý
* Tobias Holmelund
* Benjamin Enoka
* Thomas Enoka
* Cole Evans
* Joel Evans
* Jerome Raemaki
* Pita Rona
* Denmark Bathan
* Melvin de Castro
* Justine Rosales
* Melvin de Castro
* Tyler Croft
* Yusef Davis Jr.
* Erick Ochoa
* Matt Palazzo
* Cameron Schiller
* Rafael Flores
* Edinson Marrero

### Leading players

Hitting leaders :
| Stat | Player | Total |
| AVG | Quinten Bruce | .550 |
| HR | 6 players | 3 |
| RBI | Bryan Abrey | 11 |
| R | Scott Patterson | 10 |
| H | Blaine Milheim Jonathan Lynch | 14 |
| SB | Alan Peker Yusef Davis Jr. | 3 |
Pitching leaders :
| Stat | Player | Total |
| W | Huemul Mata Jack Besgrove Alain Román | 4 |
| L | Kim Hansen | 6 |
| ERA | Roman Godoy | 1.04 |
| SO | Jack Besgrove | 71 |
| IP | Alain Román | 40.2 |
| SV | Roman Godoy Guber Plutin Bradley Kilpatrick | 2 |

### Player of the day

Player of the day :
| Day | Player | Notes |
| 26 Nov | Juan Zara | 1–4 2B 2 RBI |
| 27 Nov | Blaine Milheim | 2–4 HR 2 RBI 2 R |
| 28 Nov | Huemel Mata | 7.2 IP 15 K 1–3 1 RBI 1 R |
| 29 Nov | Derek Mayson | 3–4 2 HR 3 RBI 2 R |
| 30 Nov | Alain Román | 9 IP 3 H 0 R 11 K |
| 1 Dec | Adam Folkard | 4 IP 0 H 0 R 0 BB 8 K |
| 2 Dec | Scott Patterson | 3–4 3 RBI 3 R HR 3B |
| 3 Dec | Sean Cleary | 7 IP 1 H 0 R 15 K |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L | Final result |
| 1 | Australia | 8 | 1 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Canada | 7 | 2 | Silver medal |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 4 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Argentina | 7 | 2 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Cuba | 4 | 4 | Super Round |
| 6 | Venezuela | 3 | 5 | Super Round |
| 7 | Japan | 5 | 3 | Placement Round |
| 8 | New Zealand (H) | 4 | 4 | Placement Round |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 4 | 4 | Placement Round |
| 10 | Philippines | 2 | 6 | Placement Round |
| 11 | South Africa | 1 | 7 | Placement Round |
| 12 | Denmark | 0 | 8 | Placement Round |

## Awards

All World Team :
| Awards | Awards | Awarded player |
| MVP Award | MVP Award | Marshall Kronk |
| Best Defensive Player Honours | Best Defensive Player Honours | Luis Dominguez |
| All World Team | Pitcher | Sean Cleary |
| All World Team | Catcher | Juan Zara |
| All World Team | First baseman | Erwin Diaz |
| All World Team | Second baseman | Brendon O'Byrne |
| All World Team | Third baseman | Nick Shailes |
| All World Team | Shortstop | Juan Malarczuk |
| All World Team | Left fielder | Jonathan Lynch |
| All World Team | Center fielder | Blaine Milheim |
| All World Team | Right fielder | Quinten Bruce |
| All World Team | Designated player | Bryan Abrey |

## Broadcasting

Whakaata Māori broadcast all 50 games on the MĀORI+ app with all New Zealand games also on television. International viewers were able to stream the tournament on WBSC's OTT Channel GameTime.

## Symbols
### Match balls

The match balls used for the 2022 tournament were the Mizuno M150 balls, which were also used in the Tokyo 2022 Olympics. Mizuno supplied 1,152 balls for the tournament.