# 2025 Men's Softball World Cup Group A

Group A of the 2025 Men's Softball World Cup will take place from 12 to 16 June 2023 in Hermosillo, Mexico. The group consists of host nation Mexico, defending champions Australia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Philippines and Venezuela.

## Standings

Group A is being contested in Sonora during 12–16 June 2024.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Venezuela | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 6 | +25 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Group A Final |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | +6 | .600 | 2 | Advance to Group A Final |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 23 | −5 | .400 | 3 | Advance to Group A third place play-off |
| 4 | Mexico (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | .400 | 3 | Advance to Group A third place play-off |
| 5 | Czechia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 39 | −22 | .400 | 3 | |
| 6 | Philippines | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | −5 | .200 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head, TQB: Australia 1-1, 0.267; Mexico 1-1, 0.153; Czechia 1-1, -0.500

## Summary

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 12 June 2024 | 16:00 | Venezuela | 7–0 | Australia | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 2:05 | 200 | Boxscore |
| 12 June 2024 | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 5–2 | Philippines | 7 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 2:04 | 102 | Boxscore |
| 12 June 2024 | 21:00 | Mexico | 7–0 | Czechia | 5 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 1:35 | 1,100 | Boxscore |
| 13 June 2024 | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 13–4 | Czechia | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 2:56 | 245 | Boxscore |
| 13 June 2024 | 18:00 | Philippines | 4–5 | Australia | 7 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 2:12 | 72 | Boxscore |
| 13 June 2024 | 20:00 | Mexico | 2–5 | Venezuela | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 2:03 | 1,560 | Boxscore |
| 13 June 2024 | 21:00 | Australia | 1–4 | Dominican Republic | 7 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 1:55 | 83 | Boxscore |
| 14 June 2024 | 17:00 | Philippines | 3–1 | Mexico | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 1:55 | 600 | Boxscore |
| 14 June 2024 | 18:00 | Czechia | 2–11 | Venezuela | 5 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 1:56 | 85 | Boxscore |
| 14 June 2024 | 20:00 | Australia | 6–1 | Mexico | 8 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 2:32 | 1,200 | Boxscore |
| 14 June 2024 | 21:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–5 | Venezuela | 7 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 2:02 | 200 | Boxscore |
| 15 June 2024 | 17:00 | Czechia | 7–6 | Australia | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 2:16 | 220 | Boxscore |
| 15 June 2024 | 18:00 | Venezuela | 3–2 | Philippines | 8 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 2:29 | 62 | Boxscore |
| 15 June 2024 | 20:00 | Mexico | 4–0 | Dominican Republic | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 1:39 | 800 | Boxscore |
| 15 June 2024 | 21:00 | Philippines | 2–4 | Czechia | 7 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 2:07 | 265 | Boxscore |

## Matches
### Venezuela vs Australia

12 June 2024 16:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 46 °C (115 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Attendance: 200 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Dominican Republic vs Philippines

12 June 2024 16:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 46 °C (115 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Attendance: 102 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Mexico vs Czechia

12 June 2024 21:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 38 °C (100 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Mexico (5) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Attendance: 1,100 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Dominican Republic vs Czechia

13 June 2024 17:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 41 °C (106 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Attendance: 245 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Philippines vs Australia

13 June 2024 18:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 39 °C (102 °F), partly cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Attendance: 72 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Mexico vs Venezuela

13 June 2024 20:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 34 °C (93 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Attendance: 1,560 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Australia vs Dominican Republic

13 June 2024 21:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 33 °C (91 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Attendance: 83 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Philippines vs Mexico

14 June 2024 17:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 40 °C (104 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Attendance: 600 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Czechia vs Venezuela

14 June 2024 18:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 41 °C (106 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Czechia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Venezuela (5) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | 11 | 13 | 1 |
| Attendance: 85 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Australia vs Mexico

14 June 2024 20:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 35 °C (95 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Australia (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Attendance: 1,200 Boxscore ||||||||||||

### Dominican Republic vs Venezuela

14 June 2024 21:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 36 °C (97 °F), cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Attendance: 200 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Czechia vs Australia

15 June 2024 17:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 39 °C (102 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Czechia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Australia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Attendance: 220 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Venezuela vs Philippines

15 June 2024 18:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 38 °C (100 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Venezuela (8) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Attendance: 62 Boxscore ||||||||||||

### Mexico vs Dominican Republic

15 June 2024 20:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 34 °C (93 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Mexico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Attendance: 800 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Philippines vs Czechia

15 June 2024 21:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 32 °C (90 °F), clear :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Czechia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Attendance: 265 Boxscore |||||||||||

## Play-offs

The winner of the final and the repechage qualify for the 2025 finals.

### Bracket

| Final | Final | Final | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage |
| 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | | | |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 2 | | | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | 0 | 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 4 |
| Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Venezuela | Venezuela | 1 |
| 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 16 June – Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 1 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 4 | | | |

### Summary

| Round | Date | Local Time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| 5th place match | 16 June 2024 | 20:00 | Philippines | 2–3 | Czechia | 8 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | | | Boxscore |
| 3rd place match | 16 June 2024 | 17:00 | Mexico | 1–4 | Australia | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | 1:42 | 854 | Boxscore |
| Final | 16 June 2024 | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 2–0 | Venezuela | 7 | Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses | 2:05 | 150 | Boxscore |
| Repechage | 16 June 2024 | 21:00 | Australia | 4–1 | Venezuela | 7 | Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz | | | Boxscore |

### Fifth place play-off

16 June 2024 20:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Czechia (8) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
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### Third place play-off

16 June 2024 17:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz 39 °C (102 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Attendance: 854 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Final

16 June 2024 17:00 Estadio Mundialistas Hermosillenses 42 °C (108 °F), sunny :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Attendance: 150 Boxscore |||||||||||

### Repechage

16 June 2024 21:00 Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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