2017 Asian Baseball Cup

The 2017 Asian Baseball Cup will be the 13th edition of the tournament and serve as qualification to the 2017 Asian Baseball Championship.[1] The West Asia Baseball Cup will be held 25 February to 1 March at Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan.[2]

2017 Asian Baseball Cup
(Western Division)
Tournament details
Host country Pakistan
Dates 25 February-1 March 2017
Teams5 (from 1 continent)
Defending champions Pakistan (2015)
Final positions
Champions
 Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runner-up
 Pakistan
Third place
 Iran
Fourth place   Nepal
Tournament statistics
Games played8
← 2015
2019 →

The 2017 edition of the tournament sees Nepal participating in their first competition and Sri Lanka moving to the West Cup.

Participants

West Cup

Group A

Rk Team W L HTH RS IPO RA IPD TQB
1  Pakistan 20 -
2    Nepal 11 −
3  Iraq 02 −

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).

25 February 2017
10:00		 Pakistan  16-1    Nepal Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
26 February 2017
10:00		 Nepal    13-2  Iraq Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
27 February 2017
10:00		 Iraq  0-25  Pakistan Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

Group B

Rk Team W L HTH RS IPO RA IPD TQB
1  Sri Lanka 10 -
2  Iran 01 −
3  India 00 −

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RS − Runs scored. IPO − Innings the team batted. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. TQB − The index of (RS/IPO)−(RA/IPD).

25 February 2017
13:30		 Iran  cancelled  India Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
26 February 2017
13:30		 Sri Lanka  22-0
(F/5) 		 Iran Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad
27 February 2017
13:30		 India  cancelled  Sri Lanka Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

Playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
February 28, 2017 - 10:00
 
 
 Pakistan 11
 
March 1, 2017 - 13:30
 
 Iran 0
 
 Pakistan 2
 
February 28, 2017 - 13:30
 
  Sri Lanka 4
 
 Sri Lanka 11
 
 
   Nepal 0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
March 1, 2017 - 10:00
 
 
 Iran 10
 
 
    Nepal 6


East Cup

The East Asia Cup was not held in 2017 since no suitable host could be found.[3]

References
  1. "West Asia Baseball Cup XIII set to open in Islamabad, Pakistan - WBSC". 23 February 2017.
  2. "13th West Asia Baseball Cup 2017 Islamabad Pakistan". www.facebook.com.
  3. Co., Amazing Internet Advertising. "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia - BFA News..." www.baseballasia.org.
  4. Co., Amazing Internet Advertising. "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia - BFA News..." www.baseballasia.org.
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