WBSC Women's World Cup Baseball Group A Schedule/Results

Image credit: Managers for the six World Baseball Classic managers for the 2023 Women's World Cup Group A play.

We’ll be updating what happens at the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s Group A play for the Women’s World Cup. Canada automatically advances to the 2024 Finals as the host team. Depending on where Canada finishes in the tournament will determine how many other teams advance from Group A. If Canada finishes first, second or third in group play, then the top three teams from each Group play tournament will advance to the finals set for the summer of 2024. If Canada finishes worse than third, the top third place team out of the two groups will advance. That will actually not be determined by on the field play in this tournament, it will depend on who finished higher in the previous World Cup championship. If that does not resolve the tie, it will be broken by who is ranked higher in the WBSC world rankings as of Dec. 31, 2023.

The Group B play, which will include Japan, Taiwan, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico and France, is set to play in Miyoshi City, Japan from Sept. 13-19.

Here’s the full schedule. Games are televised on a subscription basis at GameTime.

Aug. 8

What Happened: Team USA took advantage of some Australia miscues to pick up a one-run win in both team’s openers. Extra hitter Remi Schaber walked with the bases loaded to score Team USA’s first run and a wild pitch followed which scored Valerie Perez. Schaber picked up her second RBI of the game with a sac fly to score Alex Hugo in the fifth. USA starter Elise Berger carried a shutout into the fifth inning before Australia got back in the game with RBI singles by Caitlyn Eynon and Abbey McLellan.

Madison Willan had four RBIs in Canada’s easy win over Mexico. And Hong Kong scored four in the seventh inning for a come-from-behind win over South Korea.

Hong Kong 9, South Korea 8
USA 3, Australia 2
Canada 9, Mexico 1

Aug. 9

Third baseman Ashton Lansdell homered and tripled and Jamie Baum threw three scoreless innings as Team USA easily run-ruled South Korea in the opener of Aug. 9’s trio of games. The nightcap was also a run-rule game as Canada piled up 16 hits, 15 walks, two hit-by-pitches and three errors to have 36 baserunners in just five innings. The Mexico-Australia game was much closer than it may appear. Australia scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at 8-8 after the regulation seven innings. In the top of the eighth, Ibarra Munoz hit a three-run home run as part of an eight-run explosion.

The shape of the tournament is already becoming clear. Canada and Team USA are the only two remaining unbeatens, which makes the USA-Canada game on Aug. 10 the crucial game of the tournament as far as who is going to finish first.

USA 14, South Korea 0 (5)
Mexico 16, Australia 8 (8)
Canada 22, Hong Kong 3 (5)

Aug. 10

What Happened: Ticara Geldenhuis homered and Australia never trailed in a seven-run win over South Korea. The win leaves South Korea as the only winless team with two days of games remaining. Dafne Mejia came in to pitch 3.1 scoreless innings of relief as Mexico beat Hong Kong by 10. And in what was expected to be one of the crucial games of the tournament, Team USA demolished Canada with a 23-0 run-ruled five-inning win. Kelsie Whitmore and Olivia Pichardo both homered. Alex Hugo scored four runs and Jillian Albayati threw five scoreless innings for Team USA. With the win, Team USA is in the driver’s seat. The hold the head-to-head tiebreaker against Canada. With a win against Mexico on Aug. 11, Team USA could clinch the Group A title.

Australia 10, South Korea 3
Mexico 16, Hong Kong 6 (5)
USA 23, Canada 0 (5)

Aug. 11

Postponed for weather

Aug. 12

What Happened: Team USA scored 20 runs in the first inning as the first 13 U.S. batters all reached safely. Alex Hugo drove in seven runs, scored four runs and homered. Kelsie Whitmore threw three scoreless innings to pick up the win. Rosa Del Castillo threw all six innings in Mexico’s shutout of South Korea. Canada rallied to score seven runs in the final two innings to come from behind to beat Australia.

USA 29, Hong Kong 0 (5)
Mexico 10, South Korea 0 (6)
Canada 11, Australia, 7

Aug. 13

What Happened: Team USA clinched the No. 1 seed with its fourth shutout in five games. The U.S. ended up outscoring its opponents 71-2 over its five games. Canada wrapped up the second seed with a shutout win over Australia. Even with the loss, Mexico claimed the No. 3 seed. Since host Canada (which was guaranteed a berth) finished it the top three, the top three teams all advance to next year’s World Cup Finals.

USA 2, Mexico 0
Australia 9, Hong Kong 2
Canada 10, Australia 0

Standings