2017 Asian Baseball Cup

The 2017 Asian Baseball Cup was an international baseball tournament contested by the men's national teams of WBSC Asia's member associations. It was the 13th edition of the biannual Asian Baseball Cup, and served as qualification to the 2017 Asian Baseball Championship.[1] It was divided into two separate divisions, East and West, alternatively called the 2017 East Asian Baseball Cup and 2017 West Asian Baseball Cup.

The 2017 West Asia Baseball Cup was held from 25 February 2017 to 1 March 2017 at Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan.[2][3] It saw Nepal participating in their first competition, and Sri Lanka moving to the West Cup. The latter were crowned as the champions for the first time after they beat hosts Pakistan in the final.[4]

On the other hand, the 2017 East Asia Baseball Cup was cancelled due to lack of a suitable host.

## Participants

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East Asia Baseball Cup

East Asia Cup was cancelled due to lack of suitable host.

West Asia Baseball Cup

* ~~ India (61)~~
*  Iran (54)
*  Iraq (67)
*    Nepal (72)
*  Pakistan (24) (host)
*  Sri Lanka (52)

Pre-tournament WBSC World Rankings (from 24 February 2017) in parentheses

India had to withdraw from the tournament after the team were not issued Pakistan visas.[5]

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## West Cup

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2017 Asian Baseball Cup
(Western Division)Tournament details

Country| Pakistan
City| Islamabad
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates| 25 February–1 March 2017
Teams| 5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up|  Pakistan
Third place|  Iran
Fourth place|    Nepal
Tournament statistics
Games played| 8

← 2015

2019 →

Group A

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1  |  Pakistan | 2 | 0  | \-
2  |    Nepal | 1 | 1  | −
3  |  Iraq | 0 | 2  | −

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

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26 February 2017
10:00 | Nepal    | 13-2  |  Iraq | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

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27 February 2017
10:00 | Iraq  | 0-25  |  Pakistan | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

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Group B

Rk  | Team  | W  | L  | HTH  | RS  | IPO  | RA  | IPD  | TQB

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1  |  Sri Lanka | 1 | 0  | \-
2  |  Iran | 0 | 1  | −
3  |  India | 0 | 0  | −

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

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

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27 February 2017
13:30 | India  | cancelled  |  Sri Lanka | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

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Playoffs

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

### Awards

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2017 Asian Baseball Cup – Western Division Champions

Sri Lanka
1st title

## East Cup

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The East Asia Cup was not held in 2017 since no suitable host could be found.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "West Asia Baseball Cup XIII set to open in Islamabad, Pakistan". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
2. ^ "13th West Asia Baseball Cup 2017 Islamabad Pakistan". www.facebook.com.
3. ^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | Scores..." WBSC Asia. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
4. ^ "No. 52 Sri Lanka shocks No. 24 Pakistan to win West Asia Baseball Cup for first time ever". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
5. ^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia - BFA News..." baseballasia.org.
6. ^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | BFA News..." Baseball Federation of Asia. 2017-03-20. Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2023-02-01.