2017 Asian Women's Softball Championship
# 2017 Asian Women's Softball Championship

The 2017 Asian Women's Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured twelve nations and was held from 29 November–4 December 2017 in Taichung, Taiwan.

The top five teams qualified for the 2018 Asian Games while the top three teams qualified for the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship

Japan won the championship by winning 7–0 over the Philippines. With Japan already qualified as host, fourth placers, China qualified for the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship along with the Philippines and third-placers, Chinese Taipei.

## Participants

* China
* Hong Kong
* Indonesia
* India
* Iran
* Japan
* South Korea
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Chinese Taipei (hosts)

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – |
| Philippines | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 |
| Thailand | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 |

### Group B

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – |
| China | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 |
| Singapore | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 |
| India | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 |
| Iran | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 |

## Final round

| Qualifying finals | Qualifying finals | Qualifying finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Third place | Third place | Third place | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | | | | 1W | Japan | 2 | | | | |
| | | | 4W | Hong Kong | 0 | | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4W | Hong Kong | 0 | | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | Japan | Japan | 7 |
| 2 | South Korea | 7 | 2L | Philippines | 17 | | | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 7 |
| 2 | South Korea | 7 | 2L | Philippines | 17 | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | Philippines | Philippines | 0 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 3 | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | Philippines | Philippines | 0 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 3 | | | | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 4 | | | | 2W | China | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Singapore | 0 | 3W | South Korea | 1 | | Philippines | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 1L | China | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | China | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| South Korea | South Korea | 12 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 |

### Final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boxscore ||||||||

## Final standings

* Qualified for:
* 2018 Women's Softball World Championship (including hosts, Japan)
* 2018 Asian Games
* Qualified for:
* 2018 Asian Games (including hosts, Indonesia)

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Japan |
| | Philippines |
| | Chinese Taipei |
| 4th | China |
| 5th | South Korea |
| 6th | Hong Kong |
| 7th | Indonesia |
| 7th | Singapore |
| 9th | Thailand |
| 9th | India |
| 11th | Pakistan |
| 11th | Iran |

Source:World Baseball Softball Confederation

