2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1
Qualifier 1 of the Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Sydney, Australia from February 11 to 14, 2016.
Qualifier 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners of Games 1 and 2 matched up in Game 4, while the losers faced each other in Game 3, an elimination game. The winner of the elimination game (Game 3) then played the loser of the non-elimination game (Game 4), in Game 5, another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other in Game 6, to determine the winners of the Qualifier 1.
Bracket[edit]
| Preliminaries | Semifinals | Qualifier | |||||||||||
| – |  South Africa | 7 | |||||||||||
| – |  New Zealand | 1 | |||||||||||
| W1 | South Africa | 1 | |||||||||||
| W2 |  Australia | 4 | |||||||||||
| – |  Philippines | 1 | |||||||||||
| – | Australia | 11 | |||||||||||
| W4 | Australia | 12 | |||||||||||
| W5 | South Africa | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| W3 | New Zealand | 2 | |||||||||||
| L1 | New Zealand | 17 | L4 | South Africa | 9 | ||||||||
| L2 | Philippines | 7 | |||||||||||
Results[edit]
- All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00).
South Africa 7, New Zealand 1[edit]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Dylan Unsworth (1−0) LP: Scott Cone (0−1) Attendance: 529 (17.6%) Umpires: HP − Brett Robson, 1B − Travis Eggert, 2B − Roberto Ortiz, 3B − Alex Ortiz Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia 11, Philippines 1[edit]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | X | X | 11 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Steven Kent (1−0) LP: J.R. Bunda (0−1) Sv: Peter Moylan (1) Attendance: 1,442 (48.1%) Umpires: HP − Kun-young Park, 1B − Alex Ortiz, 2B − Travis Eggert, 3B − Takanori Yamamoto Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Two outs when last run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand 17, Philippines 7[edit]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | X | 17 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jimmy Boyce (1−0) LP: Taylor Garrison (0−1) Home runs: PHI: Brady Conlan (1) NZL: Boss Moanaroa (1) Attendance: 623 (20.8%) Umpires: HP − Ramon Ortiz, 1B − Kun-young Park, 2B − Travis Eggert, 3B − Brett Robson Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. One out when last run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia 4, South Africa 1[edit]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Warwick Saupold (1−0) LP: Carl Michaels (0−1) Sv: Ryan Searle (1) Attendance: 2,237 (74.6%) Umpires: HP − Takanori Yamamoto, 1B − Travis Eggert, 2B − Kun-young Park, 3B − Alex Ortiz Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Africa 9, New Zealand 2[edit]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jared Elario (1−0) LP: John Lee (0−1) Attendance: 1,367 (45.6%) Umpires: HP − Alex Ortiz, 1B − Roberto Ortiz, 2B − Brett Robson, 3B − Takanori Yamamoto Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia 12, South Africa 5[edit]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | X | 12 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Peter Moylan (1−0) LP: Callan Pearce (0−1) Sv: Ryan Searle (2) Home runs: RSA: Gift Ngoepe (1), Kyle Botha (1) AUS: Brad Harman (1), Allan de San Miguel (1) Attendance: 1,766 (58.9%) Umpires: HP − Travis Eggert, 1B − Kun-young Park, 2B − Takanori Yamamoto, 3B − Roberto Ortiz Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||