| New Zealand under-23 softball team | |
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| Information | |
| Country | |
| Federation | Softball New Zealand |
| Confederation | WBSC Oceania |
| Manager | Steve Deans and Fergus McAlpine |
The New Zealand men's under-23 softball team represents New Zealand in international under-23 softball. The team is administered by Softball New Zealand.
The team played their first official matches at the 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup where they were grouped with Canada, Japan, Venezuela, Guatemala and Israel. [1]
Prior to the U-23 Men's Softball World Cup being introduced, the Major Sox had played friendlies and been on tour to Indonesia and Canada among other. [2]
The inaugural U-23 Men's Softball World Cup was scheduled to take place in October 2022, but was postponed due to a number of reasons. [3] [4] As one of the 2 men's softball sides in Oceania New Zealand qualified along with Australia. [5]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 15 April | New Zealand | 9–0 (F/5) | El Plumazo, Argentina | |
| 12:30 (ART) | WP: Liam Potts (1–0) | Boxscore | LP: Leon Kfir (0–1) | Attendance: 300 Umpires: Edwin Ortiz (HP), Ysidro Almonte Caraballo (1B), Patrick Reus (2B), Todd Davis (3B) |
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 16 April | New Zealand | 9–3 | Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol, Argentina | |
| 17:30 (ART) | WP: Taine James Pirini Slaughter Sv: Floyd Marijan Nola HR: Huw Griffyn Davies (1), Brock Cody Evans (1) | Boxscore | LP: Diomar Alejandro Salas Alvarado | Attendance: 400 Umpires: Todd Davis (HP), Gabriela Elizabeth Jimenez (1B), Ysidro Almonte Caraballo (2B), Nicolas Eleazar Deu (3B) |
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 17 April | New Zealand | 7–0 | Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol, Argentina | |
| 11:30 (ART) | WP: Taine James Pirini Slaughter Sv: Liam Potts | Boxscore | LP: Diego Morales | Attendance: 300 Umpires: Pablo Acosta (HP), Manuel Tovar (1B), Orelvis Silverio (2B), Patrick Reus (3B) |
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 18 April | Canada | 5–3 | Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol, Argentina | |
| 17:30 (ART) | WP: Riley James Manion Sv: Reese Yantzi | Boxscore | LP: Taine James Pirini Slaughter | Attendance: 310 Umpires: Glenn Brown (HP), Orelvis Silverio (1B), Nicolas Eleazar Deu (2b), Pablo Acosta (3B) |
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 19 April | Japan | 5–0 | Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol, Argentina | |
| 17:30 (ART) | WP: Taiga Onishi | Boxscore | LP: Floyd Marijan Nola | Attendance: 350 Umpires: Gabriela Elizabeth Jimenez (HP), Patrick Reus (1B), Ysidro Almonte Caraballo (2B), Pablo Acosta (3B) |
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 20 April | New Zealand | 4–1 | Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol, Argentina | |
| 12:30 (ART) | WP: Liam Potts | Boxscore | LP: Jack Besgrove HR: Ryan King | Attendance: 324 Umpires: Glenn Brown (HP), Daryl Helmer (1B), Edwin Ortiz (2B), Nicolas Eleazar Deu (3B) |
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 21 April | New Zealand | 1–8 (F/5) | Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol, Argentina | |
| 20:30 (ART) | LP: Liam Potts | Boxscore | WP: Matias Etchevers HR: Alan Peker, Juan Cruz Garoli | Attendance: 1,445 Umpires: William Lopez (HP), Daryl Helmer (1B), Manuel Tovar (2B), Glenn Brown (3B) |
| 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup | 22 April | New Zealand | 4–5 | Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol, Argentina | |
| 14:30 (ART) | LP: Liam Potts HR: Brock Attewell | Boxscore | WP: Jose Gustavo Valdez Chaparro | Attendance: 1,130 Umpires: Nicolas Eleazar Deu (HP), Manuel Tovar (1B), Daryl Helmer (2B), Pablo Acosta (3B) |
The following 16 players were called up for the 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup. [6]
| U-23 World Cup | |||||||||
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| Year | Host | Round | Pos | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD |
| 2023 | Super Round | 6th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 20 | +19 | |
| Total | 6th | 1/1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 20 | +19 | |