{"id":41199,"date":"2022-11-29T06:13:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T14:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=41199"},"modified":"2022-11-29T06:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T14:22:16","slug":"wbsc-mens-world-cup-2022-day-4-argentina-usa-confirm-super-round-spot-venezuela-beat-japan-in-crucial-group-b-game-while-south-africa-claims-first-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=41199","title":{"rendered":"WBSC Men&#8217;s World Cup 2022 &#8211; Day 4 -Argentina, USA confirm Super Round spot, Venezuela beat Japan in crucial Group B game while South Africa claims first win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Four Teams Locked in for Super Round:  Canada (4-0), Argentina (4-0), USA (3-1) and Australia (3-1)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/news\/wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-day-4\">From the WBSC &#8211; Click for Official Day 4 Report<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Day 4 of the Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup saw USA, Canada, South Africa, Argentina, Venezuela and New Zealand win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Argentina confirms spot in Super Round after beating the Czech Republic. The result also confirmed USA&#8217;s spot in the next round.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USA beat Cuba 8-4 in first ever Men&#8217;s World Cup game between the two sides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In top of the table Group B clash, Canada proved too good for Australia, both teams already through to Super Round.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Africa claimed first win of tournament beating Denmark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosts New Zealand beat the Philippines to keep Super Round chances alive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Six games per day over two fields<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 teams split into two groups. Top three teams from each group advance to the Super Round<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seven time champions New Zealand, title holders Argentina and five-time winners USA in Group A<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Five of the top-11 teams in Group B<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/home\"><strong>Tournament Website<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch Live on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gametime.sport\/\"><strong>GameTime.Sport<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\"><strong>Day 4 Results<\/strong><\/a><br>USA beat Cuba 8-4&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/103047\"><strong>Box Score and Photos<\/strong><\/a><br>Canada beat Australia 6-0&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/103048\">Box Score and Photos<\/a><\/strong><br>South Africa beat Denmark 5-3&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/103049\"><strong>Box Score and Photos<\/strong><\/a><br>Czech Republic 1-8 Argentina&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/103050\"><strong>Box Score and Photos<\/strong><\/a><br>Japan 1-3 Venezuela&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/103051\"><strong>Box Score and Photos<\/strong><\/a><br>Philippines 1-8 New Zealand&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2022-mens-softball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/103052\"><strong>Box Score and Photos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group A Standings<\/strong>: Argentina 4-0; USA 3-1; Cuba 2-2; New Zealand 2-2; Czech Republic 1-3; Philippines 0-4<br><strong>Group B Standings<\/strong>: Canada 4-0; Australia 3-1; Japan 2-2; Venezuela 2-2; South Africa 1-3; Denmark 0-4;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another full day of drama in the WBSC Men\u2019s Softball World Cup at Rosedale Park, in Auckland, New Zealand as Argentina and USA confirmed their places in the Super Round alongside Canada and Australia with one day left in the Opening Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unbeaten Argentina and USA secured spots in Group A for the Super Round after beating the Czech Republic and Cuba respectively on Tuesday, with the Black Sox, who beat the Philippines, to take on Cuba on Wednesday in a winner-take-all game for the last Super Round spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada, who have won four from four this week, and Australia had already qualified on Monday in Group B and played off for valuable Super Rounds points on Tuesday. Venezuela and Japan will fight it out for the remaining spot on Wednesday with the two sides locked in a share of third place with a two win-two loss record. The South Americans take on the winless Denmark on Wednesday while Japan face a mountain to climb in group leader, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/news\/wbsc-mens-softball-world-cup-day-4\"> Click here for the COMPLETE WBSC RECAP, including Game-b-Game Summaries and Video Clips<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Day 4 is in the books! <br><br>? Check out today&#39;s WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup results.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MensSoftballWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MensSoftballWC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/54i9DnVnM0\">pic.twitter.com\/54i9DnVnM0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1597517418171355136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?? Check out the Standings after Day 4! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MensSoftballWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MensSoftballWC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8OhylyOkOI\">pic.twitter.com\/8OhylyOkOI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1597522794224713729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Check out the WBSC Men&#39;s Softball World Cup updated bracket! <br><br>? Four teams are locked for the Super Round!<br>?? Argentina<br>?? Australia<br>?? Canada<br>?? United States<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MensSoftballWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MensSoftballWC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GYrr8VfQL6\">pic.twitter.com\/GYrr8VfQL6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WBSC ?? (@WBSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1597537751586738176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Teams Locked in for Super Round: Canada (4-0), Argentina (4-0), USA (3-1) and Australia (3-1) From the WBSC &#8211; Click for Official Day 4 Report Day 4 of the Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup saw USA, Canada, South Africa, Argentina, Venezuela and New Zealand win. Day 4 ResultsUSA beat Cuba 8-4&nbsp;Box Score and PhotosCanada beat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,35,23,82],"tags":[401,73,1031,1251],"class_list":{"0":"post-41199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-oceania","9":"category-tournaments","10":"category-wbsc","11":"tag-softballnewzealand","12":"tag-wbsc","13":"tag-wbsc2022","14":"tag-wbscamericas","15":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41199"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41206,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41199\/revisions\/41206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}