Softball was contested by six teams at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from September 30 to October 6. The competition took place at Gudeok Baseball Stadium.^[1]

P

Preliminary round

½

Semifinals

F

Final

G

Grand final

Event↓/Date →	30th Mon	1st Tue	2nd Wed	3rd Thu	4th Fri	5th Sat	6th Sun
Women	P	P	P	P	P	½	F	G

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women details	Japan Naomi Arai Masumi Mishina Emi Naito Misako Ando Yumi Iwabuchi Sachiko Ito Yuka Suzuki Mikiko Tanaka Yukiko Ueno Juri Takayama Kazue Ito Hiroko Sakai Noriko Yamaji Haruka Saito Reika Utsugi	Chinese Taipei Chien Pei-chi Lo Hsiao-ting Kung Hsiao-li Yen Show-tzu Tung Yun-chi Huang Hui-wen Chen Miao-yi Chung Kai-ning Wang Ya-fen Lin Po-jen Lai Sheng-jung Yang Hui-chun Pan Tzu-hui Chen Feng-yin Wu Chia-yen	Shared silver
		China Li Qi Zhang Chunfang Deng Xiaoling Xin Minhong Wang Xiaoyan Mu Xia Zhou Yi Wei Qiang Zhang Yanqing Zhang Lixia Yu Meifang Tao Hua Meng Lijun Ye Xiaohe Zhang Ai

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	17	0	1.000	—	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	5	3	2	9	5	.600[a]	2
3	China	5	3	2	14	11	.600[a]	2
4	North Korea	5	3	2	12	9	.600[a]	2
5	South Korea	5	1	4	7	9	.200	4
6	Philippines	5	0	5	0	25	.000	5

30 September 10:00	Philippines	0–5	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Corazon Soberre		WP: Park Young-soon

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Korea	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	7	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3

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30 September 12:30	North Korea	0–1	Japan	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Kim Song-chun		WP: Hiroko Sakai

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	1
North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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30 September 15:00	China	1–4	Chinese Taipei	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Zhang Yanqing		WP: Lai Sheng-jung

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	8	1
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0

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1 October 10:00	North Korea	2–1	Chinese Taipei	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Kim Song-chun		LP: Chung Kai-ning

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	4
North Korea	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	4	2

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1 October 12:30	Philippines	0–9	Japan	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Eldiza Yator		WP: Juri Takayama

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	1	2	0	4	2	0	9	11	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

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1 October 15:00	China	3–0	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Zhang Lixia		LP: Kim Jik-mi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
China	0	0	0	0	0	3	X	3	4	0

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2 October 10:00	China	6–2	North Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Zhang Yanqing		LP: Kim Song-chun

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Korea	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3
China	0	0	0	2	3	1	X	6	11	2

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2 October 12:30	Chinese Taipei	2–0	Philippines	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Lai Sheng-jung		LP: Corazon Soberre

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2	6	1

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2 October 15:00	Japan	1–0 (F/8)	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Hiroko Sakai		LP: Lee Song-hui

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0

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3 October 10:00	Philippines	0–4	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Corazon Soberre		WP: Li Qi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	6	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

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3 October 12:30	South Korea	1–3	North Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Kim Jik-mi		WP: Kim Song-chun

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Korea	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	2
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2

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3 October 15:00	Japan	1–0	Chinese Taipei	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Juri Takayama		LP: Chung Kai-ning

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0

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4 October 10:00	Philippines	0–5	North Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Corazon Soberre		WP: Kang Hye-yong

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
North Korea	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	5	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2

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4 October 12:30	Chinese Taipei	2–1 (F/8)	South Korea	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Lin Po-jen		LP: Park Young-soon

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
South Korea	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	1

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4 October 15:00	Japan	5–0	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	WP: Juri Takayama		LP: Zhang Yanqing

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Japan	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	5	12	0

5 October 10:00	North Korea	1–8	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Kim Song-chun		WP: Zhang Yanqing

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	8	11	0
North Korea	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

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5 October 13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–10 (F/6)	Japan	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan
	LP: Chung Kai-ning		WP: Juri Takayama

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	3	1	0	5	1	—	10	15	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	5	2

6 October 10:00	Chinese Taipei	Rainout	China	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chinese Taipei	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

6 October 13:00	Japan	Rainout	Winner of final	Gudeok Baseball Stadium, Busan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Winner of final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Japan	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

• The ranking was decided with preliminary round and semifinals results due to rainy weather on final competition. Japan was awarded the gold medal based on its unbeaten record in preliminary games. China and Taiwan shared the silver. Those two were to have played to decide who would meet Japan in the gold-medal match.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	Japan	6	6	0
	China	6	4	2
	Chinese Taipei	6	3	3
4	North Korea	6	3	3
5	South Korea	5	1	4
6	Philippines	5	0	5

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