New South Wales State Tournament

Tournament Results:

Format: Pool competition tournament, with each team playing a round robin schedule within its pool, and the top finishers advancing to the state finals. In addition, three Country New South Wales teams will compete in a double round robin tournament that is followed by a championship game. The top five finishers in the metro New South Wales tournament and the winner of the Country New South Wales tournament advance to the Australian Region tournament.

Pool Competition Results:

(Pool 'A' Participants: Bankstown, Cronulla, Manly, and Ryde South)

(Pool 'B' Participants: Greater Western, Hills, MacArthur, and Ryde North)

Day 1 (Thursday, April 19):
Ryde North 12, MacArthur 3
Manly 20, Bankstown 0 (4 innings)
Hills 13, Greater Western 3 (5 innings)
Cronulla 27, Ryde South 0 (3 innings)
Cronulla 13, Manly 11
Ryde South 8, Bankstown 0
Ryde North 25, Greater Western 3 (3 innings)
Hills 8, MacArthur 4

Day 2 (Friday, April 20):
Cronulla 27, Bankstown 5 (3 innings)
Ryde North 13, Hills 3 (4 innings)
Greater Western 8, MacArthur 7
Manly 7, Ryde South 4

Pool 'A' Standings	W	L
Cronulla	3	0
Manly	2	1
Ryde South	1	2
Bankstown	0	3
Pool 'B' Standings	W	L
Ryde North	3	0
Hills	2	1
Greater Western	1	2
MacArthur	0	3

The top three teams in each pool advance to the state finals. The two fourth place finishers advance to a consolation game. The top two finishers in the Country New South Wales pool advance to the Country championship game.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio advances.

In the event of a tie involving three or more teams, once the initial tie is broken, the remaining tied teams are again compared on head-to-head record to determine if a clear winner can be identified. If no clear winner can be identified from head-to-head results among the remaining tied teams, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio is again used. This process is repeated until all ties have been broken.

State Finals

Consolation Game (Saturday, April 21):
MacArthur 16, Bankstown 0 (3 innings)

Quarterfinal Round (Saturday, April 21):
Hills 7, Ryde South 6 (8 innings)
Manly 11, Greater Western 1 (4 innings)

Semifinal Round (Saturday, April 21):
Cronulla 20, Hills 3 (3 innings) (both teams advance to region tournament)
Ryde North 9, Manly 4 (both teams advance to region tournament)

Consolation Games (Sunday, April 22):
MacArthur 12, Ryde South 0 (4 innings)
Greater Western 10, Bankstown 0 (4 innings)
Hills 8, Manly 5 (third place)

Championship Game (Sunday, April 22):
Cronulla 15, Ryde North 2 (5 innings; TITLE)

Country New South Wales State Tournament

Double Round Robin Results:

(Tournament Participants: Central Coast, Illawarra, and Newcastle)

Day 1 (Thursday, April 19):
Illawarra 7, Central Coast 2
Newcastle 8, Central Coast 2

Day 2 (Friday, April 20):
Newcastle 10, Illawarra 2
Illawarra 9, Central Coast 7

Day 3 (Saturday, April 21):
Newcastle 16, Central Coast 15
Newcastle 8, Illawarra 7

Double Round Robin Standings	W	L
Newcastle	4	0
Illawarra	2	2
Central Coast	0	4

The top two teams advance to the championship game.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the runs allowed ratio for all teams involved in the tie. Runs allowed ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of runs allowed in all games by six. (The runs allowed are divided by six irrespective of the actual number of defensive innings a team played.) The team with the lowest runs allowed ratio advances. If the tied teams are competing for multiple spots in the tournament's next phase, all ties are broken based on runs allowed ratio.

Championship Game (Sunday, April 23)

Illawarra 9, Newcastle 4 (TITLE) (Illawarra advances to region tournament)

Cronulla, Ryde North, Hills, Manly, and Illawarra advance to the Australian Region tournament.