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.
History 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.
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. As one of the 2 men's softball sides in Oceania New Zealand qualified along with Australia.
Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2023
Players Current squad The following 16 players were called up for the 2023 U-23 Men's Softball World Cup.
Brock Attewell Oscar Clark Te Kirika Cooper-Nicola Damon Creasy Huw Davies Max Earley Brock Evans Seth Gibson Xaviar Herrick Josh Lubiejewski Tobias Makisi Floyd Nola Liam Potts Kaleb Rona Taine Slaughter Caleb Stewart
Competition record U-23 World CupYearHostRound2023Super Round6th8443920+192026Fourth place4th9635627+29Total4th2/2171079647+48
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