Women's Baseball World Cup

The Women's Baseball World Cup is an international tournament in which national women's baseball teams from around the world compete. Through its 2012 edition, it was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation; following the 2013 merger of the IBAF with the International Softball Federation, subsequent tournaments are sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). In the eight times it has been held, the tournament has been won twice by the United States and six consecutive times by Japan in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.

Women's Baseball World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2018 Women's Baseball World Cup
SportBaseball
Founded2004
No. of teams12 (in 2016)
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)		 Japan
Most titles Japan (6 times)

History

The inaugural Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Edmonton, Canada from July 30 to August 8, 2004 after having been chartered by the International Baseball Federation in 2002. Before this tournament the only other international women's baseball tournament was the Women's Baseball World Series, which usually involved only three or four nations, usually Australia, Canada, Japan and occasionally the USA.

Competition format

All competing nations played one game versus each opponent. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. Ties in standings were broken by head-to-head record. The first place team played versus the fourth place team and the second place team played the third place team. The semifinal losers then played the bronze medal game, with the winner earning third place and the loser receiving fourth place. The semifinal winners played in the finals, with the winner earning first place and the loser receiving second place. All regulation games are seven innings in length with the exception of the mercy rule, which applied to a ten run lead after 5 innings or a twelve run lead after 4 innings.

Results
Year Final Host Final Semi finalists Number
of teams
Champions Score Runners-Up 3rd Place 4th Place
2004
Details
Edmonton
United States		 2 – 0
Japan
Canada
Australia		 5
2006
Details
Taipei
United States		 13 – 11
Japan
Canada
Australia		 7
2008
Details
Matsuyama
Japan		 11 – 3
(F/5)
Canada
United States
Australia		 8
2010
Details
Maracay [R 1]
Japan		 13 – 3
(F/5)
Australia
United States
Venezuela		 11
2012
Details
Edmonton
Japan		 3 – 0
United States
Canada
Australia		 8
2014
Details
Miyazaki
Japan		 3 – 0
United States
Australia
Canada		 8
2016
Details
Busan
Japan		 10 – 0
Canada
Venezuela
Chinese Taipei [R 2]		 12
2018
Details
Viera, Florida
Japan		 6 – 0
Chinese Taipei
Canada
United States		 12
2020
Details
Tijuana		 12
Notes
  1. Originally, the final round was supposed to be held at José Antonio Casanova Stadium in Caracas, but due to the 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup shooting incident, the International Baseball Federation and the organizers of the tournament decided to reschedule the games at Estadio José Perez Colmenares in Maracay.
  2. The Republic of China (Taiwan) is recognised as Chinese Taipei by WBSC and the majority of international organisations it participates in due to political considerations and Cross-Strait relations with the People's Republic of China.

Future

The next World Cup is expected in the second half of 2020, at a venue TBA.

Medal table
Rank Country Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
 Total
1  Japan 6208
2  United States 2226
3  Canada 0246
4  Australia 0112
5  Chinese Taipei 0101
6  Venezuela 0011

Participating nations
Nation 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Years
 Australia444457 Q8
 Canada54 Q8
 China Q0
 Cuba66888 Q5
 Chinese Taipei5557654 Q8
 Dominican Republic6 1
 France Q0
 Hong Kong6871011 5
 India711 2
 Japan Q8
 Mexico Q0
 Netherlands1078912 Q5
 Pakistan12 1
 Philippines Q0
 Puerto Rico89 2
 South Korea69610 4
 United States74 Q8
 Venezuela4565 Q5
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