Women's Baseball World Cup

Women's Baseball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2004; 20 years ago
No. of teams	12 (finals)
Continent	International
Most recent; champion(s)	Japan (7th title); (2024)
Most titles	Japan (7 titles)

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 nine times it has been held, the tournament has been won twice by the United States and seven consecutive times by Japan in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2024.

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

Years	Final hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
Years	Final hosts	Finalists			Semi-finalists			Teams
2004 Details	Edmonton	United States	2 – 0	Japan	Canada	8 – 3	Australia	5
2006 Details	Taipei	United States	round-robin	Japan	Canada	round-robin	Australia	7
2008 Details	Matsuyama	Japan	11 – 3	Canada	United States	2 – 1	Australia	8
2010 Details	Maracay ^{[note 1]}	Japan	13 – 3 (F/5)	Australia	United States	15 – 5 (F/6)	Venezuela	11
2012 Details	Edmonton	Japan	3 – 0	United States	Canada	17 – 13	Australia	8
2014 Details	Miyazaki	Japan	3 – 0	United States	Australia	3 – 2	Canada	8
2016 Details	Busan	Japan	10 – 0	Canada	Venezuela	4 – 3	Chinese Taipei ^{[note 2]}	12
2018 Details	Viera, Florida	Japan	6 – 0	Chinese Taipei ^{[note 2]}	Canada	8 – 5	United States	12
2021 Details	Tijuana	Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]						12
2024 Details	Thunder Bay	Japan	11 – 6	United States	Canada	4 – 2	Mexico	12

Medal table

Participating nations

Nation	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	~~2021~~	2024	Years
Australia	4	4	4		4		5	7	Q	8	9
Canada				5		4			Q		9
China									Q		0
Chinese Taipei^{[note 2]}	5	5	5	7	6	5	4		Q	6	9
Cuba		6		6	8		8	8	Q	9	6
Dominican Republic								6			1
France									Q	12	1
Hong Kong		6	8	11		7	10	11		10	7
India			7				11				2
Japan									Q		9
Mexico									Q	4	1
Netherlands				10	7	8	9	12	Q		5
Pakistan							12				1
Philippines									Q		0
Puerto Rico				8				9		7	3
South Korea			6	9			6	10		11	5
United States							7	4	Q		9
Venezuela				4	5	6		5	Q	5	6
Nations	5	7	8	11	8	8	12	12	12	12

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

^ "2021 WBSC Women's, U-15 Baseball World Cups officially cancelled". V U-15 Baseball World Cup 2021. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 2 October 2021.