2024 Women's Baseball World Cup

2024 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountriesCanada
Japan
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates8 – 13 August 2023
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Japan (7th title)
Runner-up United States
Third place Canada
Fourth place Mexico

The 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 9th Women's Baseball World Cup, an international baseball tournament that was held in Thunder Bay, Canada and Miyoshi, Japan. The group stage took place from 8 to 13 August 2023 as two separate tournaments in two separate locations. The finals took place in Thunder Bay, Canada in 2024. This was the first Women's Baseball World Cup event that held in two stages. It was the third time Canada has hosted the tournament. It was also the first time more than one nation has hosted the tournament.[1] Japan were the defending champions and successfully defend the title.

Qualified teams

Team World ranking[A] Method of qualification
 Canada 3rd Hosts
 Japan 1st Hosts & 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup winners
 France 16th 2022 Women's European Baseball Championship winners
 Venezuela 5th Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 winners
 Puerto Rico 9th Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 runners-up
 Mexico 12th Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 third place
 Cuba 7th Women's Baseball Americas World Cup Qualifier 2022 fourth place
 Australia 8th Top ranked WBSC Oceania team
 United States 4th Wild Card
 Chinese Taipei 2nd 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup runners-up
 South Korea 10th 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup third place
 Hong Kong 11th 2023 Women's Baseball Asian Cup fourth place

Venues

Group A & Finals Group B
Canada Thunder Bay, Canada Japan Miyoshi, Japan
Baseball Central Port Arthur Stadium Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium
Capacity: 1,800 Capacity: 3,031 Capacity: 16,000

Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup Group A

Group A was contested in Thunder Bay during 8–13 August 2023.

Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 71 2 +69 1.000 — Advance to finals
2  Canada (H) 5 4 1 52 34 +18 .800 1
3  Mexico[a] 5 3 2 43 25 +18 .600 2
4  Australia 5 2 3 36 35 +1 .400 3
5  Hong Kong 5 1 4 20 84 −64 .200 4
6  South Korea 5 0 5 11 53 −42 .000 5
Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2023. Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[3][4]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Mexico advance to the finals as the first wildcard.[2]

All times listed are local, EDT (UTC−4).[5]

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
8 August 2023 11:30 Hong Kong  9–8  South Korea 7 Baseball Central 3:01 100 Boxscore
8 August 2023 15:30 Australia  2–3  United States 7 Baseball Central 3:10 250 Boxscore
8 August 2023 19:30 Mexico  1–9  Canada 7 Baseball Central 2:00 255 Boxscore
9 August 2023 11:30 United States  14–0  South Korea 5 Baseball Central 1:54 150 Boxscore
9 August 2023 15:30 Mexico  16–8  Australia 8 Baseball Central 2:53 200 Boxscore
9 August 2023 19:30 Canada  22–3  Hong Kong 5 Baseball Central 2:07 410 Boxscore
10 August 2023 11:30 South Korea  3–10  Australia 7 Port Arthur Stadium 2:03 124 Boxscore
10 August 2023 15:30 Hong Kong  6–16  Mexico 5 Port Arthur Stadium 2:07 145 Boxscore
10 August 2023 19:30 United States  23–0  Canada 5 Port Arthur Stadium 1:54 2000 Boxscore
12 August 2023 11:30 Hong Kong  0–29  United States 5 Port Arthur Stadium 2:00 100 Boxscore
12 August 2023 15:30 South Korea  0–10  Mexico 6 Port Arthur Stadium 1:47 135 Boxscore
12 August 2023 19:30 Canada  11–7  Australia 7 Port Arthur Stadium 2:59 458 Boxscore
13 August 2023[note 1] 11:30 Australia  9–2  Hong Kong 7 Port Arthur Stadium 2:09 116 Boxscore
13 August 2023[note 1] 15:30 Mexico  0–2  United States 7 Port Arthur Stadium 1:53 98 Boxscore
13 August 2023[note 1] 19:30 South Korea  0–10  Canada 5 Port Arthur Stadium 1:36 300 Boxcore

Group B

Main article: 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup Group B

Group B was contested in Miyoshi during 13–18 September 2023.

Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan (H) 5 5 0 41 7 +34 1.000 — Advance to finals
2  Chinese Taipei 5 4 1 46 16 +30 .800 1
3  Venezuela[a] 5 3 2 28 23 +5 .600 2
4  Puerto Rico 5 2 3 32 22 +10 .400 3
5  Cuba 5 1 4 19 39 −20 .200 4
6  France 5 0 5 11 70 −59 .000 5
Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[3][7]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Venezuela advance to the finals as the second wildcard.[6]

All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).[8]

Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
13 September 2023 10:30 Cuba  1–9  Chinese Taipei 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:27 100 Boxscore
13 September 2023 14:30 France  1–11  Venezuela 6 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 1:45 493 Boxscore
13 September 2023 18:30 Puerto Rico  2–4  Japan 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 1:49 1,605 Boxscore
14 September 2023 10:30 Chinese Taipei  10–2  Venezuela 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:05 615 Boxscore
14 September 2023 14:30 Cuba  0–11  Puerto Rico 5 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 1:46 175 Boxscore
14 September 2023 18:30 Japan  20–1  France 5 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 1:44 555 Boxscore
15 September 2023 10:30 Puerto Rico  6–12  Chinese Taipei 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:38 500 Boxscore
15 September 2023 14:30 France  1–11  Cuba 6 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:08 534 Boxscore
15 September 2023 18:30 Venezuela  4–5  Japan 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 1:58 705 Boxscore
16 September 2023 10:00 Puerto Rico  13–3  France 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:25 618 Boxscore
16 September 2023 14:00 Chinese Taipei  0–2  Japan 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 1:52 2409 Boxscore
16 September 2023 18:00 Cuba  7–8  Venezuela 8 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:44 350 Boxscore
17 September 2023 10:30 France  5–15  Chinese Taipei 6 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:08 633 Boxscore
17 September 2023 14:30 Venezuela  3–0  Puerto Rico 7 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 2:00 984 Boxscore
17 September 2023 18:30 Japan  10–0  Cuba 6 Miyoshi Kinsai Stadium 1:57 2758 Boxscore

Finals

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 — Advance to Final
2  Japan 5 4 1 0 0 0 .800 1
3  Canada (H) 5 3 2 0 0 0 .600 2 Advance to third place play-off
4  Mexico 5 2 3 0 0 0 .400 3
5  Venezuela 5 1 4 0 0 0 .200 4
6  Chinese Taipei 5 0 5 0 0 0 .000 5
First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: WBSC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins/losses; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to head runs against; 4) Runs against; 5) Head to head[3][9]
(H) Hosts

Third place play-off

2024
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Mexico 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1
 Canada 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 4 7 2
Boxscore

Final

2024
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Japan 0 0 4 3 4 0 0 11 12 1
 United States 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 6 9 3
Boxscore

Symbols

Match balls

The match balls to be used for the 2024 tournament are to be provided by SSK Corporation, which were also used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ As of 31 December 2021.
  1. ^ a b c Originally scheduled for 11 August

References

  1. ^ "Canada to host IX Women's Baseball World Cup Finals and Group A in Thunder Bay". WBSC. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Final Day: USA win Group A undefeated; Canada and Mexico finish second and third respectively". WBSC. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Tournament Regulations: Article C11". WBSC. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Info". WBSC. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Schedule unveiled for WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group Stage". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ^ "IX WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup-Group B Day 5: Japan, Chinese Taipei and Venezuela advance to Finals 2024". WBSC. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Info". WBSC. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Schedule unveiled for WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group Stage". wbsc.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Info". WBSC. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  10. ^ "WBSC renews partnership with SSK as supplier of Official Ball, Umpire Kit of Baseball World Cups, Premier12". WBSC. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.