The Women's Baseball World Cup is an international tournament in which national women's baseball teams from around the world compete. It is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.
History
The inaugral 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 World Series, which was usually comprising of 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 bronze medal game, with the winner earning third place and the loser receiving fourth place. The semifinal winners play 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 to the mercy rule applied to a ten run lead after 5 innings or 4 innings with a twelve run lead.
All-Star team
- See the "All-Star team" section on each tournament's individual page
See also
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International Baseball |
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| Minor World Events |
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| Defunct World Events |
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| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia |
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| IBAF • World Rankings |
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Japan
United States (2 times)
Canada
Chinese Taipei
