The 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 8th edition of the
WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international
women's baseball
Women's baseball is played in several countries. The strongest and most organized women's baseball leagues are in the United States, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Cuba, Hong Kong, and Canada. Those countries have national governing bodies that suppor ...
world championship tournament. The competition was held in
Viera, Florida
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in the
United States
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from August 22 to August 31, 2018. The 2018 tournament was the first time that the United States hosted the event.
Qualification
In September 2017, the
Baseball Federation of Asia
The WBSC Asia, formerly known as, Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) is the governing body of the sport of baseball and softball in Asia. The federation is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.
History
The birth of Baseball Fede ...
held the first
Women’s Baseball Asian Cup, a biennial tournament to be held in odd years and serve as a qualifying tournament for the Women’s Baseball World Cup. Six teams competed in the 2017 tournament, from
Chinese Taipei
"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan.
Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
,
Pakistan
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, and
South Korea
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. Japan won all five of their games to win the tournament and qualify for the World Cup. Chinese Taipei (2nd place), South Korea (3rd place), and Hong Kong (4th place) also qualified.
Teams
For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams.
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
Round 1
Group A
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TPE wins tiebreak over USA (H2H)
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VEN wins tiebreak over PUR (H2H)
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QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round
Group B
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DOM wins tiebreak over AUS (H2H)
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QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round
Schedule Round 1
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*Completion of 8/22/18 suspended game
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**Reschedule of 8/24/18 cancelled game
Standings Round 2
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Each team comes into Round 2 carrying the record earned in Round 1 against teams that qualified for Round 2
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USA wins tiebreak over CAN (H2H)
Schedule Round 2
Super Round
Round 3
Bronze Medal
Gold Medal
Final standings
References
External links
Official site
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Baseball competitions in Florida
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