The 2024 Women's Softball World Cup was the 18th

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, an international

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tournament taking place in

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; Buttrio and Castions di Strada,

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and

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. The group stage took place from 11–26 July 2023, held as three separate groups across three nations. The finals took place in Buttrio and Castions di Strada, Italy from 15–20 July 2024. This was the first WBSC event to be held in two stages. It was the first time Ireland, Italy and Spain had hosted a major softball tournament. It also was the first time more than one nation hosted the tournament.

Qualified teams

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Squads

Officials

30 umpires were selected by the WBSC for the tournament.

Venues

Group stage

Group A

Group A will be contested in Balbriggan during 11–15 July 2023.

Group B

Group B will be contested in Valencia during 18–22 July 2023.

Group C

Group C will be contested in Castions di Strada and Buttrio during 22–26 July 2023.

Finals rankings

The ranking of the wildcard spots for the finals stage are as follows. *1) Hosts *2)Top third-place team(s) in the Group Stage, based on final standings from the previous edition of the World Cup *3)Top third-place team(s) in the Group Stage based on the highest position in the WBSC Rankings at the end of the previous calendar year. Italy qualified for the finals as host of that stage, while China qualified as the third placed team with the next best finish at the previous World Cup.

Finals

Group A

Group B

Placement Round

Super Round

Final Round

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

''The statistics below include all group stage and finals games.''

Homeruns

There have been 34 homeruns scored in 52 matches, for an average of homeruns per match (as of 26 July 2023). 2 homeruns * Emma Entzminger * Nodoka Harada * Hotaru Tsukamoto * Alison Aguilar 1 homerun * Philippa Adkins * Jade Wall * Kelsey Harshman * Kianna Jones * Janet Leung * Min Ren * Jiaxin Xie * Chia-Yun Chang * Szu-Shih Li * Chia-Wen Shen * Georgina Corrick * Kendyl Scott * Mckenzie Barbara * Giulia Koutsoyanopulos * Erika Piancastelli * Kyoko Ishikawa * Kanna Kudo * Minori Naito * Dinet Oosting * Maxime van Dalen * Nicole Hammoude * Meritxell Blesa * Uxua Modrego * Kiara Robinson-Milloy * Yuruby Alicart * Yakary Molina

Player of the day

Awards

Most Valuable Players

Group stage

* Group A – Hannah Flippen * Group B – Aleshia Ocasio

Symbols

Match balls

The match balls that will be used for the 2024 tournament are the Mizuno M170 balls.

Notes

References

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