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The Men's Softball World Cup, known through 2015 as the ISF Men's World Championship, is a softball tournament for the best national men's teams in the world. From 1966 to 2013 it was held every four years, first by the International Softball Federation (ISF) and from 2019 an onward it is held every two years by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the 16 best teams in the world compete.


Results

In 1976 the final day was rained out. New Zealand, USA and Canada were all awarded the gold medal.


Medal table


Participating nations

* * * * *Czech Republic has participated as in 1992.


Records and statistics

''All statistics are up to date to the end of the 2022 Men's Softball World Championship.''


Individual

; Highest batting average: 0.647, Clark Bosh (Canada men's national softball team, Canada, 1988) ; ; Most Stolen Bases: 6, Brian Rothrock (United States men's national softball team, United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada men's national softball team, Canada, 1988) ; ; Most Doubles: 7, Bob McKinnon (Canada men's national softball team, Canada, 1988) ; ; Most Triples: 4, Redelio Cruz (Cuba men's national softball team, Cuba, 1988); Mark Sorenson (softball), Mark Sorenson and Taifau Matai (New Zealand men's national softball team, New Zealand, 1996) ; ; Most Home Runs: 8, Brian Rothrock (United States men's national softball team, United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada men's national softball team, Canada, 1988) ; ; Most Runs Scored: 19, Marty Kernaghan (Canada men's national softball team, Canada, 1988) ; ; Most Hits: 21, Crestwell Pratt (Bahamas men's national softball team, Bahamas, 1988); Bob McKinnon (Canada men's national softball team, Canada, 1988) ; ; Most RBI's: 23, Brian Rothrock (United States men's national softball team, United States, 1988) ; ; Most Innings pitched: 59, Ty Stofflet (United States men's national softball team, United States, 1976) ; ; Most strikeouts: 98, Ty Stofflet (United States men's national softball team, United States, 1976) ; ; Most strikeouts in a single game: 32, Ty Stofflet (United States men's national softball team, United States, 1976) ; ; Most consecutive scoreless innings: 59, Ty Stofflet (United States men's national softball team, United States, 1976)


Team

; ; Highest batting average: 0.404, Canada men's national softball team, Canada (1998) ; ; Most Runs: 142, Canada men's national softball team, Canada (1998) ; ; Most RBI's: 125, Canada men's national softball team, Canada (1998) ; ; Most Home-Runs: 37, Canada men's national softball team, Canada (1998) ; ; Most Hits: 142, United States men's national softball team, United States (1998) ; ; Lowest ERA: 0.19, United States men's national softball team, United States (1976)


See also

*Women's Softball World Championship


References

{{Main world cups Men's Softball World Championship, World championships in softball, Men's Recurring sporting events established in 1966 World Baseball Softball Confederation competitions