Men's Softball World Cup

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Men's Softball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Softball current event.svg 2025 Men's Softball World Cup
Men's Softball World Cup.svg
Sport Softball
Founded1966;59 years ago (1966)
No. of teams12 (Finals)
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)		Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (1st title)
(2025)
Most titlesFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (7 titles)

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. [1] [2]

Contents

Results

YearFinal HostMedalists
ChampionsFinal scoreRunners-up3rd place
1966
Details 		Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg
Mexico City 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		6 – 0 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg
Mexico 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
1968
Details 		Flag of the United States.svg
Oklahoma City 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		4 – 0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
1972
Details 		Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg
Marikina 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		1 – 0Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
1976
Details 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
Lower Hutt 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		–
1980
Details 		Flag of the United States.svg
Tacoma 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		3 – 0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of the Bahamas.svg
Bahamas
1984
Details 		Flag of the United States.svg
Midland 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		3 – 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States
1988
Details 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Saskatoon 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		4 – 0Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
1992
Details 		Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg
Manila/Pasig 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		5 – 3Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States
1996
Details 		Flag of the United States.svg
Midland 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		4 – 0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
2000
Details 		Flag of South Africa.svg
East London 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		2 – 1Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2004
Details 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
Christchurch 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		9 – 5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2009
Details 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Saskatoon 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		5 – 0Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
2013
Details 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
Auckland 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		4 – 1Flag of Venezuela.svg
Venezuela 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2015
Details 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Saskatoon 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		10 – 5Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of Venezuela.svg
Venezuela
2017
Details 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Whitehorse 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		6 – 4Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
2019
Details 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Prague/Havlíčkův Brod 		Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina 		3 – 2Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
2022
Details 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
Auckland 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		5 – 2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2025
Details 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Prince Albert 		Flag of Venezuela.svg
Venezuela 		3 – 0Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 75214
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51511
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 46414
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2125
5Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1113
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1001
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0213
8Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0112
9Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 0011
Totals (9 entries)20171754

Participating nations

Teams 1966 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2025 Years
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 12th9th6th9th8th7th4th7th4th1st4th5th12
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7th5th7th12th3rd1st3rd4th2nd7th1st6th12
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6th7th3rd8th6th10th6
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 15th13th2
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 12th1
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 14th10th18th9th13th13th8th14th8
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9th2nd1st1st2nd2nd3rd1st2nd4th2nd3rd5th1st3rd3rd2nd7th18
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 8th5th6th4th11th9th14th15th8
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 10th10th2
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4th10th5th3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 12th12th6th7th9th11th8th9th8th9th17th11
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14th15th13th11th14th12th9th12th8
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 8th11th5th7th5th11th8th7
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 10th1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9th8th9th11th13th5
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 7th6th8th10th16th5
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 12th9th2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 10th16th14th15th14th14th6
Flag of India.svg  India 15th1
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 11th16th16th3
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 20th15th2
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7th10th6th4th7th6th5th4th3rd2nd6th6th6th6th5th2nd7th4th18
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 17th1
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 16th1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2nd3rd4th5th12th9th8th5th11th14th13th10th11th16th14
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 9th13th14th14th14th15th13th11th8
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 11th1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3rd5th3rd1st4th1st2nd2nd1st1st1st2nd1st2nd1st4th8th2nd18
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 11th1
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 13th16th2
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4th6th11th12th4
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 22nd1
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 9th7th2
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 14th17th19th3
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4th5th8th7th10th10th10th15th13th16th10th18th12
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21st1
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 6th7th2
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 9th15th15th13th4
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9th7th13th8th8th12th15th12th10th12th11th12th12
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 16th1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1st1st2nd1st1st3rd1st3rd4th3rd4th4th8th9th6th5th3rd3rd18
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 8th10th2
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 5th6th5th11th5th2nd3rd7th6th6th1st11
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 13th10th2
No. of
Teams		11101071416141722161516161516161218

Records and statistics

All statistics are up to date to the end of the 2022 Men's Softball World Championship. [3] [4]

Individual

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

Team

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Past results since 1990 in softball Archived February 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Tradestaff ISF Men's World Softball Championships". NHSA. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ "WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2022: By the Numbers". WBSC. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Records on the line at XVII WBSC Men's Softball World Cup". WBSC. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
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