U-18 Women's Softball World Cup

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U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Softball current event.svg 2025 U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
Sport Softball
Founded1981
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (8th title)
Most titlesFlag of the United States.svg  United States (8 titles)
Official website Official website

The U-18 Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament for age 18-and-under national teams held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). [1] [2] [3] Prior to the 2021 edition, the tournament was an under-19 tournament.

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The latest edition of the WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup was played in Lima, Peru in December 2021, with the Flag of the United States.svg  United States claiming their fourth consecutive women's youth softball world title, and eighth overall, following a dramatic 1–0 win against Chinese Taipei in the final. This tournament was rescheduled due to the covid pandemic, originally scheduled for 2020. [4] [5] [6]

The tournament, with a history of 42 years and 14 editions, moved to a four-year cycle and changed its competition format from 2024. The Group Stage will be held between July and September 2024 in São Paulo, Pingtan and Dallas. The Finals will be held in 2025 in the North American city itself. [7] [8]

Classification

With the approved format of 18 national teams, the WBSC has distributed the continental quotas as follows: [9] [10]

The participants will be determined through the continental championships.

Results

YearFinal Host [11] Medalists
ChampionsFinal scoreRunners-up3rd place
Jr. Women's Softball World Championship
1981
Details
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Edmonton
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Japan
1–0Flag of the United States.svg
United States
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China
1985
Details
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Fargo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1–0Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
1987
Details
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Oklahoma City
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United States
1–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
1991
Details
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Adelaide
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
1–0Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1995
Details
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Normal
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
3–0Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
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Australia
1999
Details
Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Taipei
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
3–1Flag of the United States.svg
United States
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Chinese Taipei
2003
Details
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Nanjing
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
3–2Flag of the United States.svg
United States
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Australia
2007
Details
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Enschede
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United States
3–1Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
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Australia
2011
Details
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Cape Town
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
4–1Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
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Chinese Taipei
2013
Details
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Brampton
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Japan
4–0Flag of the United States.svg
United States
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Australia
2015
Details
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Oklahoma City
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United States
8–1Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
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Puerto Rico
2017
Details
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Clearwater
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United States
13–4Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
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Puerto Rico
U-19 Women's Softball World Cup
2019
Details
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Irvine
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United States
4–3Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
U-18 Women's Softball World Cup
2021
Details [R 1]
Flag of Peru.svg
Lima
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
1–0Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
Chinese Taipei
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Puerto Rico
2025
Details
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Oklahoma City
Notes
  1. Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to December 2021.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 85114
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57113
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1124
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0123
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0044
6Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0033
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Totals (7 entries)14141442

See also

References

  1. Past results since 1990 in softball Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup Historic Results". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. "Event Info". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). World Baseball Softball Confederation. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. Mundial, Beisbol (13 December 2021). "Estados Unidos campeonas mundiales en softball U-18". Beisbol Mundial (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. La WBSC lanza dos nuevas Copas Mundiales de Sóftbol
  6. "Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 - wbsc.org". wbsc.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. leonardo (12 March 2024). "Softbol femenino se prepara para el clasificatorio sub-18". Noticias SIN (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  8. "Dallas, EE.UU. será sede del grupo de la Copa Mundial de Softbol Femenino Sub-18 WBSC en 2024, Finales 2025". World Baseball Softball Confederation (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  9. "WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup groups announced". insidethegames.biz. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  10. "Dallas to host WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup group in 2024, Finals 2025". Playeasy. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  11. "U18 Women's Softball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Retrieved 11 July 2023.