| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Softball |
| Established | 2005 |
| Current champion | |
 United States | |
The USA Softball International Cup previously known as the World Cup of Softball, is an annual women's softball tournament. The first eight World Cups were held at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The competition is governed by USA Softball, which is also headquartered in Oklahoma City. The name was changed in 2018 due to WBSC Event Name Regulations. [1]
The World Cup is a round robin format consisting of a number of teams from around the world. Each team plays each other once, then the two teams with the best records play in a one-game, winner-take-all championship. [2] The number of teams has varied, with as few as 4 teams (in 2010) and as many as 14 teams (in 2016).
The official world competition was first held in 2005 and has been played every year since, with the exception of 2008 due to many national teams' participation in the Olympics. However, softball has since been discontinued as an Olympic sport, thereby ensuring that the World Cup will remain relevant at the international level for the foreseeable future.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 |  Japan | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 |  Australia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | United States Futures | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States U19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States Blue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
| Teams | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8 | ||||||
 Brazil | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | — | 13 | |
 China | 4th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 6 | ||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3rd | — | 8th | 3 | |||||||||||
 Colombia | — | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Czech Republic | 6th | 13th | — | 3 | |||||||||||
 Dominican Republic | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 13 | |
 Great Britain | 6th | 5th | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Italy | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Mexico | 5th | 6th | 10th | 8th | — | 5th | 6 | ||||||||
 Netherlands | 5th | 4th | 9th | 3 | |||||||||||
 New Zealand | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Peru | — | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Philippines | 6th | 12th | 7th | 9th | 4 | ||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | — | 7th | 7 | |||||||
| United States | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 14 |
| United States Futures/Juniors/Elite/Blue/U19 | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 6 | ||||||||
| Scrap Yard Fast Pitch | — | 4th | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Venezuela | 5th | 7th | 7th | 11th | — | 5 | |||||||||
| No. of Teams | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
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