2018 Women's Softball World Championship

The 2018 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition held in Chiba, Japan, from 2 August to 12 August.[1][2] It was the 16th edition of the tournament, and the third edition to be sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Previous editions were sanctioned by the International Softball Federation, which governed the sport until its 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federation to create the WBSC. As the winners, the United States earned the right to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] It was the last world title awarded under the championship format before the WBSC implemented the new world cup 4 year cycle.[4]

2018 Women's Softball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates 2–12 August 2018 (2018-08-02 – 2018-08-12)
Teams16 (from 5 continents)
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
Defending champions United States (2016)
Final positions
Champions
 United States (11th title)
Runner-up
 Japan
Third place
 Canada
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played73
Attendance44,990 (616 per game)
Best batting averageChinese Taipei Meng-Ting Lai (.526)
Most homeruns hitJapan Yu Yamamoto (6)
Most stolen basesNetherlands Britt Vonk (6)
Best ERACanada Danielle Lawrie (0.45)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)Mexico Dalla Escobedo-Gosch (61)
← 2016 World Championship
2024 World Cup →


Qualification
OriginBerthsQualified
Host nation1 Japan
Oceania2 Australia,  New Zealand
Europe3 Netherlands,  Italy,  Great Britain
Americas[5]5 Canada,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico,  United States,  Venezuela
Asia3 Philippines,  Chinese Taipei,  China
Africa[6]2 Botswana,  South Africa

Venues
Narashino
Narita
Akitsu Baseball Field NASPA Stadium
Playoff Round
Chiba Ichihara
Zozo Marine Stadium Zett. A. Ball Park

Competition format

The teams are separated into two groups of eight teams each for the preliminary round. Each group plays a single round robin. The top four teams in each group advance to the championship round, while the bottom four teams play in placement games. The championship round is played in a double Page round.[7]

  • Preliminary Page (two sections)
    • Minor semifinals: Third- and fourth-place teams play (A3 vs. B4, B3 vs. A4). Winners advance to Preliminary Page final, losers eliminated.
    • Major semifinals: First- and second-place teams play (A1 vs. B2, B1 vs. A2). Winners advance to Championship Page major semifinal, losers play in the Preliminary Page final.
    • Finals: The minor semifinal winners and major semifinal losers play. Winners advance to the Championship Page minor semifinal, losers eliminated.
  • Championship Page
    • Minor semifinal: Winners of each Preliminary Page final play. Winner advances to Championship Page final, losers eliminated.
    • Major semifinal: Winners of each Preliminary Page major semifinal play. Winner advances to Championship Page grand final, losers play in the Championship Page final.
    • Final: The minor semifinal winners and major semifinal losers play. Winner advances to Championship Page grand final, loser finishes in third place.
    • Grand final: The major semifinal winner and final winner play. Winner is the champion, loser is second place.

The games were played with the 15/10/7 run ahead mercy rule where a game was called if one team leads the other by 15 runs or more after 3 innings, 10 runs or more after 4 innings, or 7 runs or more after 5 innings have been played.[7]

Group stage

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1  United States 7 7 0 1.000 — Qualification to Playoff Round
2  Puerto Rico 7 6 1 .857 1
3  Mexico 7 5 2 .714 2
4  Netherlands 7 3 4 .429[lower-alpha 1] 4
5  Chinese Taipei 7 3 4 .429[lower-alpha 1] 4 Advance to Placement Round
6  New Zealand 7 2 5 .286[lower-alpha 2] 5
7  Philippines 7 2 5 .286[lower-alpha 2] 5
8  South Africa 7 0 7 .000 7
Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Notes:
  1. Netherlands won against Chinese Taipei 6-5
  2. New Zealand won against Philippines 2-0

Games
DateHomeScoreAway
3 August 2018 South Africa0–21 (4) Chinese Taipei
 United States5–2 Mexico
 Puerto Rico6–5 Netherlands
 Philippines10–0 (4) South Africa
 New Zealand4–7 Chinese Taipei
4 August 2018 Puerto Rico9–0 (5) South Africa
 Philippines0–2 Mexico
 Chinese Taipei0–7 (5) United States
 New Zealand5–10 Netherlands
 Puerto Rico3–0 Philippines
5 August 2018 Netherlands0–11 (4) United States
 Chinese Taipei11–12 Puerto Rico
 Netherlands4–5 Philippines
 Mexico8–0 (5) South Africa
 United States7–0 (5) New Zealand
6 August 2018 Puerto Rico9–0 (6) Mexico
 South Africa0–6 New Zealand
 Netherlands6–5 Chinese Taipei
 Philippines0–12 (4) United States
7 August 2018 Puerto Rico4–1 New Zealand
 Chinese Taipei9–7 Philippines
 Mexico1–0 Netherlands
 United States7–0 (5) South Africa
 Mexico1–0 New Zealand
8 August 2018 United States8–1 (5) Puerto Rico
 Chinese Taipei3–4 Mexico
9 August 2018 South Africa1–11 (5) Netherlands
 New Zealand2–0 Philippines

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 7 7 0 1.000 — Qualification to Playoff Round
2  Australia 7 5 2 .714[lower-alpha 1] 2
3  Canada 7 5 2 .714[lower-alpha 1] 2
4  Italy 7 4 3 .571[lower-alpha 2] 3
5  China 7 4 3 .571[lower-alpha 2] 3 Advance to Placement Round
6  Great Britain 7 2 5 .286 5
7  Venezuela 7 1 6 .143 6
8  Botswana 7 0 7 .000 7
Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Notes:
  1. Australia won against Canada 2-0
  2. Italy won against China 7-0 in 5 innings

Games
DateHomeScoreAway
2 August 2018 Japan9–0 (6) Italy
3 August 2018 Australia7–1 Venezuela
 Canada7–0 (5) Great Britain
 Australia0–1 China
 Venezuela0–7 (6) Canada
 Japan20–0 (3) Botswana
4 August 2018 Italy2–3 Australia
 China1–0 Great Britain
 Botswana0–8 Venezuela
 Canada1–0 Italy
 Japan5–0 China
5 August 2018 Italy8–0 (5) Botswana
 Australia2–0 Canada
 Venezuela0–6 China
 Great Britain0–6 Japan
6 August 2018 Australia14–0 (4) Botswana
 China0–7 (6) Canada
 Italy1–0 Great Britain
 Japan7–2 Venezuela
7 August 2018 Botswana0–10 (4) Great Britain
 China15–1 (4) Botswana
 Venezuela1–3 Italy
 Great Britain0–11 (5) Australia
 Canada0–2 Japan
8 August 2018 Canada22–0 (3) Botswana
 Italy7–0 (5) China
9 August 2018 Great Britain5–2 Venezuela
 Japan9–1 (6) Australia

Placement round
 
13th-16th Placement11th-12th Placement9th Place
 
          
 
P1
 
 
A5
 Chinese Taipei		8(6)
 
P5
 
B8
 Botswana		1
 
 Chinese Taipei13
 
P4
 
 Great Britain11
 
B6
 Great Britain		2
 
P7
 
A7
 Philippines		1
 
 Chinese Taipei6
 
P2
 
 China4
 
B5
 China		3
 
P6
 
A8
 South Africa		0
 
 China8
 
P3
 
 Venezuela2
 
A6
 New Zealand		0
 
 
B7
 Venezuela		4
 

13th-16th Placement

11th-12th Placement

9th place
P7: 11 August 16:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino
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 Chinese Taipei30102006111
 China00004004101
WP: An-Ju Chiu (3-0)   LP: Xinxing Zhao (3-3)   Sv: Su-Hua Lin (2)
Attendance: 56
Boxscore

Playoff round
Upper round 1Upper finalWorld Championship Final
C3
A1 United States3
B2 Australia1C8
W3 United States4(8)
C4W4 Japan3
B1 Japan7(6)
A2 Puerto Rico0
C10
W8 United States7(10)
W9 Japan6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
C5
C1L3 Australia2(8)C9
A3 Mexico1(9)W1 Mexico1C7L8 Japan3
B4 Italy0W5 Australia0W7 Canada0
C6W6 Canada12(4)
C2L4 Puerto Rico4
B3 Canada8(5)W2 Canada10
A4 Netherlands1

Preliminary Semifinals

Preliminary Finals

Championship Semifinals

Bronze-medal game
C9: 12 August 14:00 at Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba
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 Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)0000000043
 Japan102000X371
WP: Yukiko Ueno (6-0)   LP: Danielle Lawrie (5-1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
JPN: Saki Yamazaki
Attendance: 7165
Boxscore

World Championship Final
C10: 12 August 19:00 at Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba
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 Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s)01100101026120
 United States 1st place, gold medalist(s)00300001037100
WP: Monica Cecili (5-0)   LP: Yukiko Ueno (6-1)
Home runs:
JPN: Yamato Fujita (2)
USA: Delaney Spaulding
Attendance: 11,168
Boxscore

Final standings
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
4  Australia
5  Puerto Rico
6  Mexico
7  Italy
8  Netherlands
9  Chinese Taipei
10  China
11  Great Britain
12  Venezuela
13  New Zealand
14  Philippines
15  South Africa
16  Botswana

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