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2018 Women's Softball World Championship

Summary

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)


Qualification edit

Origin Berths Qualified
Host nation 1   Japan
Oceania 2   Australia,   New Zealand
Europe 3   Netherlands,   Italy,   Great Britain
Americas[5] 5   Canada,   Mexico,   Puerto Rico,   United States,   Venezuela
Asia 3   Philippines,   Chinese Taipei,   China
Africa[6] 2   Botswana,   South Africa

Venues edit

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

Competition format edit

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 edit

Group A edit

Standings edit

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[a] 4
5   Chinese Taipei 7 3 4 .429[a] 4 Advance to Placement Round
6   New Zealand 7 2 5 .286[b] 5
7   Philippines 7 2 5 .286[b] 5
8   South Africa 7 0 7 .000 7
Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Netherlands won against Chinese Taipei 6-5
  2. ^ a b New Zealand won against Philippines 2-0

Games edit

Date Home Score Away
3 August 2018   South Africa 0–21 (4)   Chinese Taipei
  United States 5–2   Mexico
  Puerto Rico 6–5   Netherlands
  Philippines 10–0 (4)   South Africa
  New Zealand 4–7   Chinese Taipei
4 August 2018   Puerto Rico 9–0 (5)   South Africa
  Philippines 0–2   Mexico
  Chinese Taipei 0–7 (5)   United States
  New Zealand 5–10   Netherlands
  Puerto Rico 3–0   Philippines
5 August 2018   Netherlands 0–11 (4)   United States
  Chinese Taipei 11–12   Puerto Rico
  Netherlands 4–5   Philippines
  Mexico 8–0 (5)   South Africa
  United States 7–0 (5)   New Zealand
6 August 2018   Puerto Rico 9–0 (6)   Mexico
  South Africa 0–6   New Zealand
  Netherlands 6–5   Chinese Taipei
  Philippines 0–12 (4)   United States
7 August 2018   Puerto Rico 4–1   New Zealand
  Chinese Taipei 9–7   Philippines
  Mexico 1–0   Netherlands
  United States 7–0 (5)   South Africa
  Mexico 1–0   New Zealand
8 August 2018   United States 8–1 (5)   Puerto Rico
  Chinese Taipei 3–4   Mexico
9 August 2018   South Africa 1–11 (5)   Netherlands
  New Zealand 2–0   Philippines

Group B edit

Standings edit

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[a] 2
3   Canada 7 5 2 .714[a] 2
4   Italy 7 4 3 .571[b] 3
5   China 7 4 3 .571[b] 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. ^ a b Australia won against Canada 2-0
  2. ^ a b Italy won against China 7-0 in 5 innings

Games edit

Date Home Score Away
2 August 2018   Japan 9–0 (6)   Italy
3 August 2018   Australia 7–1   Venezuela
  Canada 7–0 (5)   Great Britain
  Australia 0–1   China
  Venezuela 0–7 (6)   Canada
  Japan 20–0 (3)   Botswana
4 August 2018   Italy 2–3   Australia
  China 1–0   Great Britain
  Botswana 0–8   Venezuela
  Canada 1–0   Italy
  Japan 5–0   China
5 August 2018   Italy 8–0 (5)   Botswana
  Australia 2–0   Canada
  Venezuela 0–6   China
  Great Britain 0–6   Japan
6 August 2018   Australia 14–0 (4)   Botswana
  China 0–7 (6)   Canada
  Italy 1–0   Great Britain
  Japan 7–2   Venezuela
7 August 2018   Botswana 0–10 (4)   Great Britain
  China 15–1 (4)   Botswana
  Venezuela 1–3   Italy
  Great Britain 0–11 (5)   Australia
  Canada 0–2   Japan
8 August 2018   Canada 22–0 (3)   Botswana
  Italy 7–0 (5)   China
9 August 2018   Great Britain 5–2   Venezuela
  Japan 9–1 (6)   Australia

Placement round edit

 
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 edit

11th-12th Placement edit

9th place edit

P7: 11 August 16:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
  Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 11 1
  China 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 1
WP: An-Ju Chiu (3-0)   LP: Xinxing Zhao (3-3)   Sv: Su-Hua Lin (2)
Attendance: 56
Boxscore

Playoff round edit

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 Page System edit

Preliminary Semifinals edit

Preliminary Finals edit

Championship Page System edit

Championship Semifinals edit

Bronze-medal game edit

C9: 12 August 14:00 at Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
  Canada   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
  Japan 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 7 1
WP: Yukiko Ueno (6-0)   LP: Danielle Lawrie (5-1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
JPN: Saki Yamazaki
Attendance: 7165
Boxscore

World Championship Final edit

C10: 12 August 19:00 at Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
  Japan   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 12 0
  United States   0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 10 0
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 edit

Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rank Team
    United States
    Japan
    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

External links edit

  • Official Website

References edit

  1. ^ "XVI Women's Softball World Championship". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "WBSC Announces Dates for 2018 Baseball World Cups and Softball World Championships". Around the Rings. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. ^ "XVI Women's Softball World Championship Final Report" (PDF). WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  4. ^ "WBSC launches new Softball World Cup format, 2021-2029 global schedule". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  5. ^ "USA wins Pan American Women's Softball Championship over Mexico, qualify for Chiba 2018". XVI Women's Softball World Championship. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  6. ^ Kolantsho, Calistus (18 January 2018). "Women's softball team qualifies for World Championships". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Softball Competition & Technical Code 2018" (PDF). WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-09.

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