2018 Women's Baseball World Cup

2018 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
CityViera, Florida
Venue(s)USSSA Space Coast Complex
DatesAugust 22 – August 31
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Japan (6th title)
Runner-up Chinese Taipei
Third place Canada
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played50
Attendance17,969 (359 per game)
← 2016
2021
2024 →

All statistics correct as of August 31, 2018.

The 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 8th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Viera, Florida in the United States from August 22 to August 31, 2018. The 2018 tournament was the first time that the United States hosted the event.[1]

Qualification

In September 2017, the Baseball Federation of Asia held the first Women’s Baseball Asian Cup, a biennial tournament to be held in odd years and serve as a qualifying tournament for the Women’s Baseball World Cup. Six teams competed in the 2017 tournament, from Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Pakistan, and South Korea.[2] Japan won all five of their games to win the tournament and qualify for the World Cup. Chinese Taipei (2nd place), South Korea (3rd place), and Hong Kong (4th place) also qualified.[3]

Teams

For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams.[4]

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.


Australia		 6th, 2016 World Cup

Canada		 2nd, 2016 World Cup

Chinese Taipei		 4th, 2016 World Cup

Cuba		 6th, 2016 World Cup

Dominican Republic

Hong Kong		 10th, 2016 World Cup

Japan		 1st, 2016 World Cup

South Korea		 6th, 2016 World Cup

Netherlands		 9th, 2016 World Cup

Puerto Rico

United States		 Host Nation

Venezuela		 3rd, 2016 World Cup

Round 1

Group A

Teams W L Pct. GB RS OIP ORatio RA DIP DRatio TQB
 Chinese Taipei QUAL 4 1 0.800 – 43 31 1.39 14 31 0.45 0.94
 United States (H) QUAL 4 1 0.800 – 49 27 1.81 6 29 0.21 1.60
 Venezuela QUAL 3 2 0.600 1.0 38 32 1.19 23 33 0.70 0.49
 Puerto Rico ELIM 3 2 0.600 1.0 41 31 1.37 34 30 1.13 0.24
 South Korea ELIM 1 4 0.200 3.0 18 31 0.58 52 29 1.79 −1.21
 Netherlands ELIM 0 5 0.000 4.0 11 27 0.41 71 25 2.84 −2.43
  • TPE wins tiebreak over USA (H2H)
  • VEN wins tiebreak over PUR (H2H)
  • QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round

Group B

Teams W L Pct. GB RS OIP ORatio RA DIP DRatio TQB
 JapanQUAL 5 0 1.000 – 46 30 1.53 3 33 0.09 1.44
 CanadaQUAL 4 1 0.800 1.0 42 27 1.56 16 28 0.57 0.99
 Dominican RepublicQUAL 2 3 0.400 3.0 29 28 1.04 45 27 1.67 −0.63
 AustraliaELIM 2 3 0.400 3.0 49 31 1.58 29 31 0.93 0.65
 CubaELIM 1 4 0.200 4.0 29 31 0.94 34 30 1.13 −0.19
 Hong KongELIM 1 4 0.000 4.0 11 27 0.41 75 26 2.88 −2.47
  • DOM wins tiebreak over AUS (H2H)
  • QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round

Schedule Round 1

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Date Time (EST) Home Runs Away Runs Notes Stadium Location
8/22/2018 1000  Japan 8  Dominican Republic 0 WP:Taniyama,R (1–0) LP:Quero Hernandez,M (0–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/22/2018 1000  Venezuela 1  Chinese Taipei 9 WP:Huang,C (1–0) LP:Cumana,G (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/22/2018 1400  Canada 4  Hong Kong 0 WP:Lavallee,A (1–0) LP:Lam,Y (0–1) 5inn./weather USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/22/2018 1400  Australia -  Cuba - Susp-Weather B-4th – Resume @ 0900est 8/23/18 USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/22/2018 1800  United States 14  Puerto Rico 0 WP:Piagno,S (1–0) LP:Zayas Rodriguez,M (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/22/2018 1800  Netherlands 8  South Korea 9 WP:Kim,R (1–0) LP:Jansen,B (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/23/2018* 0900  Australia 12  Cuba 4 WP:Neads,L (1–0) LP:Solano Castillo,M (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/23/2018 1000  Hong Kong 0  Japan 23 WP:Ishimura,N (1–0) LP:Ho, T (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/23/2018 1100  South Korea 4  Venezuela 10 WP:Cortez Urquiola,M (1–0) LP:Jung, H (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/23/2018 1400  Dominican Republic 9  Australia 6 WP:Burgo Compres,A (1–0) LP:Tabrett,M (0–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/23/2018 1430  Canada 10  Cuba 7 WP:Asay,A(1-0) LP:Goonzalez Pavon,I (0–1) 5inn./weather USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/23/2018 1800  Netherlands 0  United States 18 WP:Schutte,B (1–0) LP:Bergwerff,L (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/23/2018 1800  Chinese Taipei 6  Puerto Rico 9 WP:Valazquez,N (1–0) SV:Ramirez,N (1) LP:Hu,C (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/24/2018 1000  Dominican Republic 0  Cuba 12 WP:Porro Suarez,D (1–0) LP:Mercedes Cuevas,J (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/24/2018 1000  Australia 24  Hong Kong 2 WP:Flanigan,S (1–0) LP:AU,H (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/24/2018 1645  Chinese Taipei -  Netherlands - Suspended: Reschedule 08/27/18 USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/24/2018 1645  Puerto Rico -  Venezuela - Suspended: Reschedule 08/27/18 USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/24/2018 1800  United States 11  South Korea 1 WP:Whitmore,K (1–0) LP:Cho,M (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/24/2018 1800  Japan 2  Canada 1 WP:Sato,A (1–0) SV:Tanaka,A (1) LP:Gilder,E (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/25/2018 0900  Chinese Taipei 13  South Korea 0 WP:Hu,C (1–1) SV:Liang,Y (1) LP:Lee,J (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/25/2018 0900  Puerto Rico 16  Netherlands 1 WP: Rivera Ramos,A (1–0) LP:Werkman,M (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/25/2018 1200  Venezuela 1  United States 3 WP:Sementelli,M (1–0) SV:Meidlinger,M (1) LP:Viscaya Hernandez,K (0–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/25/2018 1200  Hong Kong 1  Dominican Republic 19 WP: Minier Vargas,C (1–0) LP:Fung,T (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/25/2018 1800  Cuba 1  Japan 4 WP: Sakahara,A (1–0) SV:Tamiyama,R(1) LP:Perez Vega,M (0–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/25/2018 1800  Australia 6  Canada 9 WP: Lavallee,A (2–0) LP:Tabrett,M (0–2) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/26/2018 0900  Venezuela 17  Netherlands 1 WP:Aguilarte Lander,L (1–0) LP:Haak,M(0-1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/26/2018 0900  South Korea 4  Puerto Rico 10 WP:Ramirez,N (1–0) SV:Garcia Gonzalez,A(1) LP:Kim,B (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/26/2018 1200  Canada 12  Dominican Republic 1 WP:Carr,E (1–0) LP:Quero Hernandez,M (0–2) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/26/2018 1200  Cuba 5  Hong Kong 8 WP:Hung,Y (1–0) LP:Porro Suarez,D (1–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/26/2018 1800  United States 3  Chinese Taipei 4 WP:Huang,C (2–0) LP:Cobb,S (0–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/26/2018 1800  Japan 5  Australia 1 WP:Shimizu,M (1–0) LP:Hepburn,B (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
8/27/2018** 1100  Chinese Taipei 11  Netherlands 1 WP:Hu,C (2–1) LP:Bergwerff,L (0–1) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/27/2018** 1100  Puerto Rico 6  Venezuela 9 WP:Cumana,G (1–0) LP:Paradizo Ramos,A (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu II Viera, Florida
  • *Completion of 8/22/18 suspended game
  • **Reschedule of 8/24/18 cancelled game

Standings Round 2

Teams W L Pct. GB RS OIP ORatio RA DIP DRatio TQB
 Japan 5 0 1.000 – 15 24 0.63 2 28 0.07 0.56
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 0.800 1 16 29 0.55 7 28 0.25 0.30
 United States 3 2 0.600 2 11 28 0.39 9 28 0.32 0.07
 Canada 2 3 0.400 3 25 24 1.04 8 25 0.32 0.72
 Venezuela 1 4 0.200 4 14 27 0.52 19 26 0.73 −0.21
 Dominican Republic 0 5 0.000 5 4 26 0.15 40 24 1.67 −1.52
  • Each team comes into Round 2 carrying the record earned in Round 1 against teams that qualified for Round 2
  • USA wins tiebreak over CAN (H2H)

Schedule Round 2

Super Round

Date Time (EST) Home Runs Away Runs Notes Stadium Location
8/28/2018 09:00  Dominican Republic 1  Chinese Taipei 2 WP:Hseih,Y (1–0) LP:Burgos Compres,A (1–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/28/2018 13:00  Canada 5  Venezuela 0 WP:Asay,A (2–0) LP:Rengel Lopez,E (0–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/28/2018 18:00  Japan 3  United States 0 WP:Sato,A (2–0) LP:Piagno,S (1–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/29/2018 09:00  Venezuela 12  Dominican Republic 2 WP: Segovia Alvarado,P (1–0) LP:Mercedes Cuevas,J (0–2) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/29/2018 13:00  Chinese Taipei 1  Japan 2 WP:Hu,C (2–2) LP:Tsuru,A (1–0) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/29/2018 18:00  United States 5  Canada 1 WP:Sementelli,M (2–0) LP:Lavallee,A (2–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/30/2018 09:00  Japan 10  Venezuela 0 WP:Ishimura,N (2–0) LP:Vizcaya Hernandez,K (0–2) 5inn./Run Rule USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/30/2018 13:00  Canada 4  Chinese Taipei 6 WP:Huang,C (3–0) LP:Martensen,H (0–1) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida
8/30/2018 18:00  Dominican Republic 1  United States 8 WP:Whitmore,K (2–0) SV:Tsujikawa,E(1) LP:Quero Hernandez,M (0–3) USSSA Space Coast Stadium Viera, Florida

Round 3

Bronze Medal

31 August 2018  Canada 8–5  United States USSSA Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida
Boxscore

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Gold Medal

31 August 2018  Chinese Taipei 0–6  Japan USSSA Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida
Boxscore

[7]

Final standings

References

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  2. ^ "First Women's Baseball Asian Cup takes off in Hong Kong". World Baseball Softball Confederation. September 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Japan win undefeated first Women's Baseball Asian Cup, 4 qualify for WBSC World Cup 2018". World Baseball Softball Confederation. September 10, 2017. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "New Logo, Nations unveiled for LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 Gijang (KOR)". WBSC. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Schedule and Results". WBSC. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "Canada beats USA in ten, grabs bronze medal in Women's Baseball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. August 31, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "Japan wins sixth Women's Baseball World Cup in a row". World Baseball Softball Confederation. September 1, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2022.