The Men's Softball World Cup, known through 2015 as the ISF Men's World Championship, is a softball tournament for the best national men's teams in the world. From 1966 to 2013 it was held every four years, first by the International Softball Federation (ISF) and from 2019 an onward it is held every two years by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the 16 best teams in the world compete.Past results since 1990 in softball
Classification With the approved format of 18 national teams, the WBSC has distributed the continental quotas as follows:
WBSC Africa: 2 spots WBSC Americas: 5 spots WBSC Asia: 3 spots WBSC Europe: 3 spots WBSC Oceania: 2 spots Wild cards: 3 spots (including hosts if necessary)
The participants will be determined through the continental championships.
Results Years Final hosts Finalists Semi-finalists Teams Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place 11966DetailsMexico City6 – 0 11 21968DetailsOklahoma City4 – 010 31972DetailsMarikina1 – 010 41976DetailsLower Hutt–7 51980DetailsTacoma3 – 014 61984DetailsMidland3 – 116 71988DetailsSaskatoon4 – 014 81992DetailsManila/Pasig5 – 317 91996DetailsMidland4 – 022 102000DetailsEast London2 – 116 112004DetailsChristchurch9 – 515 122009DetailsSaskatoon5 – 016 132013DetailsAuckland4 – 116 142015DetailsSaskatoon10 – 515 152017DetailsWhitehorse6 – 416 162019DetailsPrague/Havlíčkův Brod3 – 22 – 116 172022DetailsAuckland5 – 22 – 012 182025DetailsPrince Albert3 – 010 – 118
In 1976 the final day was rained out. New Zealand, USA and Canada were all awarded the gold medal.
Medal table
Participating nations
Teams 1966 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2025 12th 9th 6th 9th 8th 7th 4th 7th 4th 1st 4th 6th 12 7th 5th 7th 12th 3rd 1st 3rd 4th 2nd 7th 1st 7th 12 6th 7th 3rd 8th 6th 10th 6 15th 13th 2 12th 1 14th 10th 18th 9th 13th 13th 8th 14th 8 9th 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 5th 18 8th 5th 6th 4th 11th 9th 14th 15th 8 10th 10th 2 4th 10th 5th 3 12th 12th 6th 7th 9th 11th 8th 9th 8th 9th 17th 11 14th 15th 13th 11th 14th 12th 9th 12th 8 8th 11th 5th 7th 5th 11th 8th 7 10th 1 9th 8th 9th 11th 13th 5 7th 6th 8th 10th 16th 5 12th 9th 2 10th 16th 14th 15th 14th 14th 6 15th 1 11th 16th 16th 3 20th 15th 2 7th 10th 6th 4th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 6th 6th 6th 6th 5th 2nd 7th 4th 18 17th 1 16th 1 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 12th 9th 8th 5th 11th 14th 13th 10th 11th 16th 14 9th 13th 14th 14th 14th 15th 13th 11th 8 11th 1 3rd 5th 3rd 1st 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 4th 8th 2nd 18 11th 1 13th 16th 2 4th 6th 11th 12th 4 22nd 1 9th 7th 2 14th 17th 19th 3 4th 5th 8th 7th 10th 10th 10th 15th 13th 16th 10th 18th 12 21st 1 6th 7th 2 9th 15th 15th 13th 4 9th 7th 13th 8th 8th 12th 15th 12th 10th 12th 11th 12th 12 16th 1 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 4th 8th 9th 6th 5th 3rd 3rd 18 8th 10th 2 5th 6th 5th 11th 5th 2nd 3rd 7th 6th 6th 1st 11 13th 10th 2No. of Teams 11 10 10 7 14 16 14 17 22 16 15 16 16 15 16 16 12 18
Czech Republic has participated as in 1992.
Records and statistics All statistics are up to date to the end of the 2022 Men's Softball World Championship.
Individual Highest batting average 0.647, Clark Bosh (Canada, 1988)
Most Stolen Bases 6, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
Most Doubles 7, Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
Most Triples 4, Redelio Cruz (Cuba, 1988); Mark Sorenson and Taifau Matai (New Zealand, 1996)
Most Home Runs 8, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988); Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
Most Runs Scored 19, Marty Kernaghan (Canada, 1988)
Most Hits 21, Crestwell Pratt (Bahamas, 1988); Bob McKinnon (Canada, 1988)
Most RBI's 23, Brian Rothrock (United States, 1988)
Most Innings pitched 59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Most strikeouts 98, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Most strikeouts in a single game 32, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Most consecutive scoreless innings 59, Ty Stofflet (United States, 1976)
Team
Highest batting average 0.404, Canada (1998)
Most Runs 142, Canada (1998)
Most RBI's 125, Canada (1998)
Most Home-Runs 37, Canada (1998)
Most Hits 142, United States (1998)
Lowest ERA 0.19, United States (1976)
See also Women's Softball World Championship
References