The 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 7th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Gijang, South Korea from September 3 to September 11, 2016.

Teams

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

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previousperformance Previous bestperformance 7th 2014 3rd Place Runners Up (2010) 4th 2014 8th place 7th place (2012) 7th 2014 4th place Runners Up (2008) 4th 2012 8th place 6th place (2006,2010) 7th 2014 2nd Place Winners (2004,2006) 4th 2014 6th place 4th place (2010) 7th 2014 5th place 5th place (2004,2006,2008,2014) 4th 2014 7th place 7th place (2006,2014) 2nd 2008 7th place 7th place (2008) 1st 1st Appearance 7th 2014 1st Place 1st Place (2008,2010,2012,2014) 3rd 2010 6thPlace 6th place (2008)

Round 1

The matches were played from September 3 to 5. The top two teams from each group advanced to the next round.

Group A

Teams Pct. GB 3 0 1.000 – 42 2 (H) 2 1 .666 1 15 15 1 2 .333 2 18 16 0 3 .000 3 1 43

Group B

Teams Pct. GB 3 0 1.000 – 38 2 2 1 .666 1 27 13 1 2 .333 2 10 21 0 3 .000 3 6 45

Group C

Teams Pct. GB 2 1 .666 – 26 9 2 1 .666 – 27 14 2 1 .666 – 13 12 0 3 .000 2 4 35

Round 2

The matches were played from September 7 to 10. The head to head results of Opening Round games between two nations that advanced to the Super Round carried over and counted to establish four qualified nations for the Final Round as well as overall competition standings. The same methodology applied to the consolation round. The top two teams from the Super Round will qualify for the World Championship Final and the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the Super Round will play for the Bronze Medal Game.

Super Round

Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 41 4 4 1 .800 1.0 26 13 3 2 .600 2.0 24 20 2 3 .400 3.0 24 19 1 4 .200 4.0 24 34 (H) 0 5 .000 5.0 2 51

Consolation round

Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 73 2 4 1 .800 1.0 39 20 3 2 .600 2.0 40 29 2 3 .400 3.0 28 21 1 4 .200 4.0 22 43 0 5 .000 5.0 7 94

Round 3

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Final standings

Rk Team 1 8 0 Lost in the final 2 6 2 Failed to qualify for final 3 6 2 4 3 5 Failed to qualify for medal games 5 3 4 6 2 5 7 6 1 8 4 3 9 3 4 10 2 5 11 1 6 12 0 7

Awards and leaders

Individual awards

Most valuable player: Ayami Sato Outstanding defensive player: Famke Gildemacher

All-World team +PositionNameTeamStarting pitcherAyami SatoRelief pitcherChiao Yun HuangCatcherTahnee LoveringFirst baseKate PsotaSecond baseThird baseGeeta BhuyanShortstopNiki BoydOutfieldersBrittany GomezChia Wen ShenTammy McMillanDesignated hitterTamara Holmes

Statistical leaders Best batting average: Tamara Holmes, .722 Most home runs: Yurika Arisaka, Holmes, and Megan Baltzell, 1 Most runs batted in: Holmes and Sascha Egas, 13 Most stolen bases: , 10 Most runs scored: Brittany Gomez, 14 Best earned run average: Giddelys Cumana, 0.00 in 12 innings pitched Best win–loss record: Ayami Sato, 3–0 Most strikeouts: Sato, 21

Sources

Rosters

Canada

Melissa Armstrong (P) Amanda Asay (P) Veronika Boyd (OF) Claire Eccles (P) Jenna Flannigan (OF) Daphnée Gélinas (IF) Jennifer Gilroy (C) Katie Hagen (P) Rebecca Hartley (OF) Heather Healey (P) Pascale Jalbert (IF) Kelsey Lalor (OF) Anne-Sophie Lavallée (P) Nicole Luchanski (IF) Daniella Matteucci (P) Autumn Mills (P) Heidi Northcott (P) Kate Psota (IF) Ashley Stephenson (IF) Mia Valcke (OF)

Manager: Andre Lachance

Japan

Mirai Araki (P) Yurika Arisaka (C) Miki Atsugase (IF) Chihiro Funakoshi (C) Airi Hiraga (IF) Yukiko Ishida (IF) (IF) Yaya Kojima (IF) Yukiko Kon (IF) (OF) Remina Nagaike (OF) Ayako Rokkaku (IF) Nana Sasanuma (P) Ayami Sato (P) Miyu Shimizu (P) Akiko Shimura (OF) Mana Taguchi (IF) Akino Tanaka (P) Ayumi Terabe (C) Moemi Yoshii (P)

Manager: Koichi Okura

References

External links Official site