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.
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. 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.
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.
6th, 2016 World Cup 2nd, 2016 World Cup 4th, 2016 World Cup 6th, 2016 World Cup 10th, 2016 World Cup 1st, 2016 World Cup 6th, 2016 World Cup 9th, 2016 World Cup Host Nation 3rd, 2016 World Cup
Round 1
Group A
Teams Pct. GB OIP ORatio DIP DRatio TQB 4 1 0.800 – 43 31 1.39 14 31 0.45 0.94 (H) 4 1 0.800 – 49 27 1.81 6 29 0.21 1.60 3 2 0.600 1.0 38 32 1.19 23 33 0.70 0.49 3 2 0.600 1.0 41 31 1.37 34 30 1.13 0.24 1 4 0.200 3.0 18 31 0.58 52 29 1.79 −1.21 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 Pct. GB OIP ORatio DIP DRatio TQB 5 0 1.000 – 46 30 1.53 3 33 0.09 1.44 4 1 0.800 1.0 42 27 1.56 16 28 0.57 0.99 2 3 0.400 3.0 29 28 1.04 45 27 1.67 −0.63 2 3 0.400 3.0 49 31 1.58 29 31 0.93 0.65 1 4 0.200 4.0 29 31 0.94 34 30 1.13 −0.19 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
Date Time (EST) Home Runs Away Runs Notes Stadium Location8/22/2018100080WP:Taniyama, R (1–0) LP:Quero Hernandez, M (0–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/22/2018100019 WP:Huang, C (1–0) LP:Cumana, G (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/22/2018140040WP:Lavallee, A (1–0) LP:Lam, Y (0–1) 5inn./weatherUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/22/20181400-- Susp-Weather B-4th – Resume @ 0900est 8/23/18USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/22/20181800140WP:Piagno, S (1–0) LP:Zayas Rodriguez, M (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/22/2018180089WP:Kim, R (1–0) LP:Jansen, B (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/23/2018*0900124WP:Neads, L (1–0) LP:Solano Castillo, M (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/23/20181000023WP:Ishimura, N (1–0) LP:Ho, T (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/23/20181100410WP:Cortez Urquiola, M (1–0) LP:Jung, H (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/23/2018140096WP: Burgo Compres, A (1–0) LP: Tabrett, M (0–1) USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/23/20181430107WP: Asay, A (1-0) LP:Goonzalez Pavon, I (0–1) 5inn./weather USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/23/20181800018WP: Schutte, B (1–0) LP: Bergwerff, L (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/23/2018180069WP: Valazquez, N (1–0) SV: Ramirez, N (1) LP: Hu, C (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/24/20181000012WP: Porro Suarez, D (1–0) LP: Mercedes Cuevas, J (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/24/20181000242WP: Flanigan, S (1–0) LP: AU, H (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/24/20181645--Suspended: Reschedule 08/27/18 USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/24/20181645--Suspended: Reschedule 08/27/18 USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/24/20181800111WP: Whitmore, K (1–0) LP:Cho, M (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/24/2018180021WP:Sato, A (1–0) SV:Tanaka, A (1) LP:Gilder, E (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/25/20180900130WP:Hu, C (1–1) SV:Liang, Y (1) LP:Lee, J (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/25/20180900161WP: Rivera Ramos, A (1–0) LP:Werkman, M (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/25/2018120013WP:Sementelli, M (1–0) SV:Meidlinger, M (1) LP:Viscaya Hernandez, K (0–1) USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/25/20181200119WP: Minier Vargas, C (1–0) LP:Fung, T (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/25/2018180014WP: Sakahara, A (1–0) SV:Tamiyama, R(1) LP:Perez Vega, M (0–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/25/2018180069WP: Lavallee, A (2–0) LP:Tabrett, M (0–2)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/26/20180900171WP:Aguilarte Lander, L (1–0) LP:Haak, M(0-1) USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/26/20180900410WP:Ramirez, N (1–0) SV:Garcia Gonzalez, A(1) LP:Kim, B (0–1) USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/26/20181200121WP:Carr, E (1–0) LP:Quero Hernandez, M (0–2) USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/26/2018120058WP:Hung, Y (1–0) LP:Porro Suarez, D (1–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/26/2018180034WP:Huang, C (2–0) LP:Cobb, S (0–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/26/2018180051WP:Shimizu, M (1–0) LP:Hepburn, B (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida8/27/2018**1100111WP:Hu, C (2–1) LP:Bergwerff, L (0–1) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/27/2018**110069WP:Cumana, G (1–0) LP:Paradizo Ramos, A (0–1)USSSA Space Sports Complex Venu IIViera, Florida *Completion of 8/22/18 suspended game **Reschedule of 8/24/18 cancelled game
Standings Round 2
Teams Pct. GB OIP ORatio DIP DRatio TQB 5 0 1.000 – 15 24 0.63 2 28 0.07 0.56 4 1 0.800 1 16 29 0.55 7 28 0.25 0.30 3 2 0.600 2 11 28 0.39 9 28 0.32 0.07 2 3 0.400 3 25 24 1.04 8 25 0.32 0.72 1 4 0.200 4 14 27 0.52 19 26 0.73 −0.21 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 Location8/28/201809:0012WP:Hseih, Y (1–0) LP:Burgos Compres, A (1–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/28/201813:0050WP:Asay, A (2–0) LP:Rengel Lopez, E (0–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/28/201818:0030WP:Sato, A (2–0) LP:Piagno, S (1–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/29/201809:00122WP: Segovia Alvarado, P (1–0) LP:Mercedes Cuevas, J (0–2)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/29/201813:0012WP:Hu, C (2–2) LP:Tsuru, A (1–0)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/29/201818:0051WP:Sementelli, M (2–0) LP:Lavallee, A (2–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/30/201809:00100WP:Ishimura, N (2–0) LP:Vizcaya Hernandez, K (0–2) 5inn./Run RuleUSSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/30/201813:0046WP:Huang, C (3–0) LP:Martensen, H (0–1)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida8/30/201818:0018WP:Whitmore, K (2–0) SV:Tsujikawa, E(1) LP:Quero Hernandez, M (0–3)USSSA Space Coast StadiumViera, Florida
Round 3
Bronze Medal
Gold Medal
Final standings
Rk Team 1 9 0 Lost in the final 2 6 3 Failed to qualify for final 3 6 3 4 6 3 Failed to qualify for medal games 5 4 4 6 2 6 7 5 3 8 4 4 9 4 4 10 2 6 11 2 6 12 0 8
References
External links Official site