2018 Women's Baseball World Cup

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, South Korea, and Hong Kong 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
	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
VEN wins tiebreak over PUR
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
QUAL = Qualified for the Super Round
Schedule Round 1

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

Super Round

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

Round 3

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Final standings

Rk	Team
1		9	0
Lost in the final	Lost in the final	Lost in the final	Lost in the final
2		6	3
Failed to qualify for final	Failed to qualify for final	Failed to qualify for final	Failed to qualify for final
3		6	3
4		6	3
Failed to qualify for medal games	Failed to qualify for medal games	Failed to qualify for medal games	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

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2018 Women's Baseball World Cup

Qualification

Teams

Round 1

Group A

Group B

Schedule Round 1

Standings Round 2

Schedule Round 2

Round 3

Bronze Medal

Gold Medal

Final standings