2018 Women's Softball World Championship

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2018 Women's Softball World Championship
File:2018 Women's Softball World Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host country  Japan
Dates 2–12 August 2018 (2018-08-02 – 2018-08-12)
Teams 16 (from 5 continents)
Venues 4 (in 4 host cities)
Defending champions  United States (2016)
Final positions
Champions
Gold medal world centered.svg
  United States (11th title)
Runner-up
Silver medal world centered.svg
  Japan
Third place
Bronze medal world centered.svg
  Canada
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played 73
Attendance 44,990 (616 per game)
Best batting average Chinese Taipei Meng-Ting Lai (.526)
Most homeruns hit Japan Yu Yamamoto (6)
Most stolen bases Netherlands Britt Vonk (6)
Best ERA Canada Danielle Lawrie (0.45)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) Mexico Dalla Escobedo-Gosch (61)

The 2018 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition held in Chiba, Japan, from 2 August to 12 August.[1][2] It was the 16th edition of the tournament, and the third edition to be sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Previous editions were sanctioned by the International Softball Federation, which governed the sport until its 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federation to create the WBSC. As the winners, the United States earned the right to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] It was the last world title awarded under the championship format before the WBSC implemented the new world cup 4 year cycle.[4]


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Qualification

Origin Berths Qualified
Host nation 1  Japan
Oceania 2  Australia,  New Zealand
Europe 3  Netherlands,  Italy,  Great Britain
Americas[5] 5  Canada,  Mexico,  Puerto Rico,  United States,  Venezuela
Asia 3  Philippines,  Chinese Taipei,  China
Africa[6] 2  Botswana,  South Africa

Venues

Narashino
Narita
Akitsu Baseball Field NASPA Stadium
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Playoff Round
Chiba Ichihara
Zozo Marine Stadium Zett. A. Ball Park
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Competition format

The teams are separated into two groups of eight teams each for the preliminary round. Each group plays a single round robin. The top four teams in each group advance to the championship round, while the bottom four teams play in placement games. The championship round is played in a double Page round.[7]

  • Preliminary Page (two sections)
    • Minor semifinals: Third- and fourth-place teams play (A3 vs. B4, B3 vs. A4). Winners advance to Preliminary Page final, losers eliminated.
    • Major semifinals: First- and second-place teams play (A1 vs. B2, B1 vs. A2). Winners advance to Championship Page major semifinal, losers play in the Preliminary Page final.
    • Finals: The minor semifinal winners and major semifinal losers play. Winners advance to the Championship Page minor semifinal, losers eliminated.
  • Championship Page
    • Minor semifinal: Winners of each Preliminary Page final play. Winner advances to Championship Page final, losers eliminated.
    • Major semifinal: Winners of each Preliminary Page major semifinal play. Winner advances to Championship Page grand final, losers play in the Championship Page final.
    • Final: The minor semifinal winners and major semifinal losers play. Winner advances to Championship Page grand final, loser finishes in third place.
    • Grand final: The major semifinal winner and final winner play. Winner is the champion, loser is second place.

The games were played with the 15/10/7 run ahead mercy rule where a game was called if one team leads the other by 15 runs or more after 3 innings, 10 runs or more after 4 innings, or 7 runs or more after 5 innings have been played.[7]

Group stage

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Main article: 2018 Women's Softball World Championship Group Stage

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1  United States 7 7 0 1.000 — Qualification to Playoff Round
2  Puerto Rico 7 6 1 .857 1
3  Mexico 7 5 2 .714 2
4  Netherlands 7 3 4 .429[lower-alpha 1] 4
5  Chinese Taipei 7 3 4 .429[lower-alpha 1] 4 Advance to Placement Round
6  New Zealand 7 2 5 .286[lower-alpha 2] 5
7  Philippines 7 2 5 .286[lower-alpha 2] 5
8  South Africa 7 0 7 .000 7
Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Netherlands won against Chinese Taipei 6-5
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Zealand won against Philippines 2-0

Games

Date Home Score Away
3 August 2018  South Africa 0–21 (4)  Chinese Taipei
 United States 5–2  Mexico
 Puerto Rico 6–5  Netherlands
 Philippines 10–0 (4)  South Africa
 New Zealand 4–7  Chinese Taipei
4 August 2018  Puerto Rico 9–0 (5)  South Africa
 Philippines 0–2  Mexico
 Chinese Taipei 0–7 (5)  United States
 New Zealand 5–10  Netherlands
 Puerto Rico 3–0  Philippines
5 August 2018  Netherlands 0–11 (4)  United States
 Chinese Taipei 11–12  Puerto Rico
 Netherlands 4–5  Philippines
 Mexico 8–0 (5)  South Africa
 United States 7–0 (5)  New Zealand
6 August 2018  Puerto Rico 9–0 (6)  Mexico
 South Africa 0–6  New Zealand
 Netherlands 6–5  Chinese Taipei
 Philippines 0–12 (4)  United States
7 August 2018  Puerto Rico 4–1  New Zealand
 Chinese Taipei 9–7  Philippines
 Mexico 1–0  Netherlands
 United States 7–0 (5)  South Africa
 Mexico 1–0  New Zealand
8 August 2018  United States 8–1 (5)  Puerto Rico
 Chinese Taipei 3–4  Mexico
9 August 2018  South Africa 1–11 (5)  Netherlands
 New Zealand 2–0  Philippines

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 7 7 0 1.000 — Qualification to Playoff Round
2  Australia 7 5 2 .714[lower-alpha 1] 2
3  Canada 7 5 2 .714[lower-alpha 1] 2
4  Italy 7 4 3 .571[lower-alpha 2] 3
5  China 7 4 3 .571[lower-alpha 2] 3 Advance to Placement Round
6  Great Britain 7 2 5 .286 5
7  Venezuela 7 1 6 .143 6
8  Botswana 7 0 7 .000 7
Source: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australia won against Canada 2-0
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Italy won against China 7-0 in 5 innings

Games

Date Home Score Away
2 August 2018  Japan 9–0 (6)  Italy
3 August 2018  Australia 7–1  Venezuela
 Canada 7–0 (5)  Great Britain
 Australia 0–1  China
 Venezuela 0–7 (6)  Canada
 Japan 20–0 (3)  Botswana
4 August 2018  Italy 2–3  Australia
 China 1–0  Great Britain
 Botswana 0–8  Venezuela
 Canada 1–0  Italy
 Japan 5–0  China
5 August 2018  Italy 8–0 (5)  Botswana
 Australia 2–0  Canada
 Venezuela 0–6  China
 Great Britain 0–6  Japan
6 August 2018  Australia 14–0 (4)  Botswana
 China 0–7 (6)  Canada
 Italy 1–0  Great Britain
 Japan 7–2  Venezuela
7 August 2018  Botswana 0–10 (4)  Great Britain
 China 15–1 (4)  Botswana
 Venezuela 1–3  Italy
 Great Britain 0–11 (5)  Australia
 Canada 0–2  Japan
8 August 2018  Canada 22–0 (3)  Botswana
 Italy 7–0 (5)  China
9 August 2018  Great Britain 5–2  Venezuela
 Japan 9–1 (6)  Australia

Placement round

 
 13th-16th Placement 11th-12th Placement 9th Place
 
                    
 
 P1
 
 
A5
 Chinese Taipei		 8(6)
 
 P5
 
B8
 Botswana		 1
 
  Chinese Taipei 13
 
 P4
 
  Great Britain 11
 
B6
 Great Britain		 2
 
 P7
 
A7
 Philippines		 1
 
  Chinese Taipei 6
 
 P2
 
  China 4
 
B5
 China		 3
 
 P6
 
A8
 South Africa		 0
 
  China 8
 
 P3
 
  Venezuela 2
 
A6
 New Zealand		 0
 
 
B7
 Venezuela		 4
 

13th-16th Placement

11th-12th Placement

9th place

P7: 11 August 16:30 at Akitsu Baseball Field, Narashino
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 11 1
 China 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 1
WP: An-Ju Chiu (3-0)   LP: Xinxing Zhao (3-3)   Sv: Su-Hua Lin (2)
Attendance: 56
Boxscore

Playoff round

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Preliminary Page System

Preliminary Semifinals

Preliminary Finals

Championship Page System

Championship Semifinals

Bronze-medal game

C9: 12 August 14:00 at Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Canada 3rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
 Japan 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 7 1
WP: Yukiko Ueno (6-0)   LP: Danielle Lawrie (5-1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
JPN: Saki Yamazaki
Attendance: 7165
Boxscore

World Championship Final

C10: 12 August 19:00 at Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
 Japan 2nd 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 12 0
 United States 1st 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 10 0
WP: Monica Cecili (5-0)   LP: Yukiko Ueno (6-1)
Home runs:
JPN: Yamato Fujita (2)
USA: Delaney Spaulding
Attendance: 11,168
Boxscore

Final standings

Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rank Team
1st  United States
2nd  Japan
3rd  Canada
4  Australia
5  Puerto Rico
6  Mexico
7  Italy
8  Netherlands
9  Chinese Taipei
10  China
11  Great Britain
12  Venezuela
13  New Zealand
14  Philippines
15  South Africa
16  Botswana

External links

References

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