2016 Women's Baseball World Cup

2016 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountrySouth Korea
CityGijang
Venue(s)Dream Main Park, Dream Park 2, Dream Park 3
Dates3 September - 11 September
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Japan (5th title)
Runner-up Canada
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played44
Attendance18,767 (427 per game)
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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.[1]

Teams[edit]

For 2016, the number of qualifying teams grew from eight for its 6th edition in 2014 to twelve teams.[2]

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous
performance 		Previous best
performance

Australia		 7th 2014 3rd Place Runners Up (2010)

Netherlands		 4th 2014 8th place 7th place (2012)

Canada		 7th 2014 4th place Runners Up (2008)

Cuba		 4th 2012 8th place 6th place (2006,2010)

United States		 7th 2014 2nd Place Winners (2004,2006)

Venezuela		 4th 2014 6th place 4th place (2010)

Chinese Taipei		 7th 2014 5th place 5th place (2004,2006,2008,2014)

Hong Kong		 4th 2014 7th place 7th place (2006,2014)

India		 2nd 2008 7th place 7th place (2008)

Pakistan		 1st 1st Appearance

Japan		 7th 2014 1st Place 1st Place (2008,2010,2012,2014)

South Korea		 3rd 2010 6thPlace 6th place (2008)

Round 1[edit]

The matches were played from September 3 to 5. The top two teams from each group advanced to the next round.[3][4]

Group A[edit]

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Venezuela 3 0 1.000 – 42 2
 South Korea(H) 2 1 .666 1 15 15
 Cuba 1 2 .333 2 18 16
 Pakistan 0 3 .000 3 1 43
3 September 2016 South Korea  10–0 F/6  Pakistan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
3 September 2016 Cuba  0–12 F/5  Venezuela Dream Park 2
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
4 September 2016 Pakistan  1 – 18 F/5  Venezuela Dream Park 2
Attendance: 65
Boxscore
4 September 2016 Cuba  3 – 4  South Korea Dream Main Park
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
5 September 2016 Pakistan  0 – 15 F/5  Cuba Dream Park 2
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
5 September 2016 Venezuela  12 – 1 F/5  South Korea Dream Main Park
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore

Group B[edit]

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 3 0 1.000 – 38 2
 Canada 2 1 .666 1 27 13
 Netherlands 1 2 .333 2 10 21
 India 0 3 .000 3 6 45
3 September 2016 India  2 – 9  Netherlands Dream Park 2
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
3 September 2016 Japan  8 – 2  Canada Dream Main Park
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
4 September 2016 Netherlands  0 – 12 F/5  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 700
Boxscore
4 September 2016 Canada  18 – 4 F/5  India Dream Park 2
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
5 September 2016 India  0 – 18 F/5  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 550
Boxscore
5 September 2016 Netherlands  1 – 7  Canada Dream Park 2
Attendance: 250
Boxscore

Group C[edit]

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Chinese Taipei 2 1 .666 – 26 9
 Australia 2 1 .666 – 27 14
 United States 2 1 .666 – 13 12
 Hong Kong 0 3 .000 2 4 35
3 September 2016 Hong Kong  1 – 9  United States Dream Park 3
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
3 September 2016 Chinese Taipei  12 – 4  Australia Dream Park 3
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
4 September 2016 Chinese Taipei  1 – 2  United States Dream Park 3
Attendance: 700
Boxscore
4 September 2016 Australia  13 – 0 F/5  Hong Kong Dream Park 3
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
5 September 2016 United States  2 – 10  Australia Dream Park 3
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
5 September 2016 Hong Kong  3 – 13 F/6  Chinese Taipei Dream Park 3
Attendance: 200
Boxscore

Round 2[edit]

Japan and South Korea square off in the Super Round

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[edit]

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 5 0 1.000 – 41 4
 Canada 4 1 .800 1.0 26 13
 Venezuela 3 2 .600 2.0 24 20
 Chinese Taipei 2 3 .400 3.0 24 19
 Australia 1 4 .200 4.0 24 34
 South Korea(H) 0 5 .000 5.0 2 51
7 September 2016 South Korea  1 – 11 F/5  Chinese Taipei Dream Main Park
Attendance: 950
Boxscore
7 September 2016 Venezuela  2 – 7  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 550
Boxscore
7 September 2016 Australia  3 – 5  Canada Dream Main Park
Attendance: 251
Boxscore
8 September 2016 Australia  13 – 0 F/5  South Korea Dream Main Park
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
8 September 2016 Canada  8 – 1  Venezuela Dream Main Park
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
8 September 2016 Chinese Taipei  0 – 10 F/5  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
9 September 2016 South Korea  0 – 9  Canada Dream Main Park
Attendance: 760
Boxscore
9 September 2016 Venezuela  2 – 0  Chinese Taipei Dream Main Park
Attendance: 720
Boxscore
9 September 2016 Australia  0 – 10 F/5  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 350
Boxscore
10 September 2016 Canada  2 – 1  Chinese Taipei Dream Main Park
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
10 September 2016 South Korea  0–6  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 340
Boxscore
10 September 2016 Australia  4–7  Venezuela Dream Main Park
Attendance: 255
Boxscore

Consolation round[edit]

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States 5 0 1.000 – 73 2
 Cuba 4 1 .800 1.0 39 20
 Netherlands 3 2 .600 2.0 40 29
 Hong Kong 2 3 .400 3.0 28 21
 India 1 4 .200 4.0 22 43
 Pakistan 0 5 .000 5.0 7 94
7 September 2016 Cuba  9 – 8 F/8  Netherlands Dream Park 2
Attendance: 210
Boxscore
7 September 2016 Hong Kong  10 – 0 F/6  India Dream Park 3
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
7 September 2016 United States  34 – 0 F/5  Pakistan Dream Park 2
Attendance: 75
Boxscore
8 September 2016 India  1 – 12 F/5  Cuba Dream Park 2
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
8 September 2016 Hong Kong  12 – 1 F/6  Pakistan Dream Park 3
Attendance: 261
Boxscore
8 September 2016 United States  10 – 0 F/5  Netherlands Dream Park 2
Attendance: 275
Boxscore
9 September 2016 Pakistan  2 – 19 F/5  India Dream Park 2
Attendance: 75
Boxscore
9 September 2016 Cuba  1 – 10 F/5  United States Dream Park 3
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
9 September 2016 Hong Kong  4 – 9  Netherlands Dream Park 2
Attendance: 55
Boxscore
10 September 2016 India  0 – 10 F/5  United States Dream Park 2
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
10 September 2016 Hong Kong  1–2  Cuba Dream Park 3
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
10 September 2016 Pakistan  4–14  Netherlands Dream Park 2
Attendance: 75
Boxscore

Round 3[edit]

Bronze Medal[edit]

[5]

11 September 2016  Chinese Taipei 3 – 4  Venezuela Dream Main Park
Attendance: 2,200
Boxscore

Gold Medal[edit]

[6]

11 September 2016  Canada 0–10  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 2,300
Boxscore

Final standings[edit]

Rosters[edit]

Canada[7]

Manager: Andre Lachance

Japan[8]

Manager: Koichi Okura

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Preparations for Women's Baseball World Cup Nearly Complete". Haps Magazine. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "New Logo, Nations unveiled for LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 Gijang (KOR)". WBSC. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "LG Presents WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup 2016 set to open tomorrow". WBSC. September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Schedule: 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Tournaments - WBSC". Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  6. ^ "Tournaments | WBSC". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  7. ^ "Tournaments WBSC". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  8. ^ "Tournaments WBSC". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

External links[edit]

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