Women's Baseball World Cup

The Women's Baseball World Cup is a biennial international tournament in which women's national baseball teams compete for the position of top national team in the world. It is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation and was first held in 2004.

History

The first Women's Baseball World Cup was held in Edmonton, AB from July 30 to August 8, 2004 after having been chartered by the IBAF in 2002. Before this tournament, the only other international women's baseball tournament was the Women's World Series.

Tournament Results

Year	Host City	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze	MVP
2004	Edmonton, Canada	5	United States	Japan	Canada	Laura Brenneman, USA 2B
2006	Taipei, Taiwan	7	United States	Japan	Canada	Donna Mills, USA 3B
2008	Matsuyama, Japan	8	Japan	Canada	United States	Kasumi Noguchi, JPN P
2010	Maracay, Venezuela	11	Japan	Australia	United States	Ayako Rokkaku, JPN 3B
2012	Edmonton, Canada	8	Japan	United States	Canada	Yukari Isozaki, JPN P
2014	Miyazaki, Japan	8	Japan	United States	Australia	Ayami Sato, JPN P
2016	Busan, South Korea	12	Japan	Canada	Venezuela	Ayami Sato, JPN P
2018	Viera, USA	12	Japan	Chinese Taipei	Canada	Ayami Sato, JPN P

Medal Winners

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia	0	1	1
Canada	0	2	4
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0
Japan	6	2	0
United States	2	2	2
Venezuela	0	0	1