2016 Women's Baseball World Cup

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]

2016 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
CityGijang
Dates 3 September - 11 September
Teams12
VenuesDream Main Park, Dream Park 2, Dream Park 3
Defending champions Japan (2014)
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)
2014
2018

Teams

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
7th20143rd PlaceRunners Up (2010)

Netherlands
4th20148th Place7th Place (2012)

Canada
7th20144th PlaceRunners Up (2008)

Cuba
4th20128th Place6th Place (2006,2010)

United States
7th20142nd PlaceWinners (2004,2006)

Venezuela
4th20146th Place4th Place (2010)

Chinese Taipei
7th20145th Place5th Place (2004,2006,2008,2014)

Hong Kong
4th20147th Place7th Place (2006,2014)

India
2nd20087th Place7th Place (2008)

Pakistan
1st1st Appearance

Japan
7th20141st Place1st Place (2008,2010,2012,2014)

South Korea
3rd20106thPlace6th Place (2008)

Round 1

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

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Venezuela301.000422
 South Korea(H)21.66611515
 Cuba12.33321816
 Pakistan03.0003143
3 September 2016 South Korea  100 F/6  Pakistan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
3 September 2016 Cuba  012 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

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan301.000382
 Canada21.66612713
 Netherlands12.33321021
 India03.0003645
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

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Chinese Taipei21.666269
 Australia21.6662714
 United States21.6661312
 Hong Kong03.0002435
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

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

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan501.000414
 Canada41.8001.02613
 Venezuela32.6002.02420
 Chinese Taipei23.4003.02419
 Australia14.2004.02434
 South Korea(H)05.0005.0251
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  06  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 340
Boxscore
10 September 2016 Australia  47  Venezuela Dream Main Park
Attendance: 255
Boxscore

Consolation Round

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 United States501.000732
 Cuba41.8001.03920
 Netherlands32.6002.04029
 Hong Kong23.4003.02821
 India14.2004.02243
 Pakistan05.0005.0794
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  12  Cuba Dream Park 3
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
10 September 2016 Pakistan  414  Netherlands Dream Park 2
Attendance: 75
Boxscore

Round 3

Bronze Medal

[5]

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

Gold Medal

[6]

11 September 2016  Canada 010  Japan Dream Main Park
Attendance: 2,300
Boxscore

Final standings

Rosters

Canada[7]

Manager: Andre Lachance

Japan[8]

  • Mirai Araki (P)
  • Yurika Arisaka (C)
  • Miki Atsugase (IF)
  • Chihiro Funakoshi (C)
  • Airi Hiraga (IF)
  • Yukiko Ishida (IF)
  • Yukiko Kawabata (IF)
  • Yaya Kojima (IF)
  • Yukiko Kon (IF)
  • Iori Miura (OF)
  • Remina Nagaike (OF)
  • Ayako Rokkaku (IF)
  • Nana Sasanuma (P)
  • Ayami Sato (P)
  • Miyu Shimizu (P)
  • Akiko Shimura (OF)
  • Mana Taguchi (IF)
  • Akino Tanaka (P)
  • Ayumi Terabe (C)
  • Moemi Yoshii (P)

Manager: Koichi Okura

References

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